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Alfre Woodard and Jamie Foxx. A middle-aged Black woman with brown curly hair and Black man with short hair cut.

Alfre Woodard and Jamie Foxx On Playing Roles Set In Prisons

Foxx: “The reason I don’t want to go see somebody in jail is because I don’t want to get used to that.”

N. Jamiyla Chisholm Dec 5, 2019 2:41PM EST

Several incarcerated firefighters in orange jumpsuits look on as a plane passes over a burned down field.

California Uses Prison Labor to Battle Dangerous Wildfires

Some 2,000 incarcerated firefighters from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation are earning just $2 a day to contain the largest wildfire ever recorded in the state’s history.

catherine lizette gonzalez Aug 9, 2018 5:34PM ET

REPORT: Racial Disparities Persist Despite Marijuana Legalization Measures

Despite widespread succes of state-level legalization laws, Black and Latinx people remain disproportionate victims of racial profiling and over policing.

Alfonso Serrano Jan 23, 2018 1:18PM EST

A shadow is cast of a cell door of a male prison on March 15, 2017, in Wrexham, Wales.

READ: How Prisons Are Affected By Climate Change

Across the country, incarcerated men and women’s lives are in danger as a result of facilities’ environmental violations.

Yessenia Funes Jun 2, 2017 2:24PM EDT

Immigrant Women and Mothers March in Houston

This Mother’s Day, Let's Honor Our Mamas With Actions That Reflect the Radical Roots of the Holiday

Keeping in mind the spirit of its origins, we offer you a range of ways to do good on Mother’s Day.

Deepa Iyer May 12, 2017 7:08AM EDT

This Organization Makes the Case for Prisoners in the EPA's EJ Plan

The Human Rights Defense Center submitted an 11-page comment yesterday for the EPA’s EJ 2020 Action Agenda. The premise? Prisoners’ rights.

Yessenia Funes Jul 29, 2016 1:01PM EDT