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These States Are Using Fetal Personhood to Put Women Behind Bars
By Cary Aspinwall On July 25, 2023 Hundreds of women who used drugs while pregnant have faced criminal charges — even when they deliver healthy babies. When Quitney Armstead learned…
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133 Degrees and No AC: Kids at Angola Prison Kept in Potentially Deadly Heat
By Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg On July 18, 2023 With heat indexes in the area regularly hitting triple digits, children incarcerated at Louisiana’s Angola prison have been locked in windowless cells for…
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Illinois is first state to eliminate cash bail, a penalty affecting low-income communities most
By John O’Conner On July 18, 2023 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois became the first state in the nation to eliminate cash bail as a condition of pretrial release from…
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A play written and performed by men in prison hopes to change state’s parole laws
By Francia Garcia Hernandez On July 18, 2023 Theatre Y worked with 12 men at Stateville Correctional Center to create the play Editor’s note: The article has been updated to…
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California’s prison-to-homelessness pipeline
By Simone Weichselbaum, Andrew Blankstein and Alexandra Chaidez On July 18, 2023 Thousands of former inmates are adding to a growing homelessness crisis in Los Angeles, an NBC News investigation…
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After decades of struggle in Israel, dozens of African Hebrew Israelites face deportation
By Ilan Ben Zion On July 21, 2023 DIMONA, Israel (AP) — For two years, Toveet Israel and dozens of other residents of the Village of Peace have lived in…
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Iran’s ‘morality police’ resume patrols 10 months after nationwide protests
By Patrick Wintour On July 17, 2023 Authorities announce new campaign to force women to wear the Islamic headscarf, after period of scaled-back policing Almost 10 months after Mahsa Amini…
Read MoreCountries summon Sweden’s envoys to protest against Quran burning
On July 21, 2023 Sweden’s ambassadors have been summoned in various countries following a second event held to desecrate the Quran, Islam’s holy book, was held in Sweden. The condemnations and…
Read More‘This is the greatest affront to democracy’: Ohio politicians, early voters weigh in on Issue 1
By Tara Jabour On July 11, 2023; Updated on July 12, 2023 Franklin County officials expect to see about 20% of registered voters participate in the election. COLUMBUS, Ohio —…
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