JULIET LINDERMAN, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — The leader of a violent gang that controlled life inside one of America’s most notorious jails testified that he...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Last week I wrote about the shocking story of how our Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) willfully brought crack cocaine into...
(The Huffington Post) – It took 18 years for DNA evidence to surface that cleared Derrick Williams of a rape and attempted kidnapping in Florida. Prosecutors had...
by Mike McGee Special to the NNPA from the Dallas Examiner “It’s a money grab,” John Thomas admonished the Dallas County Commissioners Court about the cost...
In the latest installment of the Florida Courier’s series on Blacks and mental health, we review the Miami Herald’s spotlight on the state’s inability to handle...
By Henrie Treadwell NNPA Guest Columnist According to Bureau of Justice Statistics figures analyzed by the Sentencing Project, the number of people incarcerated in state...
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist Rikers Island Correctional Facility in New York is in the news against, this time allegedly for officer brutalizing inmates. I...
by Michael McGee Special to the NNPA from The Dallas Examiner “The most disadvantaged, troubled students in the South and the nation attend schools in...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) –Since 1973, more than 300 innocent defendants have been sentenced to death, largely because Blacks are overrepresented...
[News OK] Prison officers shocked an uncooperative Clayton Lockett with a Taser and found a self-inflicted cut on his arm in the hours before he was...
[The Washington Post] The botched execution in Oklahoma that caused a prisoner to die in apparent agony triggered a review by the state’s governor Wednesday but is unlikely...
BAILEY ELISE McBRIDE, Associated Press SEAN MURPHY, Associated Press McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — A botched execution using a disputed new drug combination left an Oklahoma inmate...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is encouraging many nonviolent federal prisoners to apply for early release — and expecting thousands to...
Gov. Rick Scott’s restrictive rules regarding restoration of ex-offenders’ civil rights prevent 23 percent of voting-age Black Floridians from voting Special to the NNPA from The...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Although private schools are often lauded for providing a better education to students, the same can’t be...
[USA Today] DETROIT — In a fiery speech Sunday delivered to 18,000 at Joe Louis Arena, Minister Louis Farrakhan blasted the judicial systems in the U.S....
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – If America is ever to end the revolving door of prison recidivism, it needs to ease the...
PETE YOST, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder called on a group of states Tuesday to restore voting rights to ex-felons, part of...
By Joaquin Sapien Special to NNPA from ProPublica A new Justice Department study shows that allegations of sex abuse in the nation’s prisons and jails are increasing —...
Louisiana leads the nation Special to the NNPA from The Louisiana Weekly In an in-depth study of people serving life without parole for nonviolent offenses in...
by La Risa R. Lynch Special to the NNPA from The Final Call “When you make prisons into a profit, you drive the need for incarceration...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In a stunning turn in criminal justice policy, Attorney General Eric Holder announced steps the Justice Department...
by Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When a Baltimore grocery store employee fingered 26-year-old Michael Austin for the murder of a security guard...
