criminal justice reform

  In America, we are supposed to be innocent until proven guilty. The lived experience of those incarcerated before having their day in court is just the opposite. Between 70 percent of people detained by [more…]

PHILADELPHIA- Lt. Gov John Fetterman held his first public campaign event in NW Philly at the Dorothy Emanuel Rec. Center. The self-deprecating Senate candidate vowed not to pander, as Dr. Oz and other Republicans have. [more…]

PHILADELPHIA – Hundreds of Poor and low wage workers from Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware gathered in front of City Hall in Center City to call on the City Council and Mayor’s office to [more…]

No matter what you think about someone’s guilt or innocence, the type of crime, or any other excuses you can come up with, solitary confinement is torture, end of story. The mental and physical health [more…]

The arrest, conviction, incarceration, and even release of Arthur “Cetewayo” Johnson highlights so much of what is wrong with the American criminal justice system, not just in 1970 but through to today. [more…]

The Philadelphia County prison system has arguably been a human rights disaster for decades, but it has only deteriorated since the start of the pandemic. Conditions have become so bad; many compare it to the [more…]

Rampant Child Abuse in Juvenile Detention and Juvenile Life Without Parole [more…]

Incarceration is not meant to be fun or convenient. It’s a total loss of personal liberty. The prisoner is a ward of the state, utterly dependent on the correctional system for food, shelter, and medical [more…]