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Mass Incarceration

Three people, two men and one woman, pose for a photograph

Art After Incarceration: Jesse Krimes’ CA&A Will Begin Accepting Applications this Fall

The organization, which launched with a major gift from Agnes Gund's Art for Justice Fund, nurtures creativity in people 'who share the lived experience of incarceration.'
By Emily Wilson

Hank Willis Thomas Turns the US Department of Justice Building Into a Canvas After Dark

Artist Hank Willis Thomas and think tank Incarceration Nations Network projected words by inmates onto the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington D.C.
By Osman Can Yerebakan
private prisons

Don’t Penalize Private Prisons for Scourge of Mass Incarceration

We should be tackling mass incarceration head-on, instead of using private prisons as a scapegoat.
By Ross Marchand

Cynthia Nixon: Bill de Blasio ‘Can Do So Much Better’ on Police Reform

By Madina Toure

Gov. Andrew Cuomo Moves to Grant 35,000 New York Parolees the Right to Vote

By Madina Toure
Oprah Winfrey attends the Tribeca TV Festival series premiere of Released at Cinepolis Chelsea on September 22, 2017.

In Oprah’s New Show, Mass Incarceration Hits Home

By Anne Easton
Correction officers call themselves "New York's Boldest," seen here painted on halls of the George Motchan Detention Center on Rikers Island.

NYC Mayor Calls on Council Members to Volunteer for New Jails in Their Districts So Rikers Island Can Close

By Will Bredderman
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker.

America Was ‘Not Normal’ Long Before Donald Trump Got Elected, Cory Booker Says

By Will Bredderman
Sen. Bernie Sanders at the National Action Network convention.

Bernie Sanders Makes Play for the Black Vote at Al Sharpton Summit

By Will Bredderman
Congressman Charles Rangel.

Harlem’s Lion in Winter—A Requiem for Rangel

By Will Bredderman
Hillary Clinton speaking about criminal justice at Columbia University earlier this year. (Photo by Kevin Hagen/Getty Images)

Hillary Clinton Slams Republicans on Voting Rights Ahead of Tonight’s Debate

By Jillian Jorgensen
Congressman Hakeem Jeffries.

Congressmen Form New Criminal Justice Reform Caucus

By Will Bredderman

Jim McGreevey quietly makes a statehouse appearance

By Chase Brush
Hill Harper.

Man of Letters: Hill Harper on the Crisis of Mass Incarceration

By Matthew Kassel
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