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Devin Iorio

May 24, 20223 min read

State-sanctioned secrecy in capital punishment

On Oct. 28, 2021 after being injected with the first of a series of lethal injection drugs, John Marion Grant began to violently...

Siena Richardson

Apr 26, 20222 min read

The high cost of parenting while incarcerated

The moment a parent comes in contact with the criminal legal system, their entire family is impacted. As a result of an arrest alone, a...

W. Connor Smith

Apr 20, 20223 min read

Locked up and left to die: Addiction in America’s prisons

Mass incarceration is an institution as American as apple pie. In 2019, roughly 2.1 million people were incarcerated in the United...

Bennett Nuss

Apr 12, 20223 min read

Legal tracking: Are no knock warrants declining in use?

On Feb. 2, 2022, Minneapolis police executed a no-knock raid on Amir Locke’s apartment as part of a homicide investigation in neighboring...

Samuel Disario

Apr 6, 20222 min read

How to ensure every trans person has adequate access to trans-affirming care while incarcerated

On Aug. 16, 2016, Stacy Lorraine Naber, a transgender woman, was found dead in her cell in a mens prison facility at Dade Correctional...

Carol Marand

Apr 5, 20223 min read

Leveraging discretion: Prosecutors’ role in justice reforms

The growing movement for policing reforms reached a pivotal moment in 2020, following the death of George Floyd. That summer saw a push...

Vicky Cheng

Mar 14, 20224 min read

Forgotten by their keepers: Ensuring Eighth Amendment protections during COVID-19

For more than a year now, correctional staff in most states have been eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. They are prioritized given the...

Kayla Ollendorff

Mar 14, 20223 min read

D.C. jail conditions: Cruel and unusual punishment?

The pandemic has ravaged the criminal legal system, and COVID-19 has only aggravated the poor conditions within jails and prisons...

Felicia Sych

Mar 1, 20222 min read

Why are airline passengers flying off the handle?

As the world continues to open due to the COVID-19 vaccine, many people are taking to the skies to travel and regain some sense of...

Danielle Davis

Feb 26, 20223 min read

Rebranding the school to prison pipeline: From classroom to Zoom room

When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in March 2020, students across the country adapted to online, distance learning—a reality that...

Bennett Nuss

Feb 19, 20224 min read

Legal tracking: Concepcion v. United States

The Supreme Court heard oral argument this term in a case that could substantively change how low-risk prisoners apply for resentencing...

Samuel Disario

Feb 1, 20223 min read

Why queer persons disproportionately experience police violence, how we can fix it

Kayla Moore, a transgender woman, was experiencing a paranoid schizophrenic mental health crisis. Instead of receiving care, she was...

Kevin Botros

Jan 21, 20222 min read

Body-worn cameras: Substantive, distractive or both?

Police Body-Worn Cameras (PBCs) are implemented with various policy goals, but most prominently, they are used to reduce police...

Samantha Hall

Jan 18, 20223 min read

Redesigning youth justice

On Sept. 30, 2021, President Biden proclaimed October 2021 as National Youth Justice Action Month. In this proclamation, he specified...

Lucy Delves

Jan 17, 20222 min read

All you have to do is take a class: Is this really the solution to domestic violence?

When someone perpetrates domestic violence, the solution agreed upon by both parties and the court is often to send the abuser to a...

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