Suggested Reading: November 18, 2025

1. He Survived War … But Almost Died in Prison: The Need for Medical Release in Hawai’i

2. Prison Pay and Commissary Prices: Too Little for Too Much

3. Listen to Their Stories: These Crime Survivors Don’t Want More Prison

4. 117 Dead in LA Jails Since Start of 2023

5. Want to learn about criminal justice reform? Start here.

6. Transforming juvenile justice by advancing the freedom and well-being of girls and gender expansive youth

7. Supreme Court Will Decide If Mail-In Ballots Must Arrive by Election Day

8. 5 Black Heroes Who Took on the Fight Against Mass Incarceration

9. Ending the Death Penalty Is a Step Toward Racial JusticeSlavery Is Still Legal for Two Million People in the U.S.

10. Words Matter: Don’t Call People Felons, Convicts, or Inmates

11. How “Collateral Consequences” Keep People Trapped in the Legal System

12. How the United States Punishes People for Being Poor

13. How Young People Become Entangled in the Juvenile Legal System

14. What Do Alternatives to Incarceration Actually Look Like?

15. How The Criminal Legal System Coerces People into Pleading Guilty

16. Research Shows That Long Prison Sentences Don’t Actually Improve Safety

17. What Happens After You Get Arrested

18. What Happens When We Support Parents Instead of Sending Them to Prison

19. How to Be a Court Watcher (and Why You Should)

20. Health Care Behind Bars: Missed Appointments, No Standards, and High Costs

21. How College in Prison is Changing Lives

22. What a Day in Prison is Really Like

23. Why Punishing People in Jail and Prison Isn’t Working

24. Released From Prison With No Place to Live

25. We are advocates, researchers and activists working to end mass incarceration

26. Aug 2020 Beyond the Statistics and into the Hearts of Incarcerated Students

27. Mar 2021 Why Are People Sent to Solitary Confinement? The Reasons Might Surprise You

28. April 2021 The Impacts of Solitary Confinement

29. May 2018 Rethinking Restrictive Housing