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When people are sentenced to prison time and begin (or return to) incarcerated life, people on the outside often believe incarceration will punish inmates’ misdeeds, teach them cause-and-effect and protect society-at-large. But, what happens to people facing global warming and prisons without air conditioning? According to a report from the Marshall Project, people who are […]

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke at a news conference in Fall Brook, Virginia reiterating quite a few talking points of the Trump Administration relating to sanctuary cities. Sessions and his Justice Department are asking Chicago, New York, New Orleans, and Philadelphia to help deport suspected illegal immigrants or face consequences which include a loss […]

By Jallicia Jolly Amidst the recent attacks on access to quality health care and sexual and reproductive health services, the assaults on the lives of racial and sexual minorities specifically reveal the systematic violation reserved for poor women of color, particularly Black and transgender women. The neglect of Black women’s intersectional health experiences in national […]

Recently, California legislators took the first steps towards combatting HIV criminalization by introducing a bill that would downgrade the charge for failing to disclose positive status to sexual partners from a felony to a misdemeanor. The bill would also apply to penalties against non-disclosure to blood banks.

The El Cajon, Calif. police officer who fatally shot Alfred Olango, who was unarmed and under clear mental distress, will not face criminal charges. 

Phoenix Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been formally charged with criminal contempt for disregarding a judge’s 2011 order to no longer profile Latinx residents. 

The criminal justice system has several holes in its processes that have existed for generations. That’s no surprise. But, thanks to President Obama’s latest efforts to reform some of the most flawed and common legal practices, a new trend is developing. The Justice Department recently filed a brief claiming that it’s unconstitutional to jail people simply […]

“Ban-the-box” laws have the best intentions – preventing employers from unfairly holding an applicant’s criminal history against them. However, a new study finds that they may have a far more negative result on hiring practices by significantly increasing racial bias. A study was conducted by researchers at University of Michigan and Princeton University that finds when […]

Dylan Roof, the (alleged) shooter of a historically black church in South Carolina, may receive the harshest punishment possible if convicted. According to the Grio, the Justice Department is seeking the death penalty tied to his nine counts of murder. Roof’s attorneys reportedly say they were considering a guilty plea until the death penalty became a […]

Rekia Boyd. Miriam Carey. Islan Nettles. Sandra Bland. Aiyana Stanley-Jones.Tanisha Anderson.  Renisha McBride. Sakia Gunn. Shelly Frey.

Justice hangs in the balance after a judge declared a mistrial in the first case against an officer involved in the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray this past April.

Monica Raye Simpson, Executive Director of SisterSong, the National Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, explains why reproductive justice is a black issue.