Feb 16 Watch How poverty and mental illness are putting more people behind bars By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 24 Poll: Should employers doing background checks be blocked from seeing nonviolent criminal offenses? By Stephen Fee A growing number of jurisdictions are banning preliminary questions about job applicants’ criminal records. But advocates suggest a policy that goes a step further: to seal nonviolent, low-level criminal offenses that are more than ten years old, effectively blocking employers… Continue reading
May 01 Watch How a national spike in incarcerations affects crime, cost and communities By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 08 How to Not Let Mistakes Define You EmbedVideo(1190, 514, 320); We recently reported on the prison initiative of Bard College, a selective school currently running degree programs in five New York prisons. Skeptics of prison reform should take note of one Anthony Cardenales,… Continue reading
Apr 07 Watch NAACP Report Says Shift in Funding Toward Prisons ‘Failing Us’ A new report shows states are devoting larger portions of their budgets to prisons. Continue watching
Sep 05 Watch PBS Documentary Examines Lives, Opinions of Generation Next As a follow-up to January's documentary on the challenges facing young Americans, Judy Woodruff and the team have put together another hour of reporting, set to air on most PBS stations Wednesday night. "Generation Next 2.0" profiles seven unique young… Continue watching