The unaddressed issue: trauma in incarcerated women
In recent years, the criminal legal system has experienced a gradual shift towards rehabilitation , emphasizing the creation and...
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Madison Gestiehr
Jun 103 min read
Incarcerated and ignored: The consequences of a contract with YesCare
Trigger Warning: Medical Neglect Picture yourself crawling on the floor, clutching your chest as you moan in pain. You lock eyes with...
Kailey Ritchie
Apr 103 min read
The interpretation of imminency for self-defense in nonconfrontational homicides.
TW: Mentions of Domestic Violence Self-defense is considered a justification for homicide under the law, contingent upon four general...
Madelyn Nessler
Apr 93 min read
Unlocking opportunities: The role of education in juvenile reentry.
The United States juvenile system processes more than 2.5 million juvenile arrests per year. However, for as many juveniles that enter...
Kimia Hosseinkhani
Mar 203 min read
Educating incarcerated youth
When addressing the development of our society’s youth, our go-to advice is “stay in school.” However, when it comes to incarcerated...
Kirsten Rowe
Jul 7, 20233 min read
Visitation and protecting rights of incarcerated parents
According to the Prison Policy Initiative, approximately 47% of individuals incarcerated are parents of minors, with 19% of those...
Samuel Disario
Apr 25, 20232 min read
Cruel and unusual or adequate healthcare: Looking at the circuit split
In 1976, the United States Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision where the Court interpreted the Eighth Amendment’s “cruel and...
Grace Schneider
Mar 9, 20233 min read
How cognitive behavioral therapy reduces crime
Almost 50% of inmates suffer from some form of mental health issue that becomes exacerbated when prison walls restrict their freedom....
Gaia Lodovici
Feb 26, 20233 min read
Book censorship in prisons
“The Coloring Book Looney Tunes,” “Learn to Draw Disney Winnie the Pooh,” and “Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game Catalog” may sound like...
Jaxzia Perez
Feb 24, 20233 min read
The foster care-to-prison pipeline: A road to incarceration
In 2020, the Children’s Bureau at the Administration for Children and Families, a division of the United States Department of Health and...
Sarah Pape
Dec 24, 20224 min read
'Some things cannot be fixed': Rikers Island and pretrial detention
Kalief Browder was only 16 years old when he was arrested and incarcerated. He was held in solitary confinement for almost two years out...
Bennett Nuss
Nov 13, 20223 min read
Legal tracking: Blanket pardons - A revolutionary policy idea or merely missing the point?
On Oct. 6, 2022, President Biden issued the following proclamation on the White House website: “Acting Pursuant to the grant of authority...
Lucy Delves
Jun 3, 20223 min read
Pregnant in prison? What’s next for you? Abortion access for the incarcerated
There are over 200,000 women currently incarcerated in the United States. Thousands of these women are pregnant. Many persons become...
Brianna Long
Jun 1, 20224 min read
A pattern of bias in PATTERN
The First Step Act, implemented on Dec. 21, 2018, required the Department of Justice (DOJ) to “develop a risk needs assessment system to...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Annemarie Gregoire
Jul 23, 20212 min read
The criminalization of mental illness
The criminalization of mental illness has become increasingly common in the United States. A disproportionate number of mentally-ill...
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