Incarceration

John Fetterman wants sentencing reform and second chances. Oz opposes attempts to reduce incarceration, and believes it leads to crime.

Larry Krasner doesn’t like cash bail for non-violent offenses, but for gun crimes he believes the sky should be the limit.

The film follows Kristal Bush, as she balances running a transportation company that takes families to see incarcerated loved ones with raising her own family.

Albert Woodfox died this month at the age of 75. In 2019, we talked about solitary confinement in US prisons and the mental and physical effects on incarcerated people.

Two Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks were ordered to pay more than $200 million.

Prosecutors said Cruciani groomed vulnerable patients by overprescribing painkillers, sometimes to treat serious injuries from car wrecks and other accidents.

Under a new executive director, the group is concentrating on education.

American basketball star Brittney Griner illegally brought drugs into Russia, the judge at her trial ruled Thursday at the conclusion of her case.

The Biden administration has offered a deal to Russia aimed at bringing home WNBA star Brittney Griner and another jailed American Paul Whelan.

Griner said that a language interpreter translated only a fraction of what was said during her questioning.

The civil rights lawsuit began in January with just two plaintiffs alleging assaults by one officer. The claims and number of officers have grown exponentially.

The program, which is on track to expand, “makes us feel like people,” said one mother who recently gave birth.

Tonie Willis, the founder of Ardella’s House, spoke with WHYY’s Cherri Gregg about barriers facing women post-incarceration, and how society can better support their re-entry.

The money will go towards a new program that provides training and employment services to people following their incarceration at the George W. Hill Correctional Facility.

A former juvenile lifer turned his life around through a series of events that led him to a Pulitzer winning podcast and the program, “I am More”.