Expanding Voting Rights to All Citizens in the Era of Mass Incarceration
Only a handful of states allow people who are currently incarcerated to vote. In some circumstances, people convicted of a crime are permanently disenfranchised. For…
‘Should we close the Rhode Island Women’s Prison?’
“With only about 80 women imprisoned in the state of Rhode Island, should the Rhode Island Women’s Prison be closed? This question and nuances surrounding…
March 10 Crucial Conversation: Race, mass incarceration and criminal justice reform in NC
Calling your attention to this upcoming virtual event from NC Policy Watch. “By all indications, North Carolina and the nation at-large have entered a critical…
New Sentencing Project Report: Private Prisons in the United States
The problems with private prisons are often lost in the conversation of mass incarceration because they hold a smaller number of incarcerated people. However, the…
Law Enforcement Officers and Trauma, a Public Health Crisis
I recently spoke with Sue Radcliffe, LCSW-C, a mental health therapist with the Dorchester County Health Department that also provides yoga to incarcerated people and…
San Diego County to make phone calls free for people in jail and juvenile detention
A unanimous victory in San Diego, sighting the importance of human connection. ” The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to make…
Freedom from the Inside – Book Release
AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE TODAY! Join us on March 8th, International Women’s Day, to celebrate the release of our new book, Freedom from the Inside: a Woman’s…
In the United States, more than 200,000 people are serving life sentences – one out of every seven in prison.
In 2020, The Sentencing Project obtained official corrections data from all States and the Federal Bureau of Prisons to produce their 5th national census on…
Our Bodies Listen, Too
A few years ago, I listened to an interview with Mahzarin Banaji, one of the creators of Harvard’s Implicit Association Test. She told a fascinating…
Join our “My Grandmother’s Hands” Book Club
We’re excited about our Community membership website’s first Virtual Book Club offering. We’ll be reading and discussing My Grandmother’s Hands by trauma specialist Resmaa Menakem.…