Women are the fastest growing incarcerated population in the U.S. Just four percent of the world’s female population lives in this country, yet nearly one-third of all the female prisoners in the ...

When James Forman Jr. was clerking for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor many years ago, she encouraged him to go to work for the Department of Justice or a national civil rights organization.

Left-leaning think tanks never tire of talking about mass incarceration in the United States. It's particularly bad in states like Texas, Florida and New York, for example – or so we're told. But, as ...

In thinking about the purpose of incarceration, the late criminologist Mark Kleiman argued, it is important to distinguish between "people we're mad at" and "people we're afraid of." Kleiman added ...

Last month, House Democrats introduced the End Solitary Confinement Act, which places restrictions on the harmful practice of isolating incarcerated individuals alone in a cell for long periods.

Democrats have made fighting "mass incarceration" their focus on criminal justice. The result is the constant release of violent career criminals who would be kept behind bars by properly enforced ...

Amnesty International at Cornell will be hosting a Mass Incarceration Week of Action, from April 9 to April 13. The week will be dedicated to educating students and spreading awareness regarding flaws ...

Edited by poet Diana Marie Delgado, the anthology elevates the perspectives of poets both inside and outside the criminal ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...