Criminal Justice

Criminal justice news and developments.

Why Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Falls Short
A nurse takes the blood pressure of an older patient.

Why Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Falls Short

As companies continue layoffs amid fears of an impending recession, workers risk unemployment and loss of health insurance.

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Reflecting on the Los Angeles Riots
Graffiti on a wall reads "F**K LAPD! No Justice. No Peace!"

Reflecting on the Los Angeles Riots

The 1992 Los Angeles riots were sparked by a series of injustices by the criminal justice system against marginalized people that remain unaddressed 30 years later.

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The Lingering Punishment After Leaving Prison
A prison hallway from the viewpoint of a metal staircase.

The Lingering Punishment After Leaving Prison

If you were designing a system that ensured those leaving prison returned, you’d end up with something similar to the current U.S. prisoner reentry landscape.

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2400 1600 Andrew Lee
The Threat to Holocaust Remembrance
Exterior of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp. Guard tower next to a barbed wire fence and long wooden cabins.

The Threat to Holocaust Remembrance

Growing attacks on anti-racist education threaten Holocaust education and feed into antisemitism.

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Facing Life: Mass Integration is Only Beginning
Empty prison cell block in black and white.

Facing Life: Mass Integration is Only Beginning

Ending mass incarceration in prisons must be accompanied by creating “mass integration” for those released.

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2400 1594 Andrew Lee
The Failures of an Unchecked Prison Grievance System
Exterior of a control station of a penitentiary.

The Failures of an Unchecked Prison Grievance System

The prison grievance system in the U.S. fails incarcerated individuals by failing to address complaints and incidences of misconduct and abuse of power that is rampant in the corrections system.

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2400 1607 Michael J Moore
The Legalization of Marijuana Still Doesn’t Include Everyone
Close up of a marijuana plant.

The Legalization of Marijuana Still Doesn’t Include Everyone

Despite 420 celebrations and growing support to legalize it, people of color continue to be incarcerated for marijuana and excluded from the cannabis industry.

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The Harm in Circulating Graphic Videos of Police Brutality
The top of a police car with the emergency lights flashing.

The Harm in Circulating Graphic Videos of Police Brutality

Sharing graphic videos of police brutality may raise awareness, but also cause harm and obfuscate the real effort needed to create change. 

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2400 1600 Nicole Cardoza
Can Safe Consumption End America’s Overdose Epidemic?
A person holding a syringe.

Can Safe Consumption End America’s Overdose Epidemic?

The opening of the first legalized safe consumption site in New York is allowing people who use drugs a safe place to consume drugs in the hopes of preventing overdoses.

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