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...
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...
December 3, 2010
Tutwiler Prison, Alabama
The United States Supreme Court on November 30, 2010, heard oral argument in Schwarzenegger v. Plata about whether a...
November 9, 2010
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld a ruling by a circuit court judge which struck down part of Alabama’s sex offender statute, the...
July 26, 2010
From The Economist
Mass incarceration in the United States continues at record high levels despite outsized costs. According to recent data...
May 10, 2010
On April 30, 2010, Alabama Governor Bob Riley signed a new law that limits incarceration in Alabama's overcrowded prisons for people on probation who...
April 5, 2010
Bryan Stevenson, right, on Bill Moyers Journal on PBS.
On April 2, 2010, EJI's Bryan Stevenson discussed the status of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr...
March 25, 2010
EJI staff with honoree Diane Jones, second from left.
On March 23, 2010, EJI honored George Kendall, Director of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey's...
