Stories
The incarceration stories in our backyards are about more than rising numbers and mounting costs. They’re about the human impact of jails and prisons on communities across the country. Read Vera’s latest research.
April 2018
Photo credit: Sugelema Lynch
No Chance Alamance
Immigration Detention and Jail Expansion in the North Carolina Piedmont
Special Report
If You Build It
How the Federal Government Fuels Rural Jail Expansion
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Binghamton, NY | Photo by Jack Norton
“We Are Not Going to Rest”
Organizing against Incarceration in Upstate New York
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This Is by Design
Jail, Justice, and Race in Southwest Georgia
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Perry County, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Norton
Keeping the Lights On
Incarcerating the Bluegrass State
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Baker County Detention Center, Florida (Photo by Jack Norton)
Federal Farm Aid for the Big House
Special Report
Crisis at the Crossroads of America
Jail Expansion as Prison Reform in Indiana
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More than a Jail
Immigrant Detention and the Smell of Money
Special Report
No One Is Watching: Jail in Upstate New York
Montgomery County
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Life and Jail in Southern Colorado
Alamosa and Pueblo Counties
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Why Are There So Many People in Jail in Scranton, PA?
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The Fox Designing the Henhouse
The cycle of jail expansion and construction in Terre Haute, Indiana
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