New research reveals how passed-down prison debt drives the loved ones of incarcerated people, particularly Black women, into deeper poverty. With Black people making up 37% of the local jail and ...

For Cecily McMillan, getting mail while incarcerated was a complex project. Any letter that was sent to her went through a metal detector and was opened by correctional officers before landing in the ...

Many of us have felt the isolation the COVID-19 pandemic has brought into our lives, but few have felt that isolation more than people in prison. During peak COVID months in 2020, many prisons ...

Dauphin County Prison’s former policy of charging incarcerated individuals a daily room and board fee has left many with significant debt, even though this fee is no longer charged. Those who spent ...

In his fine article, Howard Husock emphasizes that high child-support debts block many black men from working (“The Black Men’s Burden Harris Ignores,” op-ed, Oct. 30). Child-support rules allow the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 9—BUFFALO — A Falls woman has been sentenced to just under two years in federal prison for her role in a scheme involving ...

New research highlights how passed-down prison debt disproportionately affects Black women. New research reveals how passed-down prison debt drives the loved ones of incarcerated people, particularly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BUFFALO — A Niagara Falls woman has been sentenced to just under two years in federal prison for her role in a scheme involving ...