New research highlights how passed-down prison debt disproportionately affects Black women. New research reveals how passed-down prison debt drives the loved ones of incarcerated people, particularly ...

Nearly all states allowing jails and prisons to charge incarcerated people for room and board or medical care highlights a deeper problem: their families, especially Black women, are forced to cover ...

Many of us have felt the isolation the COVID-19 pandemic has brought into our lives, but few have felt that isolation more than people in prison. During peak COVID months in 2020, many prisons ...

For Cecily McMillan, getting mail while incarcerated was a complex project. Any letter that was sent to her went through a metal detector and was opened by correctional officers before landing in the ...

Dauphin County Prison’s former policy of charging incarcerated individuals a daily room and board fee has left many with significant debt, even though this fee is no longer charged. Those who spent ...