The mayoral candidates need to remember that hope is political.
Category: On Prisons
Posted inOn Prisons
Torture by any other name
Solitary confinement is brutal torture. I have experienced it firsthand.
Posted inOn Prisons
Hard lessons
Without education or job training, what hope do people in prison have for rehabilitation?
Posted inOn Prisons
Legal slavery
People in prison perform essential work, but the 13th Amendment prevents them from being treated with dignity.
Posted inOn Prisons
Shooting ourselves in the foot
Harsh penalties for gun crimes don’t make communities safer.
Posted inOn Prisons
On demand, without apology
Stripping the right to abortion harms incarcerated women.
Posted inOn Prisons
Drinking water in Illinois prisons is a crapshoot
The tap water at Stateville has been dangerous for decades.
Posted inOn Prisons
The ‘tough on crime’ myth
When candidates say they’re “tough on crime,” what they really mean is “we’ll put more Black people in prison.”
Posted inOn Prisons
A very dark place
Maintaining mental health in prison was already challenging before COVID-19 hit.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
A new, deadly COVID outbreak in an Illinois prison
An update from inside Stateville Correctional Center