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Siena Richardson
Dec 28, 20203 min read
Gender & Incarceration
Incarceration rates for women in the United States have grown at twice the rate of men in recent decades. Perhaps unsurprisingly, rates...
Jack Thole
Dec 28, 20205 min read
As States Legalize, the Struggle to Clear Marijuana Convictions Continues
On June 17, 1971, President Richard Nixon addressed the nation in what would become known as the War on Drugs Speech. Labeling drug abuse...
Kayla Ollendorff
Dec 28, 20203 min read
Compassionate Releases During COVID-19 for High-Risk Individuals
In July, the Journal of the American Medical Association published a research letter asserting that inmates are five and a half times...
Annemarie Gregoire
Dec 28, 20203 min read
Prosecutorial Discretion and its Impact on Racial Inequality in the Criminal Justice System
The disproportionate impact of mass incarceration on black communities has been widely recognized for years. Various causes of racial...
Kieya Simpson
Dec 28, 20204 min read
“Your Eyes are Playing Tricks on You”: Eyewitness Identification Reform
Otis Boone insisted that he was innocent after being accused of two robberies in 2011. He was nineteen at the time, and two separate...
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