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Finding that state officials have acted with “deliberate indifference” to the health of prisoners at San Quentin, a state appeals is ordering at least half of the prison’s 2,900 inmates transferred or released.

Michigan governor is expected to sign a package of six bills of criminal justice reform.

Represent Justice’s Surrogates and Ambassadors are proud to present FREE OUR VOTE, a guide to voting for and by people impacted by the justice system.

California lawmakers passed a bill on Monday that would allow former inmates to pursue careers as firefighters after their incarcerations.

This white paper presents an evidence-based case for decarceration as the only humane and meaningful response to the COVID-19 pandemic in prison.

The Marshall Project is collecting data on COVID-19 infections in state and federal prisons. See how the virus has affected correctional facilities where you live.

You may not expect an A-list Hollywood movie producer to spend his Saturday outside a California state prison, but Scott Budnick is waiting for a man he knows well to be released, after 18 years behind bars.

As California enters another dangerous fire season, the COVID-19 pandemic has depleted the ranks of inmate fire crews that are a key component of the state’s efforts to battle out-of-control wildfires.

Justice Department officials on Friday announced that 3,100 inmates are being released from federal prisons across the country because of a change in how their good-behavior time is calculated…

San Quentin is currently the site of one of country’s worst COVID-19 clusters, with 1,300 prisoners and 184 staff having tested positive for the coronavirus as of July 7. At least six prisoners have died from the virus.

Chris Wilson describes growing up surrounded by violence and abuse, the self-improvement plan he devised in prison and his journey toward social entrepreneurship.

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Yale Law School’s Justice Collaboratory announced today a new initiative to distribute a curated 500-book collection to 1,000 medium and maximum security prisons, across every state in the U.S.

Living on LOP is an eleven-part weekly series premiering June 12, 2020. Check back every Friday for the next episode. This project is a collaboration among A Brighter Way, the Prison Creative Arts Project, and the Carceral State Project.

Voices for Justice is about speaking truth to power through a blend of spoken word pieces— both poems and personal stories that speak to the need for justice, liberation, and healing in our families and communities.

In Washington, D.C., the Free Minds Book Club positions the activities as mechanisms through which incarcerated people can express themselves in healthy and constructive ways. As Jeffrey Brown reports, inmates who participate in the organization have a much lower recidivism rate than the national average.

Police killing with impunity cannot be allowed to continue. As an organization founded on the values of Justice. Liberation. Healing we know this is a moment to speak up and stand with the Black community in ending state-sanctioned violence and killings.

Given recent events around George Floyd and far beyond, this special episode of the a16z Podcast features Shaka Senghor, a leading advocate for criminal justice reform (and bestselling author), and Terry Brown, a former police officer in East Palo Alto (who has since run his own security firms). 

Horowitz Family Foundation’s $1 million gift aims to reduce the spread of COVID-19 among the incarcerated and inform mitigation strategies in other high-density living situations.