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A Plea for Reform was one of the second prize high school western division winners in C-SPAN Classroom’s StudentCam documentary contest. Landon Tyner, a senior at Western High School in Anaheim, California,…

Nicole Lewis talked about how coronavirus has impacted U.S. prison populations.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Michael Carvajal testified before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies about the bureau’s response to…

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki held a briefing on the news of the day, including the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic, vaccine distribution plans, efforts to pass an…

The directors of the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the U.S. Marshals Service testified at a House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on their efforts to combat the spread of coronavirus in the…

Nicholas Turner, president of the Vera Institute for Justice, talked about criminal justice reform and the incoming Biden administration.

Massachusetts U.S. Senate candidates, incumbent Senator Edward Markey (D-MA) and Representative Joe Kennedy III (D-M), participated in separate virtual town hall forums on the U.S. justice…

University of California Hastings College of the Law professor Hadar Aviram looked at California’s parole system through the life sentences given to those involved in the Manson Family…

Cyntoia Brown-Long discussed her journey from prison to an advocate working to reform juvenile sentencing guidelines.

President Trump met with black conservative talk show hosts and community leaders to discuss policies that benefit their communities. They talked about criminal justice reform, opportunity…

House Judiciary Committee Democratic members held a virtual discussion on the Trump administration’s response to the spread of the COVID-19 in prisons and jails. They discussed the high…

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on maintaining a safe environment for inmates and detainees during the coronavirus pandemic. Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Michael…

City University of New York Professor Ruth Gilmore and Princeton University Professor Naomi Murakawa discussed ending mass incarceration in the U.S.

The Brennan Center’s Lauren-Brooke Eisen discussed the increase in coronavirus cases in the U.S. prison system and its overall impact on the prison population.

President Trump delivered remarks and handed out diplomas to graduates of the Hope for Prisoners program, which provides assistance to former inmates. At the start, the president addressed the Roger…

Yale’s Charles Barber talked about his Citizen Outlaw: One Man’s Journey from Gangleader to Peacekeeper. In his book he detailed the life of William “Juneboy” Outlaw, who went from convicted felon to…

Justice Action Network executive director Holly Harris discussed prison and sentencing reform.

Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Kathleen Sawyer testified on the operations of her agency before the Senate Judiciary Committee. She was asked about the ongoing investigations involving…

Marc Mauer, executive director of The Sentencing Project, talked about his book, The Meaning of Life: The Case for Abolishing Life Sentences.

Former Governor Robert Ehrlich (R-MF) of the conservative-leaning Right on Crime organization discussed criminal justice reform.