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The Lawyers on the Front Lines of the War on Immigrants
Maria Chavez has seen firsthand the horror her clients are living with. After…
Dec 02, 2025
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Thirteen People Have Died in NYC DOC Custody This Year
A man detained at Rikers Island died overnight after he was rushed to the…
Nov 21, 2025
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Parole 101: People in Prison Deserve Second Chances
Bobbi Cobaugh wrote in Inquest that “the only way to atone for a murder was…
Nov 21, 2025
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118 Dead in LA Jails Since Start of 2023
Another person died earlier this month in the custody of Los Angeles County…
Nov 18, 2025
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Prison Pay and Commissary Prices: Too Little for Too Much
You would think that being “property of a state,” where work detail and…
Nov 04, 2025
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Remembering Catie Marshall
Catie Marshall (R) with Vera co-founder Herb Sturz (L).
Catherine “Catie” Cox…
Oct 30, 2025
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Listen to Their Stories: These Crime Survivors Don’t Want More Prison
Legislators often invoke crime survivors to justify draconian criminal justice…
Oct 29, 2025
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What Do Alternatives to Incarceration Actually Look Like?
(Alex Li/Common Justice)
When Jane* saw John*—the motorcycle driver who had…
Oct 21, 2025
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The Harms of Disrupting Prison Family Visitation
Most people have somewhere they go that makes them feel good, a place to relax…
Oct 14, 2025
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The Evidence That Building Community Makes Prisons Safer
At Cadre of HOPE, a housing unit at Lee Correctional Institution in…
Oct 07, 2025