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Devin Iorio
May 24, 20223 min read
State-sanctioned secrecy in capital punishment
On Oct. 28, 2021 after being injected with the first of a series of lethal injection drugs, John Marion Grant began to violently...
Siena Richardson
Apr 26, 20222 min read
The high cost of parenting while incarcerated
The moment a parent comes in contact with the criminal legal system, their entire family is impacted. As a result of an arrest alone, a...
W. Connor Smith
Apr 20, 20223 min read
Locked up and left to die: Addiction in America’s prisons
Mass incarceration is an institution as American as apple pie. In 2019, roughly 2.1 million people were incarcerated in the United...
Samuel Disario
Apr 6, 20222 min read
How to ensure every trans person has adequate access to trans-affirming care while incarcerated
On Aug. 16, 2016, Stacy Lorraine Naber, a transgender woman, was found dead in her cell in a mens prison facility at Dade Correctional...
Carol Marand
Apr 5, 20223 min read
Leveraging discretion: Prosecutors’ role in justice reforms
The growing movement for policing reforms reached a pivotal moment in 2020, following the death of George Floyd. That summer saw a push...
Vicky Cheng
Mar 14, 20224 min read
Forgotten by their keepers: Ensuring Eighth Amendment protections during COVID-19
For more than a year now, correctional staff in most states have been eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. They are prioritized given the...
Kayla Ollendorff
Mar 14, 20223 min read
D.C. jail conditions: Cruel and unusual punishment?
The pandemic has ravaged the criminal legal system, and COVID-19 has only aggravated the poor conditions within jails and prisons...
Felicia Sych
Mar 1, 20222 min read
Why are airline passengers flying off the handle?
As the world continues to open due to the COVID-19 vaccine, many people are taking to the skies to travel and regain some sense of...
Danielle Davis
Feb 26, 20223 min read
Rebranding the school to prison pipeline: From classroom to Zoom room
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in March 2020, students across the country adapted to online, distance learning—a reality that...
Samuel Disario
Feb 1, 20223 min read
Why queer persons disproportionately experience police violence, how we can fix it
Kayla Moore, a transgender woman, was experiencing a paranoid schizophrenic mental health crisis. Instead of receiving care, she was...
Kevin Botros
Jan 21, 20222 min read
Body-worn cameras: Substantive, distractive or both?
Police Body-Worn Cameras (PBCs) are implemented with various policy goals, but most prominently, they are used to reduce police...
Samantha Hall
Jan 18, 20223 min read
Redesigning youth justice
On Sept. 30, 2021, President Biden proclaimed October 2021 as National Youth Justice Action Month. In this proclamation, he specified...
Lucy Delves
Jan 17, 20222 min read
All you have to do is take a class: Is this really the solution to domestic violence?
When someone perpetrates domestic violence, the solution agreed upon by both parties and the court is often to send the abuser to a...
W. Connor Smith
Jan 16, 20223 min read
Misfire: Virginia’s new firearm prohibition is off-target
In June, Gov. Ralph Northam (D-VA) signed Virginia’s newest firearms prohibition into law. The statute prohibits persons convicted of...
Emily Gorin
Jan 15, 20223 min read
D.C. Council embarks on rewrite of criminal code
The District of Columbia’s 120-year-old criminal code is finally being rewritten. D.C.’s current criminal code dates back to 1901, the...
Jackie Solomon
Jan 14, 20224 min read
Solitary confinement reform is only for men, apparently
In March 2017, three male prisoners sued the Louisiana Department of Public Safety Corrections (LDOC) and the wardens at the Louisiana...
Kaitlyn Wallace
Jan 13, 20223 min read
Call for reform: Improving access to phones in jail and prison populations
While COVID-19 has drastically affected the jail and prison populations across the country, the pandemic has brought one benefit to the...
Devin Iorio
Jan 12, 20222 min read
Examining Florida's repackaged poll tax
The right to vote is the cornerstone of American democracy. Historically, however, this right has been systemically restricted to select...
Breann Bell
Jan 11, 20223 min read
The unruly world of pleas: Ethics in plea bargaining
Once a frowned-upon practice thought to impede the truth-seeking function of the justice system, plea bargains have become the system....
Ben Crawford
Jan 10, 20223 min read
Prison gerrymandering: A ripple effect of mass incarceration
Across the country, felons are subjected to varying degrees of voter disenfranchisement depending on where they are incarcerated. In all...
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