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06 Apr Attorney-Client Privilege Is Tested When It Comes To Email In Prison
Another important element of TRULINCS is privacy, or the lack thereof. All messages that come in or go out through TRULINCS can be monitored. That's true whether they are sent between an incarcerated person and their family or even their attorney.
17 Mar Home Confinement May End Along With the CARES Act
The CARES Act is set to expire in March and potentially with it, home confinement for thousands of prisoners. Here's what we know.
10 Mar The Line Between Prison Strip-Frisk Searches and Assault Should be Thin
Strip-frisk searches, while technically legal, would register as sexual assault anywhere but prison. Some prisoners are calling for change.
03 Mar Could Raising the Minimum Wage Impact the Criminal Justice System?
A $15 per hour minimum wage would transform the incomes of millions of Americans, but how would it impact the criminal justice system?
02 Mar End Qualified Immunity: Two Dem. Lawmakers’ Ambitious Proposal To Do It
The doctrine of qualified immunity has been at the center of the justice-reform debate for a while. Three lawmakers want to end it.
01 Mar Rep. Stefanik Seeks to Keep COVID Vaccine from Vulnerable Prisoners
Not all lawmakers agree with President Biden's desire to give the COVID vaccine to vulnerable prisoners in state and federal prisons.
28 Feb Merrick Garland: The United States’ Next Attorney General
Merrick Garland is nominated to be the country's next Attorney General. But who is he and what are his plans for the DOJ? Read more inside.
25 Feb How the Death Penalty Is a COVID-19 Superspreader
The Trump administration's use of the death penalty turned into COVID-19 superspreader events.