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A Donald Duck stuffed animals and glittery letters spelling out "DAD" are tied to the fence outside of a prison
First Person

Prison Visitation Was Nearly Impossible for My Kids. Then COVID-19 Hit.

Michael Moore
Feature

19 Volunteers Sharing an iPhone Are Trying to Support Incarcerated People Through COVID-19

Celeste Hamilton Dennis
a woman in a jail cell
Feature

Few Jails Provide Addiction Treatment, Making Release Fatal

Elizabeth Brico
Analysis

The Dirty Secret of New York’s Coronavirus Response: Prison Labor

s.e. smith
incarcerated person taking methadone
Feature

Jail Isn’t A Drug Treatment Center. Stop Promoting It As One.

Elizabeth Brico
Feature

The Criminal Justice System Should Be Trying to Trying to Put Itself Out of Business

Marlon Peterson
Rikers Island protest
Analysis

Closing Old Jails Doesn’t Mean You Have to Open New Ones

Marlon Peterson
incarcerated people crammed onto bunks set up in a prison gym
Feature

2.2 Million Americans Are Behind Bars. That’s More Than The Prison System Can Handle.

Elizabeth Brico
Sign advertising bail bond company
Analysis

New Jersey Is Proving That Bail Reform Works

Reuben Francis
Feature

Missouri Is Denying Parole to People Sentenced as Children

Katie Rose Quandt
Feature

Prison Drug Treatment Programs Are Failing People of Color

Erin M. Kerrison
Analysis

It’s Time to Stop Using Inmates for Free Labor

Annie McGrew & Angela Hanks

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