Incarceration
African American in Prison
Flikshop App Aims To Combat Recidivism

Social entrepreneur Marcus Bullock is using his business Flikshop to keep families connected with their incarcerated loved ones and combat…
by Brandee Sanders
06.22.20
Meek Mill, Michael Rubin, And CEO Van Jones Launch The Reform Alliance With Founding Partners
REFORM Alliance To Donate Masks To U.S. Prisons

Jay-Z and Meek Mill’s nonprofit REFORM Alliance will donate masks to every correctional facility in the U.S.
by NewsOne Staff
05.18.20
LA Premiere Of Cirque Du Soleil's "Volta"
Common’s Nonprofit Launches #WeMatterToo Campaign Amid COVID-19

Common’s nonprofit has launched a criminal justice reform campaign to address the spread of COVID-19 in correctional facilities.
by NewsOne Staff
05.17.20
Phresher And Funk Master Flex In Concert - New York, NY
Rapper Fred Da Godson Dies Of The Coronavirus

The lawyer of YNW Melly requests his release.
by Royce Dunmore
04.24.20
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The Coronavirus Is Reportedly In Bill Cosby's Prison

The comedian is apart of the larger conversation to incarceration issues.
by Royce Dunmore
03.26.20
Rihanna's 5th Annual Diamond Ball
Meek Mill Surprises Children Impacted By Incarceration

Meek Mill and Reform Alliance leaders treated children whose lives have been impacted by incarceration to a shopping spree.
by NewsOne Staff
03.31.20
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Families Slam Jail For Disturbing Deaths Of Inmates

Pressure from relatives builds.
by Adrian Moore
03.30.20
Washington Wizards v Brooklyn Nets
NBA Player Provides Haircuts For Brooklyn Children

NBA player Jarrett Allen provided children in Brooklyn with back-to-school haircuts.
by NewsOne Staff
03.30.20
African American mother and her daughter.
#FreeBlackMamas Bails Out Black Moms For Mother’s Day

The #FreeBlackMamas initiative is posting bail for Black mothers so they can be reunited with their families in time for…
by NewsOne Staff
03.28.20
Philly Fights Cancer: Round 3
John Legend Supports Accelerator Program For Former Inmates

John Legend, New Profit, and Bank of America have joined forces to launch an entrepreneurial accelerator program for former inmates.
by NewsOne Staff
12.10.17
Prison cell bars
Census Bureau Displaces Minority Prisoners

A coalition of civil rights groups urge the Census Bureau to change its policy of how counting prisoners. In a…
by Nigel Roberts
09.02.16
Democratic National Convention
Clinton Gets Post-DNC Poll Bump

According to a new poll, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is edging out Donald Trump in the presidential race. The survey,…
by NewsOne Staff
08.02.16
Jail Cell
Spending On Incarceration Far Outpacing School Funding

An Education Department report finds a dramatic increase in prison spending over education funding. The Obama administration is calling for…
by Nigel Roberts
07.10.16
Obama vows to politicize fight for tighter gun laws
Education Department To Help The Formerly Incarcerated

The Department of Education announced funding for new tools to help those returning from prison. Grants offer a means to…
by Nigel Roberts
04.28.16
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Rich Black Kids More Likely To Be Incarcerated…

African-American kids from rich families are more likely to go to prison than White kids from underprivileged households.
by NewsOne Staff
04.10.18
President Obama Speaks At The Newark Campus Of Rutgers University
Three Ways Obama’s Criminal Justice Reforms Will Help…

On Monday, President Obama unveiled a series of initiatives to overhaul the criminal justice system. Here's how the reforms will…
by Lynette Holloway
03.15.18
Ta-Nehisi Coates, National Correspondent for The Atlantic Magazine, wrote the cover piece about reparations in this month's issue...
Ta-Nehisi Coates Stirs Debate With Treatise On “The…

The Atlantic's Ta-Nehisi Coates is back with a probing analysis titled "The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration."
by hollowaylynette
09.16.15
Jail Cell
Bail Equals Inequality: The Kalief Browder Case &…

For the three years Kalief Browder sat in New York’s Rikers Island, he probably wondered what the difference would have…
by Madison J. Gray
06.12.15
President Obama in Jamaica
News Roundup: President Obama Removes Cuba From Terrorism…

The rekindled relationship between the United States and Cuba has taken yet another step forward. On Tuesday, the White House…
by NewsOne Staff
04.15.15
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