December 17, 2012
Marsha Colby, pictured with one of her children, after leaving Tutwiler Prison last week
Marsha Colby was released from prison last week, in time...
November 7, 2012
Proposition 36, which limits California's "Three Strikes" law to people convicted of violent crimes, saving the cash-strapped state over $100...
October 25, 2012
David Wayne Acra was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment because he was too poor to obtain a place to live upon his release from custody - a practice...
October 2, 2012
On September 25, the Council of State Governments released a policy brief profiling a number of states that have succeeded in significantly...
September 24, 2012
After decades of sending thousands of people to prison for drug use, states are rethinking their drug policies.
September 4, 2012
An immigration detainee writes in his cell at the Etowah County Detention Center. Photo by Hannah Rappleye/NBC News
Rotten and insufficient food...
August 29, 2012
Proposition 36 would limit California's "Three Strikes" law to people convicted of violent crimes, saving the cash-strapped state over $100 million...
July 18, 2012
A judge in Alabama last week ordered the Harpersville Municipal Court to stop jailing people who cannot pay speeding tickets and the extra fees...
July 11, 2012
It is illegal to jail people because they are too poor to pay a fine, but as local authorities and private probation companies face mounting pressure...
April 5, 2012
The February 26th shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin has sparked shock, outrage, and action across the state of Florida and the nation, and...
