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Graphic: Formerly incarcerated people are 10x more likely to experience homelessness than the general population. Homelessness also makes formerly incarcerated people more likely to be arrested and incarcerated again. The increasing criminalization of homelessness does not create safer communities - instead, it creates a revolving door that traps some of the most vulnerable people inside the carceral system (Prison Policy Initiative)

Formerly Incarcerated People Are Significantly More Likely to Experience Homelessness Than General Population

January 21, 2026
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. acknowledges the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial for his "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington on August 28, 1963. (Photo: Associated Press)

Kwaneta Harris – A Letter from Dr. King

January 19, 2026
Teen in the housing unit at Lee Correctional Institution, a high-security state prison for men located in Bishopville, SC (Photo: Vera Institute of Justice)

Voices of the Incarcerated – What Life Is Really Like for a Teen in Adult Prison

January 16, 2026
Illustration of a person laying on a gurney in an execution chamber, as viewed through the observer window (Illustration by Carson McNamara/The Marshall Project)

Missouri Denied Spiritual Advisors at Executions

January 15, 2026
Graphic of a flashlight, and in the beam; "The Death Penalty Fails Us All" from the Lush Cosmetics campaign for Governor Newsom to Commute the Row

Lush Cosmetics Campaign; Governor Newsom – Commute Death Row Sentences!

January 15, 2026
Volunteers working with incarcerated people using VR headsets (Photo: Sam Richardson/Courtesy of Creative Arts)

Virtual Reality Headsets in California Prisons Ideal Tools for Wellness and Expression

January 12, 2026
Graphic: Los Angeles - Free Legal Clinic Tomorrow January 10th, 10a-12 noon. and the second Saturday of each month - from 10 a.m. - Noon at Ross Snyder Park, 41st Street and Compton Avenue on the east side of South Central Los Angeles. Support includes: Pre-trial participatory defense, post conviction re-sentencing hearings and commutations, family reunification and DCFS cases, assistance in accessing victim compensation and restitution, tenants rights and eviction defense. Families fearing ICE raids and deportation can get support for U-Visas, vacating convictions and other immigration applications. If you have questions and/or need more information, you can text (323)327-1259 or (424)744-1156. You can also send an email to fuelwop@gmail.com.

Los Angeles – Free Legal Clinic Tomorrow January 10th, 10a-12 noon

January 9, 2026
Illustration of a person sitting on a prison bed, and the walls are covered in hashmarks (Brian Stauffer/New York Times)

Delays in Parole Process Change the Meaning of Life Sentences

January 8, 2026
Incarcerated persons in line at San Quentin State Prison in California (Photo: Eric Risberg/AP)

Mandatory Minimum Sentences Are Ineffective at Reducing Crime, Perpetuate Mass Incarceration

January 6, 2026
Painting of Demitrius Buckley, an award winning writer incarcerated in Michigan (Credit: Daniella Toosie-Watson)

The Cost of Truth Telling – Demetrius Buckley

December 31, 2025
Briana Fair, a mental health clinician with the San Mateo Police Department, talks to a dispatcher on her radio about a mental health related 911 call. (Photo: Manuel Orbegozo/CalMatters)

Co-Responder Model Changing Approach to Mental Health Calls

December 31, 2025
An incarcerated person is shackled to a bed while being treated in the intensive care unit at Kent Hospital in Warwick, RI (Photo: David Goldman, Associated Press)

Health Care In Prisons – Why Treatable Conditions Can Turn Fatal

December 29, 2025
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