BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — A new report from the Prison Policy Initiative reveals how President Donald Trump’s administration is driving mass deportation by secretly using local jails—even...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rejected a judicial doctrine that for years shielded law enforcement officers from civil liability in police shooting cases...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — One-third of those—over 2.7 million—were for misdemeanor offenses, charges often as minor as sitting on a sidewalk or jaywalking.
Hundreds of thousands of individuals locked up in jails almost daily — many find it challenging to pay bail By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Our experiences inform us that the implementation of a menthol ban will inevitably and undoubtedly create an increased number of stops, frisks, and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Much of the public outrage has been directed at the officials who have been unable to prevent the fatal spread of COVID-19 in...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — President Donald Trump continues to counter occasional talk of reform with law-and-order rhetoric, which focuses on various left-wing groups he calls Antifa and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — More than 1,000 individuals incarcerated in federal prisons were granted sentence reductions in the four months since the First Step Act was signed...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “From their very first interaction with the police, to being arrested, booked, charged, convicted, and sentenced, Black people are discriminated against and disproportionately...
MILWAUKEE COURIER — The zip code 53206 holds the highest proportion of incarceration for African-American men, rising as high as 62%, according to the video website.
