Prison Reform

Georgia's Fist Remains Tightly Clenched on History of Slavery and Exploitation for Profit

Congress outlawed debt slavery in 1867, but corporations continue to successfully lobby for policies that profit off prison labor. The...

New Report Shows Court Fines and Fees Contribute to Youth Delinquency

The Black Girl Times (BGX) has already covered how justice court related fines contribute to recidivism. Now a February report suggests...

Costly Fees for Those on Parole Aggravate Recidivism Across the Nation

It’s harder to get parole in Mississippi now that the state parole board is quashing applications. But should you manage to get past the...

Mississippi’s Parole Board is Singlehandedly Swamping State Prisons

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves’ appointment of Jeffery Belk as chairman of the State Parole Board is costing the state dearly. Belk adopted...

An Abolitionist Critique of Brittney Griner’s Incarceration

The Biden administration orchestrated a swap for 32-year-old American basketball player Brittney Griner this week. Griner got her...

New Report Confirms Police Targeting Black, Latino Kids for Juvenile Arrests

A new report out of Massachusetts reveals the obvious: Black and Latino teens are more likely to be arrested than white teens, and their...

Courts Transfer Louisiana Children to Notorious Angola Prison

A judge agreed to send two-dozen children to Louisiana’s infamous Angola Prison, despite appeals from the ACLU, federal officials and...

North Carolina State Officials Admit the Obvious: People with a Mental Illness Need Special Care in

Few of us consider the long-term impact of a 6-by-8-foot room. That’s about large enough to fit a car, roughly the size of a parking...

Mississippi Court Affirms 12 Years for a Black Man with a Phone

Photo courtesy Matthew Ansley. While everybody was fretting over being locked away in their own house for a few more weeks, one...

A Primer: Black August and Its Importance to Black Resistance and Survival

Pssst! I heard everyone talking about Black August, but I really don’t know what it is, it’s August 31st, and I never got around to doing...

Locked Away: How Black Girlhood Erasure Pushes us Toward Prison

One dreary November morning, when I was in the seventh grade, my classmates and I trekked outside for our daily break in between class...