prison industrial complex

Milton Mack, who for many years was the chief probate judge in Wayne County, told me a terrible story about a man who was responsible for a major arson fire a few years ago. This guy was clearly mentally ill, and belonged in treatment, but he told the court, "Oh, no, I'm guilty, I belong in...

Charged a Fee for Getting Arrested, Whether Guilty or Not http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/26/us/politics/charged-a-fee-for-getting-arrested-whether-guilty-or-not.html The Supreme Court will consider whether to take up a case from Minnesota surrounding the collection of “booking fees.” CreditAl...

Critics have long denounced private prisons in the US as unsafe, inefficient and at times, inhumane. Those critics, who include inmates and activists, seemed to find a powerful ally earlier this year when the Department of Justice announced it would phase out its use of private prisons for...

If you get your weed from a drug dealer, then you are keeping the mass incarceration of young black men alive. How many young black men are facing an exorbitant amount of years in prison for the selling, distribution, and possession of marijuana? If you smoke weed, you are the demand. With no...