On February 20, 2019, the Supreme Court decided the case of Timbs v. Indiana, which posed the question of whether the Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amendment is incorporated to the states. The Supreme Court said that it did. What the Supreme Court’s answer left out are the consequences for Mr. Timbs case and the impact that this decision might have on civil forfeiture laws across the country. Mr. Timbs’ case began after he pleaded guilty to one felony count of dealing.

"I don't feel like you should be arrested and put in a place where a murderer would be, for just being in the country too long." -21 Savage Why did 21 Savage get detained by ICE? 21 Savage, aka She'yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on February 3rd, 2019 for over staying his visa. Savage entered on an H-4 visa through his mother, which is the visa for family members of those entering on an H-2 visa, an employment based visa for s

Did you know you can receive an educational degree while in prison? Incarcerated women and men across the United States are working harder than ever to do just that. In California alone, as of 2017, 4,500 inmates registered for classes at correctional facilities in the state to work towards earning their GED or associate’s degree. California has created “Corrections to College”, which facilitates that very mission. While the program is growing thanks in part to the efforts of

The death penalty has reserved a frequent spot in the Supreme Court docket; the most recent case in 2014 addressed botched injections. On November 6, 2018, legal injection returned to the Court in Bucklew v. Precythe. This case presents a unique question – what should a state do when a normally painless procedure could cause immense pain and suffering to an individual inmate? Russell Bucklew, an inmate on Missouri’s death row, suffers from a very rare congenital medical condi