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The latest from Ajay’s case and the movement behind it.
Privatizing Prison Money Transfers
Before privatization, it used to cost less than $2 to send a money order to someone incarcerated: A $1.25 processing fee from the post office and the cost of a…
Corporations Divesting From Prison Industry
The civil rights non-profit group, Color of Change, has been asking over 150 companies to divest from Corrections Corporation of America and GEO Group, two of the largest for- profit prison…
Bail Industry Discriminatory Against The Poor
Two-thirds of the 750,000 people in America’s jails are because they are awaiting trials. Almost 90% of these accused felons are held until trial because they can’t afford bail; which…
Police Misconduct Goes Unpunished
In New York each year, the Civilian Complaint Review Board investigates thousands of complaints from people who say they were shoved, choked, hit, or had guns waved in their faces…
Charge Stacking: Gambling with People’s Lives
There is a relatively new term in the legal system that is heard all too rarely, and usually understood when it’s too late. The sheer power it carries can be…
DA’s List Of Bad Cops
A Brady Index is a list of law enforcement officers that are still on the job but not trusted to be be good witnesses at trial. This can be due…
Crowdfounding For Clemency
In 1994 Jeff Mizanskey was sentenced to prison for life without the possibility of parole. His crime was for possession and intent to distribute cannabis. Now, there is a campaign…
Sentencing Reform Equals Less Crime
According to a report released by the advocacy group, The Sentencing Project lenient sentencing does not increase crime. The report uses the examples of New York, New Jersey and California to…
CA Death Penalty Unconstitutional
Federal Judge Cormac J. Carney found the State of California’s death penalty system is unconstitutional. The ruling states that the California death penalty system is in violation of the Constitution’
CA Prisons Expect To Show A Profit
The CA Prison Industry Authority expects its revenues to increase by 15.6% for the 2014-2015 fiscal year. The Prison Industry Authority uses prisoners to make items such as; furniture, pre-packaged…
Judge Vacancies Cause Delays In Courts
The Brennan Center for Justice released a study regarding the devastation the court system faces when politicians refuse to fill court vacancies. Interviews with more than 20 court employees, includin
Alarming Rates of Incarceration in the US
Americans are always taught that the US is the freest nation on Earth. America has freedoms under the Bill of Rights like many other nations, but how can we measure…