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January 4, 2024
It's Time to End Solitary Confinement: Ian Manuel's Story
“Imagine that you, at age fifteen, have been sentenced to social death, life without parole, in a space nine feet by seven—the size of a freight elevator—where for twenty-two to twenty-four hours a day you are trapped; where in a deadly daily routine you sleep, wake up, shit, piss, eat—food...
It's Time to End Solitary Confinement: Ian Manuel's Story January 4, 2024
It's Time to End Solitary Confinement: Ian Manuel's Story
It's Time to End Solitary Confinement: Ian Manuel's Story“Imagine that you, at age fifteen, have been sentenced to social death, life without parole, in a space nine feet by seven—the size of a freight elevator—where for twenty-two to twenty-four hours a day you...
September 14, 2023
This Student Fought a School Fine for Four Years
We’re continuing to feature major stories impacting students as the back-to-school season is underway. Today, we confront one troubling question: Why are students being fined by police in schools? Across the nation, students are being disciplined through tickets with shocking frequency, burdening them with hefty fines and subjecting them to...
This Student Fought a School Fine for Four Years September 14, 2023
This Student Fought a School Fine for Four Years
This Student Fought a School Fine for Four YearsWe’re continuing to feature major stories impacting students as the back-to-school season is underway. Today, we confront one troubling question: Why are students being fined by police in schools? Across the nation, students are being...
January 26, 2023
Louisiana's Former Death Row is Now Holding Kids
Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as Angola Prison, is the largest maximum-security adult prison in the US. Angola is the perfect symbol for the criminal legal system’s ongoing legacy of racism. It’s transformed from a slave plantation to a camp for mostly Black laborers exploited by convict leasing, all before...
Louisiana's Former Death Row is Now Holding Kids January 26, 2023
Louisiana's Former Death Row is Now Holding Kids
Louisiana's Former Death Row is Now Holding KidsLouisiana State Penitentiary, also known as Angola Prison, is the largest maximum-security adult prison in the US. Angola is the perfect symbol for the criminal legal system’s ongoing legacy of racism. It’s transformed from a...
January 13, 2022
How to Win an Election From Jail
Joel Castón was incarcerated when he was 18 years old. He’s now 45 and in November of last year, just two months ago, Joel was released after serving over 26 years. While incarcerated, he received a degree through the Georgetown Prison Scholars Program and started a mentorship initiative called Young...
How to Win an Election From Jail Joel Castón was incarcerated when he was 18 years old. He’s now 45 and in November of last year, just two months ago, Joel was released after serving over 26 years. While incarcerated, he received...
September 2, 2021
How To End the Preschool to Prison Pipeline
Over the coming weeks, kids will be heading back to school – over a million of them to preschool. And while many of these preschoolers will learn about colors, shapes, and the ABC’s, thousands will learn what it’s like to be suspended for the first time. On average 250 preschoolers...
How To End the Preschool to Prison Pipeline September 2, 2021
How To End the Preschool to Prison Pipeline
How To End the Preschool to Prison PipelineOver the coming weeks, kids will be heading back to school – over a million of them to preschool. And while many of these preschoolers will learn about colors, shapes, and the ABC’s, thousands will...
August 30, 2018
Criminalizing Schoolkids
Many of the children who are presently gearing up for a new school year are also preparing to face police on a daily basis. The numbers of cops in schools is growing, which often means that instead of a detention or a timeout, routine misbehavior can result in arrest and...
Criminalizing Schoolkids Many of the children who are presently gearing up for a new school year are also preparing to face police on a daily basis. The numbers of cops in schools is growing, which often means...