Injustice system

Rochester, New York, educators are demanding that their pension funds divest from for-profit corrections companies like GEO Group.

Activists rallied to free Ronnie Long, who has spent more than 40 years behind bars despite a racist trial and evidence exonerating him.

The Republicans’ First Step Act is a product of discontent with America’s racist injustice system — but it doesn’t go nearly far enough.

Cyntoia Brown, who has spent years behind bars after being convicted of killing her abuser, has won clemency thanks to activism.

A recent ruling in the case of Pennsylvania political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal has raised the long-overdue prospect of a new appeal.

An order by Gov. Jerry Brown to test evidence in the case of Kevin Cooper is raising the possibility of freedom for an innocent man.

A vote on a state constitutional amendment to reduce mass incarceration was decisively defeated, despite support in early polls.

An SW article on Philadelphia’s DA doesn’t clarify what socialists should say about an official running the criminal justice system.

A former Illinois death row prisoner looks back on the organizing that won a pardon for him and eventually helped end executions in the state.

Ohio’s Issue 1 is a step toward reforms that would aid victims of the “war on drugs” — which is why so many politicians oppose it.

A civil rights attorney who was elected Philadelphia’s top prosecutor is credited with “unprecedented” reforms. What’s the record?

Jails can make a mint by forcing prisoners to use video chats instead of receiving in-person visits from loved ones. Here’s how.

Prison officials are trying to track down the organizers of the recent nationwide prison strike — just like the oppressors of the past.

A nationwide prison strike is exposing conditions of modern-day slavery where prisoners receive little or no pay for backbreaking work.

Prisoners across the U.S. are planning a national strike over three weeks to draw attention to horrific conditions behind bars.

A leading organizer against punitive child welfare policies talks about the trauma inflicted every day on poor families of color.

New legislation claiming to protect victims of sex trafficking instead further criminalizes and marginalizes sex workers.

A prisoner who took part in the Lucasville prison rebellion describes how inmates organized and the legacy of the revolt today.

Alabama teenager Lakeith Smith is going to prison for 65 years--because he was present when a cop killed his friend.