News & Commentary about Mass Incarceration
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Aug 6, 2014
Border Crisis Prompting New Xenophobic Drumbeat for an Old Disgrace—Detention Camps
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Aug 4, 2014
Their Lives Depend on It: Every Unaccompanied Child Needs a Lawyer
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Jul 29, 2014
Safer Communities and Fewer People Behind Bars
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Jul 29, 2014
How to Save $24 Billion and Fix Our Broken Justice System
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Jul 25, 2014
Afraid, Lawyerless, and Warehoused: The Mothers of Artesia
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Jul 11, 2014
The Kids Aren't Alright: America Fails to Protect Youth in Crisis
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Jul 10, 2014
I Was 16 and in Solitary Before I Ever Even Went to Trial
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Jul 9, 2014
Children Shouldn’t Be Left Alone in Immigration Court
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Jul 7, 2014
What the Bears’ Brandon Marshall’s Struggles With Mental Illness Teach Us About the Criminal Justice System