Prison Industrial Complex
Open door to prison cell
New App Helps Black People Pay Bail

Tech entrepreneur Kortney Ziegler is behind a new app that lets users accumulate their spare change to help bail Black…
by Nigel Roberts
11.28.17
Interior of prison cell blocks on Alcatraz Island
DOJ To Phase Out Private Federal Prisons

The Department of Justice announced that it will phase out its use of private prisons. There's no need for them…
by Nigel Roberts
08.20.16
Angola 3’s Albert Woodfox Released After Decades In…

The New Orleans' native was the longest-serving prisoner to be held in solitary confinement in US history.
by Kellee Terrell
02.21.16
Is Raking In Millions On The Backs Of Vulnerable Families
FCC Commissioner Confronts Inmate Phone Call Price Gouging…

The prison inmate phone call business is a multi-billion dollar industry that has been gouging families and those locked up…
by Kenon White
03.15.18
Prison inmates
16 States Have More People In Prison Than…

A new report from MetricMaps details a shocking statistic — in 16 states in the nation, there are more people locked up…
by NewsOne Now
03.15.18
Should Taxpayer Dollars Be Used To Bail Out…

Overcrowding has long plagued Chicago’s Cook County jail and Commissioner Larry Suffredin, (D-13th),  has proposed using taxpayer dollars to bail…
by Kirsten West Savali
11.16.13
Keeping Black Men, Women Together Starts At Home

Many of us were still on a post-Inaugural high even after King Day. Took me a minute to snap out…
by Tamika Mallory
01.25.13
Anti-Prison Organization Takes Root At Morgan State

Each day in America one thing is certain: Somebody will go to jail. This may not seem like an issue…
by NewsOne Staff
09.22.13
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