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Illinois Becomes First State To Eliminate Cash Bail

The bill signed into law by Governor J.B. Pritzker highlights the cash bail system which routinely and disproportionately affects Black…

by Charise Frazier
09.29.21
City Panel Likely To Recommend Closing New York City's Infamous Rikers Island Prison

Is Rikers Island Closing For Gentrification?

The New York City Council voted to close the jail.

by NewsOne Staff
03.30.20

White Teen Who Wants To 'Kill Everybody' Released

This is America.

by Megan Sims
03.29.20
2016 American Justice Summit

NYC Will Pay For Kalief Browder's Life

He was wrongfully imprisoned.

by NewsOne Staff
03.27.20
2017 Budweiser Made in America - Day 2

Hip Hop Pushes For Prison Reform And You…

In the wake of Meek Mill's hypervigilant sentencing, we look to the ongoing efforts of Hip Hop artists to end…

by A. French
11.14.17
USA - Prisons - Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center at Rikers

Bronx Teen Avoids Same Fate As Kalief Browder

Pedro Hernandez, a Bronx teen who was wrongfully arrested for a crime that he didn't commit, was released from the…

by @coupcoup40cal, Global Grind
08.02.17
Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year Ceremony 2016

Jay Z To Bail Out Incarcerated Dads

Jay Z will support criminal justice reform organizations in their efforts to bail out incarcerated fathers for Father’s Day.

by NewsOne Staff
06.17.17
2016 American Justice Summit

Bronx Street Renamed 'Kalief Browder Way'

The renaming recognizes the injustice to Browder and his role in shedding light on prison abuse of minors.

by nigelroberts1
05.25.17
Demonstrators hold aloft a symbolic coffin bearing Kalief...

The Case For Shuttering Rikers Before 10 Years

Criminal justice reform advocate Glenn Martin says there's too much at stake to wait a decade to close the notorious…

by Jeff Mays
05.08.17
TIME AND PUNISHMENT: A Town Hall Discussion With JAY Z And Harvey Weinstein On Spike TV

Jay Z To Produce Race In America Docuseries

National Geographic has picked up a six-part documentary from Jay Z and The Weinstein Company titled “Race With Jay Z.”

by NewsOne Staff
04.22.17
Demonstrators hold aloft a symbolic coffin bearing Kalief...

New York State Finally Agrees To #RaiseTheAge For…

Now that New York has ceased charging 16-and 17-year-olds as adults, North Carolina remains the only state in the U.S.…

by Angela Bronner Helm
04.10.17
Rikers Island

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio Pledges To…

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Friday that the dilapidated and notorious Rikers Island jail complex will close,…

by Clarissa Hamlin
04.01.17
Demonstrators hold aloft a symbolic coffin bearing Kalief...

Mayor Bill De Blasio Plans To Renovate Rikers…

New York City's mayor ignores prison reform activists and plans renovation of controversial prison complex.

by NewsOne Staff
03.19.17
USA - Prisons - Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center at Rikers

Former Inmate And Criminal Justice Reform Advocate Fights…

Glenn Martin, a former Rikers inmate and advocate for criminal justice reform, has continually made the effort to have Rikers…

by NewsOne Staff
03.11.17
Demonstrators hold aloft a symbolic coffin bearing Kalief...

Kalief Browder Film ‘Documents Heartbreaking, But Necessary Truth’

The documentary dives into the fundamentally broken parts of the criminal justice system and personifies it with Browder's story.

by NewsOne Staff
03.02.17
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10 Highly Anticipated Black Films At The 2017…

From documentaries to coming-of-age stories, here are the most anticipated movies coming out of the Sundance Film Festival.

by Kiyonna Anthony
01.27.17
Sources: Texas cop in viral video gave up promotion for right to appeal suspension

NEWS ROUNDUP: Charges Dropped Against Texas Mother And…

The Fort Worth Police Department will drop charges against Jacqueline Craig and Brea Hymond.

by NewsOne Staff
04.05.18
Demonstrators hold aloft a symbolic coffin bearing Kalief...

Jay Z Releases Wrenching Trailer For Kalief Browder…

rapper and business.man., Shawn “Jay Z” Carter dropped the harrowing and deeply disturbing trailer for Time: The Kalief Browder Story…

by Angela Bronner Helm
12.17.16
Rashaan Salaam Bears

NEWS ROUNDUP: Heisman Trophy Winner Rashaan Salaam Dies…

Rashaan Salaam, a star football player at the University of Colorado and former Chicago Bears running back, won the Heisman…

by NewsOne Staff
12.07.16
2016 American Justice Summit

Kalief Browder’s Mom Dies Of ‘A Broken Heart’

Venida Browder, the 63-year-old the mother of the late Kalief Browder, who committed suicide after spending three horrific years being…

by Angela Bronner Helm
10.17.16
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