News & Stories
Filter By:
Select a topic
NEWS
We Spend Millions Policing Students. It Doesn't Make Our Schools Safer.
Shadiatu Moustapha’s 6-year-old son, who was recently diagnosed with a sensory…
Mar 21, 2022
NEWS
Waiting to Go to Court Shouldn’t Be a Death Sentence
New York, USA. 12th Jan, 2022. The mother of 24-year-old Stephen Khadu, who…
Mar 18, 2022
NEWS
Government Can’t Say How Many People Die in U.S. Jails and Prisons
Far too many preventable deaths occur in the United States’ sprawling system…
Mar 16, 2022
NEWS
More and More Prisons Are Banning Mail
Illustration by Gloria Mendoza
After the 4:00 p.m. count every weekday, Monday…
Mar 01, 2022
NEWS
“A Matter of Survival”—Sade Dumas on Combating Racial Injustice in the Criminal Legal System
Illustration by Gloria Mendoza
Sade Dumas, executive director of the Orleans…
Feb 25, 2022
NEWS
Rev. Alexis Anderson on Her Black History Heroes and Seeing Hope in the Prison Reform Movement
Illustration by Gloria Mendoza
“We got in the game, we educated ourselves, and…
Feb 23, 2022
NEWS
5 Black Heroes Who Took on the Fight against Mass Incarceration
Photo credits: W Haywood Burns image: National Lawyers Guild, Jane Bolin:…
Feb 22, 2022
NEWS
Winter in Prison: Icy Conditions, No Blankets, Illness, and Death
Every winter brings with it new horror stories of freezing temperatures in…
Feb 18, 2022
NEWS
Locking Teenagers and Young Adults Up for Gun Possession Doesn’t Make Us Safer
Photo by Richard Buckhart
Motion for Justice Partners Chatham County District…
Feb 14, 2022
NEWS
Low-Level Traffic Stops Too Often Turn Deadly. Some Places Are Trying to Change That.
A laundry list of minor traffic violations can lead to tickets and even jail…
Feb 09, 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
NEWS
Prison Education Programs: What to Know
US NEWS & WORLD REPORT
NEWS
‘Constantly afraid’: immigrants on life under the US government’s eye
The Guardian
NEWS
Mayor Adams Guns for Bail Reform
The Village Voice