In America, approximately 1.5 million  children live with a parent in prison. Across the nation, four percent of women in state prisons...

In recent years, the criminal legal system has experienced a gradual shift towards rehabilitation , emphasizing the creation and...

Trigger Warning: Medical Neglect Picture yourself crawling on the floor, clutching your chest as you moan in pain. You lock eyes with...

Pending legislation in Maryland and recently passed legislation in Washington D.C. move approaches to youth justice in the area backward...

On Feb. 3, 2022, the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia filed Blades v. Garland in the U.S. District Court for the...

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

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

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

In March 2017, three male prisoners sued the Louisiana Department of Public Safety Corrections (LDOC) and the wardens at the Louisiana...

While COVID-19 has drastically affected the jail and prison populations across the country, the pandemic has brought one benefit to the...

Across the country, felons are subjected to varying degrees of voter disenfranchisement depending on where they are incarcerated. In all...

In 2001, there were approximately 2,100,146 persons incarcerat​​ed throughout the United States, with 1,324,464 individuals in federal or...