While more white people were released from prison, more Black and brown people were going to prison in the year after the pandemic started. COVID-19 highlighted the racial disparities in the U.S.

Mike returned home to Philadelphia after a 15-year prison sentence and suffered an emotional breakdown. “I just couldn’t stop crying … I don’t know. It was the anxiety. It was just a lot,” he said. “I ...

A new report shows that the Black prison population has notably downsized the most. The total prison population has declined by 25% after reaching its peak in 2009, and the Black prison population has ...

A Black prison official was unlawfully demoted from an administrative position in a retaliatory act after he reported racial discrimination and harassment, a recent complaint filed against the state's ...

Nearly all states allowing jails and prisons to charge incarcerated people for room and board or medical care highlights a deeper problem: their families, especially Black women, are forced to cover ...

Mike returned home to Philadelphia after a 15-year prison sentence and suffered an emotional breakdown. "I just couldn't stop crying … I don't know. It was the anxiety. It was just a lot," he said. "I ...