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Millions Could Soon Benefit from Student Debt Relief Policies, but What If They’re in Prison?
Jed Brewster had big dreams when he enrolled at a community college near…
Dec 06, 2022
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New York Could Become the First State to Provide the Right to Legal Representation in Immigration Court
Illustration by Mike Centeno.
No one should have to face court proceedings in a…
Nov 30, 2022
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Seeking Help, Instead Imprisoned—Until They Found Representation
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Raina and Ana* could not understand the papers that were given…
Nov 29, 2022
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En busca de ayuda, fueron encarcelados—hasta que encontraron representación legal
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Raina y Ana* no comprendían los documentos que les dieron…
Nov 29, 2022
NEWS
Reform Prosecutors Won Big in Midterms by Rejecting Scare Tactics
Hennepin County Attorney-Elect Mary Moriarty.
Between Labor Day and the…
Nov 23, 2022
NEWS
Violence, Torture, and Isolation: What It’s Like to Be Trans in Prison
Patricia Trimble’s friend Vanna told her that she did not expect to survive…
Nov 17, 2022
NEWS
Incarcerated People Need Access to Phone Apps
What should rehabilitation look like within New York State prisons? How do we…
Nov 15, 2022
NEWS
We Need to Protect New York Bail Reform to Protect New York Communities
The first general election ad released by New York’s GOP gubernatorial…
Nov 03, 2022
NEWS
Filling Out the FAFSA Behind Bars
Next year—for the first time in nearly three decades—all incarcerated people…
Nov 01, 2022
NEWS
What You Need to Know About the Alabama Prison Strike
On September 26, thousands of people held in Alabama state prisons went on…
Oct 27, 2022
Media Coverage
PRESS RELEASE
Vera Institute and NYIC On New York State Legislature’s One-House Budget Resolutions
Mar 14, 2022
PRESS RELEASE
Vera Institute of Justice on the Anniversary of the “Care First, Jails Last” Alternatives to Incarceration Report
Mar 10, 2022
PRESS RELEASE
Prison Populations Declined Only 1.1% In 2021, With 19 States And The Federal Government Increasing Prison Incarceration
Mar 10, 2022
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Prison Education Programs: What to Know
US NEWS & WORLD REPORT
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‘Constantly afraid’: immigrants on life under the US government’s eye
The Guardian
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Mayor Adams Guns for Bail Reform
The Village Voice