Glenn Martin, a former Rikers inmate and advocate for criminal justice reform, has continually made the effort to have Rikers Island closed.
Hillary Clinton took some time to chat with Rickey Smiley! She explains how she intends to address the problem of police brutality and the inequalities of the criminal justice system. “It’s a fact,” she says, that systematic racism plagues our society and the criminal justice system. She also speaks to those who might be sitting […]
Obama plans on implementing regulations that would lower the amount of child support that prisoners pay when they’re behind bars, hopefully reducing a major driver of mass incarceration.
The city of Ferguson, Mo. has approved a deal with the federal government to revamp the court and law enforcement system after the area was exposed by the Department of Justice for using people of color as profit in its policing methods. The 6-to-0 vote was finalized at the Ferguson City Council meeting Tuesday evening, The New York […]
Lakeisha Holloway "has been hit with a total of 71 charges, prosecutors said Wednesday, adding up to more than a millennium worth of jail time," the report says.
Adam Satterly earned 60 days behind bars for the outburst.
