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Home » Mass Incarceration

Topic: Mass Incarceration

Generation Change Philly: The Juvenile Justice Champions

In the eight years since co-founding the Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project Joanna Visser Adjoian and Lauren Fine have helped dozens of young people stay out of adult prisons—and get the support they need to lead productive lives

By Jessica Blatt Press

Guest Commentary: Abolish Prisons

A lawyer and advocate calls for ending our expensive culture of incarceration—and instead spending money to help prevent many crimes in the first place

By Alex Braden

The Most Woke Billionaire On Earth

Main Line entrepreneur and 76ers co-owner Michael Rubin’s eyes were opened to the criminal injustice system through his friend Meek Mill. Now he’s on the case.

By Larry Platt

Ideas We Should Steal: Eliminating Bail for Nonviolent Crimes

A New York plan promises to save money, reduce prison overcrowding and cut down on prison violence. Could it work in Philly?

By Emma Copley Eisenberg

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