By: gabriel sayegh via Medium.com The inherent unfairness and cruelty of the cash bail system undermines the promise of safety, equal opportunity, and equal justice

By Chris Gelardi via New York Focus At the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City, at least 91 people had been waiting for March 1

By Chris Gelardi via The American Prospect At the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City, at least 91 people had been waiting for

Tiffany Cusaac-Smith via Poughkeepsie Journal Correctional facilities in Rochester, Fishkill and Southport are among six New York prisons shuttering Thursday, amid diminishing prison populations and the

By Reuven Blau and Rachel Holliday Smith via The City  For decades, New York state law allowed parole officers to toss people back into jail for low-level infractions

By Robbie Sequeira via BronxTimes Without a second chance, Donna Hylton would have never transformed her life. Without a second chance, Hylton may only be

By Kenyatta Muzzani Via Hartford Courant In the past two years, Connecticut residents pushed for and won major reforms of the criminal legal system, including passing

If You’re Really Behind Grassroots Movements, Get Out of the Way By: Lorenzo Jones via Medium.com Over the past 10–15 years, the political landscape in

By Dave Altimari and Kelan Lyons via CT Mirror  William Lamprecht stood before the judge in a Torrington courtroom in September fearing the four months he was