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Did These 6 Key Supreme Court Decisions Lead to Mass Incarceration?

By JLUSA

July 2, 2025

In Justice Abandoned, NYU law professor Rachel Elise Barkow indicts the Supreme Court for key decisions that “enabled mass incarceration.”
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Bending The Bars album features music from artists incarcerated in Florida prisons

By JLUSA

June 27, 2025

A new hip-hop album takes us inside the Florida prison system – featuring fifteen artists in correctional facilities across the state.
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New Almost Home documentary shows what reentry is like post-incarceration

By JLUSA

May 30, 2025

“Almost Home: Life After Incarceration” explores the uphill battle formerly incarcerated individuals face as they reenter society.
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Documentary about a men’s quilting group inside a maximum security prison—one of the best things streaming right now on Netflix

By JLUSA

May 23, 2025

The Quilters is a 32-minute documentary that follows a men’s quilting group inside a maximum security prison in Licking, Missouri.
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Ashley Furst on first-of-its-kind visitation clothing program at Denver, Colorado jail

By JLUSA

May 21, 2025

Ashley Furst (Leading with Conviction™ 2024) talks about a groundbreaking new partnership between Goodwill of Colorado and the Denver jail.
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Yasmine Arrington Brooks has two new books out—available now

By JLUSA

May 19, 2025

Yasmine Arrington Brooks (Leading with Conviction™ 2019) has two new, self-published books available now! Here they are.

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Tavis Smiley interviews Emile DeWeaver about his new book Ghost in the Criminal Justice Machine

By JLUSA

May 14, 2025

Emile DeWeaver (Leading with Conviction™ 2022) talks about his new book and why the urgency to reimagine the criminal justice system is now.
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Fiona Apple releases single dedicated to mothers in pretrial detention

By JLUSA

May 9, 2025

The music video for Fiona Apple’s new song, “Pretrial (Let Her Go Home),” features women impacted by pretrial detention.
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“The Strike” documentary on PBS shows the fight to end solitary confinement in California prisons

By JLUSA

March 21, 2025

The Strike is on its surface a documentary about the practice of solitary confinement in America.
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Justice-impacted artists performing at SXSW Music Festival this week

By JLUSA

March 14, 2025

Performing at this year’s SXSW Music Festival are several artists with lived experience of the criminal legal system in this country. Take a look!
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New documentary shows how a mural at Rikers Island helped incarcerated women find freedom

By JLUSA

March 7, 2025

“Paint Me a Road Out of Here, released by Aubin Pictures, features conversations with Faith Ringgold before her death last year.”
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Short documentary film about the death penalty nominated for an Academy Award

By JLUSA

February 28, 2025

The short, from MTV Documentary Films, recounts the emotionally charged story of John Henry Ramirez, who was sentenced to death in 2008.
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Museum pays tribute to Johnny Cash and formerly incarcerated artists

By JLUSA

February 26, 2025

“1968: A Folsom Redemption” and “Beyond Confinement: The Untold Stories” are on view at the Fullerton Museum Center now through March 9.
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Kevin Hart’s new adult animated series “Lil Kev” will feature formerly incarcerated Uncle Richard Jr. character

By JLUSA

February 21, 2025

BET+ has ordered its first ever adult animated series, ‘Lil Kev,’ based on the childhood of comedian Kevin Hart.
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Kemba film celebrated during Black History Month

By JLUSA

February 14, 2025

The HBCU First LOOK Film Festival celebrates the film Kemba, highly favorited during the festival, and its social impact.
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“The Alabama Solution” documentary “should outrage the nation”

By JLUSA

February 7, 2025

“One of the most shocking, visceral depictions of our carceral state ever put to film.”

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