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incarceration

Public Art Fund’s 2020 Exhibitions Will Include Awol Erizku’s Photos Taken in US Prisons

Erizku's photos feature people in the U.S. prison system who experienced spiritual awakenings that led them to Islamic faith.
By Helen Holmes
San Quentin State Prison opened in 1852 and is California's oldest penitentiary.

What’s Hidden Behind the Walls of America’s Prisons

The University of Michigan's Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Heather Ann Thompson explains why Americans must demand better access to the nation's prisons.
By Heather Ann Thompson
Barack Obama, August 2006.

The US Should Cut Its Prison Population in Half

Sentence commutations or reductions give the Executive Branch the power to correct injustices and grant mercy to deserving people with criminal convictions.
By Glenn E. Martin
A former president can be a drag.

Bill and Chain: The Clinton Presidency Could Hold Back Hillary

By Fredrik deBoer
LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 24: Comedian Eddie Griffin attends The 23rd Annual "Salute to Youth" Benefit And Venetian Masquerade at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on April 24, 2008 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images)

Eddie Griffin on Chronic, Toxic Racism in the Criminal Justice System

By Michael Sainato
Rikers Island. (Photo: EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)

Cecily McMillan: Is the Real Obstacle for Change at Rikers Norman Seabrook?

By Steffi Feldman
Mayor Bloomberg and Commissioner Kelly. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Bloomberg Touts Crime-Fighting at ‘T-Minus 5’ Days

By Ross Barkan

Lil' Wayne, SI Columnist: 'Nadal Wins It All'

By Nate Freeman
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