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Tomorrow, Florida is set to carry out the state-sanctioned murder of mentally ill Gulf War veteran Jeffrey Hutchinson. We call on our supporters to voice their opposition and take action to stop this cruel and unjust punishment.
Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater hosted an official chess tournament in mid-April, taking a pastime - and a way to pass time - for many incarcerated persons, and allowing them to play the game in a formal competition.
Prolonged solitary confinement isolation destroys a person’s personality and their mental health and effects may last long after the end of the period of segregation. Solitary Watch spoke to formerly incarcerated people who spent extended time in solitary confinement about life after release.
In New Hampshire, there is a strict three-year deadline to file a motion for a new trial, regardless when new exonerating evidence is discovered. Senate Bill 141 would create room for exceptions and allow the wrongfully convicted to file a motion after three years if there is newly discovered evidence.
Last Thursday, the Michigan Supreme Court struck down automatic, LWOP sentences for 19 and 20-year-olds convicted of murder. As a result, hundreds of people will be eligible for resentencing opportunities.
Civil Rights Attorney Alex Karakatsanis' newest book Copaganda discusses how media coverage manipulates public perception, fueling fear and inequality, and distracts from what matters; affordable housing, adequate healthcare, early childhood education, and climate-friendly city planning.
California lawmakers seek more oversight at women's prisons, which face thousands of sexual misconduct and assault complaints and are delivering a poor track record of properly investigating those complaints.
FMEP asks supporters take action & urge CA Assembly Public Safety Committee to protect elder parole by OPPOSING Assembly Bill 47, the sister bill to SB 286, which would decimate California's Elderly Parole Program.
Today, Wednesday, April 16 at 6:30 p.m. in Los Angeles, join Southern California CeaseFire Committee and Everyday Heroes LA in a discussion on Los Angeles County's struggle to protect, support and uplift the youth in LA County Probation custody.
The following article "Starved in Jail," appeared in The New Yorker and is published in the April 14th, 2025 print edition. The report is written by Sarah Stillman, a staff writer for The New Yorker, who previously wrote an investigative report about the felony murder doctrine, which won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting.