incarceration

“You're breaking down and rebuilding yourself as a human being.”

There is no healing in those conditions.

One $20 transaction put a father in prison for more than a decade.

“We are, quite literally, missing children.”

“August is a month of meaning, of repression and radical resistance.”

5.1 million children have had a parent in jail or prison.

This is what it’s like.

Here's how they do it.

Imagine a world without jails and prisons.

“It’s time for incarcerated workers to be treated like workers."

“Becoming institutionalized is so easy.”

“I wrote this piece because Nina Simone inspired me to.”

The state often blocks historical and educational texts, as well as many queer texts, claiming "sexually explicit content."

The guard will also receive $29,000 in back pay.

“I do this work because I understand the struggles that every incarcerated offender goes through.”

In the first installment of her new column, No Class, Kim Kelly explains how prisoners on strike are pushing back.

The nationwide prisoners' strike runs from August 21 to September 9.

“By linking bail-out to zakat, we’re saying you can fulfill a pillar of your faith.”

Kids are being funneled from foster care into the criminal justice system.

“The costs are devastating. Women often lose their jobs, housing, or even children only to be found innocent.”