Criminal Justice

Why the plan to replace Rikers, or reform any prison, is doomed to perpetuate the problem

John Legend calls for the end of racist non-unanimous jury convictions in Louisiana

Meek Mill sentenced to 2-4 years for violating probation in a 2008 case he already beat

Black man: “give me a lawyer, dog.” Racist court system says he wasn’t asking for a lawyer

What you need to know about Chicago’s ‘gang database’ and the lawsuit from local activists

This Cover of TIME Came and Went, but it has a Message for Our Movement

This new video compares Donald Trump’s platform to the Black Panther Party’s

A Few Ways to Support Police Abolition In The New Year (Or Right Now)

We Need Revolution, Not Endorsements

Review of ‘The 13th’: When Art Imitates Life, We Have to Ask “What’s Next?”

Here’s What You Need To Know About Build Black Futures Advocacy Day

642 Million Reasons Chicago Doesn’t Need More Police

Brock Turner Gets out on Early Release

Florida State Attorney Angela Corey Loses Her Primary

Don’t Celebrate Just Yet, The Private Prison Industry Will Still Thrive

Women Jailed at a Faster Rate than Men, Two-Thirds are Women of Color

An Angela Davis Biopic Is On The Way And The Timing Is Perfect

Ava Duvernay’s New Documentary on Mass Incarceration Will Change The Game

This Is What Can Happen When Data Meets The Movement For Black Lives

Obama after Dallas: “We ask Too Much of Police and Not of Ourselves”

Double Life Sentence for Double Murder: Is this Justice?

The Current State of Criminal Justice Reform: An Interview with Shaka Senghor

10-year-old Dismantles the Classist U.S. Criminal Justice System

Shooting victim graduates college despite obstacles

Zimmerman to Ask Florida Court to Pay Legal Expenses

Houston Teens Missing After Sneaking Out to Meet Man They Met on Facebook

Florida Lawmakers Vote Overwhelming Against ‘Stand Your Ground’ Special Session

Teens Shot and Killed Australian Baseball Player Because They Were “Bored”

School Clerk Antoinette Tuff Convinced Elementary School Gunman to Lay Down Weapon and Surrender

Michigan Judge: No More Life-Without-Parole Sentences for Juveniles

BYP on FB

Black Youth Project

Join Our Newsletter

Subscribe to our newsletter today!

You can get all of our newest stories and updates on BYP research in your inbox.