Human Rights

Advocates for domestic violence survivors in Illinois celebrated earlier this month when Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill into law making it easier for incarcerated survivors of domestic violence to…

Nashville Juvenile Court Judge Sheila Calloway is ready to do just about anything to change public opinion about the justice system and youth restorative justice programs. Calloway, who oversees Davidson County’s juvenile court,…

Racial equity is an essential element of philanthropy. In the fourth edition of Racial Equity in Lean Foundations, Exponent Philanthropy offers an in depth exploration of how foundations with few…

In Mexico, the practice of making arbitrary use of the criminal justice system against people who denounce and investigate human rights violations, and who support the victims of these violations…

On Tuesday, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced that the state will try to shut down its three large youth correctional facilities in favor of building smaller and less centralized units…

Last July, in the hillside neighborhood of Montclair, California, Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price faced a church overflowing with people, many of whom blamed her for the crime in…

The issue of mass incarceration has been far less central to the 2024 election thus far in comparison to the 2020 presidential race. However, that doesn’t make the matter any…

When New York’s Nassau County signed the first county-level mask ban into law in August, its deputy police commissioner, Kevin Smith, told local news that training was “being conducted [in] the department,…

In the presidential debate next Tuesday, we can expect to hear a lot about criminal justice policy. Kamala Harris will tout her record as a prosecutor. And Donald Trump will…

A consistent feature of contemporary crime and public safety reporting is its tendency to link safety with policing, prosecution, and punishment. This happens at every stage of the journalistic process…

Lorelei Cloud was born in 1967, three years before Native Americans living on tribal lands in Colorado were guaranteed the right to vote. Even once she turned 18, and for…

The role of financial incentives in arrests, tickets, and mass incarceration is often thought of in terms of the role of private contractors and private prisons. But the far greater…