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A STATE SELECTION BOARD on Wednesday moved forward proposals to construct a new prison for women despite pushback from former prisoners...

SUDBURY, MA — Three cars full of donated supplies pulled up to a house in a Boston neighborhood on a recent Saturday, completing six...

As reported Anna Lamb of the Bay State Banner - Activists and elected officials marched the three miles from the Suffolk County House of...

Formerly incarcerated woman sets to provide housing and support in Roxbury for women coming out of the prison system to help them recover...

Andrea James on ending incarceration of women and girls, @thecouncilus Clemency Campaign, and holding @potus accountable to his campaign...

America's Legacy of Sentencing the Innocent Guests: Osagie N. Okoruwa Founder/Director The Innocent Convicts Organization Documentary...

Raymond Paps Gaines has been incarcerated for 47 years, he fought many years for his life to prove his innocence. This case is a...

Stacey Borden embodies the vision of survivor led and trauma informed advocacy, civic engagement, and transformation. Stacey is the...

Two formerly incarcerated individuals – Stacey Borden and James Marshall – speak about their experience after incarceration and the...

At the beginning of 2021, Lizette Nevarez was nearing the end of her 10-year criminal sentence. She had just four months left before...

Women's History Month celebrates the strides that women have made around the world. It is also an opportunity to reflect on the work we...

By Maia Niguel Hoskin Weeks into President Biden’s presidency, he launched a racial equity plan to address the country’s ongoing problems...

State prisons and county jails in Massachusetts have released 367 prisoners after this month's state Supreme Judicial Court ruling on...

By Dialynn Dwyer, Boston.com Staff Boston researchers say immediate actions must be taken to address the spread of coronavirus among...

By Cheryl Corley | NPR Sunday, March 14, 2021 More than 200,000 women and girls are incarcerated in this country — 10,000 of them in...

BY MICHELE SCOTT MAR 15, 2021 Peering through the thick bars cutting a horizontal strata in the window, I watch the streams of fog soften...

By Seiji Yamashita on March 14, 2021 As Laquita Brooks presented her business pitch about a catering company for low-income communities...

LOS ANGELES — The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls is calling on President Joe Biden to grant...

By Andrea James Andrea James is founder and executive director of the National Council for Incarcerated & Formerly Incarcerated Women and...

WASHINGTON – Democratic Reps. Cori Bush, of Missouri, and Ayanna Pressley, of Massachusetts, added their voices to an initiative that...