Mass Incarceration

50th Anniversary of Voting Rights Act and Felony Disenfranchisement

08.05.15

U.S. Department of Education Launches Second Chance Pell Pilot Program for Incarcerated Individuals

07.31.15

Justice Department Reaches Agreement with State of Alabama to Protect Women Prisoners From Sexual Abuse

06.10.15

Justice Department Calls for Release of More Elderly and Infirm Inmates

05.08.15

Sexual Violence in Prison Remains Serious Problem

04.27.15

U.S. Justice Department Finds Ferguson Police and Courts Targeted African Americans

03.06.15

Join Serena Williams’s Campaign with EJI

03.01.15

Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner Resigns

01.28.15

Innocent North Carolina Man Freed After 37 Years in Prison

01.27.15

After More than 20 Years, Innocent Illinois Man’s Sentence Is Commuted

01.12.15

Leading Alabama Journalists Join EJI In Calling For New Prison Leadership

12.31.14

Churches and Opinion Leaders Join EJI’s Call for Reform of Alabama Prisons

11.14.14

Equal Justice Initiative Issues New Findings on Alabama Prisons

11.11.14

Interest Group Money in Judicial Elections Makes Courts More Hostile to Criminal Defendants

11.04.14

Montgomery Advertiser Joins EJI in Calling for Prison Leadership Change

10.23.14

Private Companies Profit from Charging High Fees to Prisoners and Their Families

10.10.14