News
September 19
The state’s byzantine felony disenfranchisement laws keep hundreds of thousands of formerly incarcerated residents from registering to vote.
Commentary
November 13, 2018
Voters Want Criminal Justice Reform. Are Politicians Listening?
Midterms show wide support across party lines for changing the system.
Commentary
November 7, 2018
With the passage of Amendment 4, more than a million people intimately affected by the criminal justice system have become more empowered to shape it.
Analysis
November 1, 2018
Our roundup: drugs, policing, juries, even slavery.
Commentary
August 20, 2018
Denying voting rights to people with felony convictions has roots in racist laws.
News
August 1, 2018
Do states have an obligation to educate formerly incarcerated people about their new rights?
Case in Point
October 24, 2016
Ex-prisoners challenge a law that lets local bureaucrats judge “moral turpitude.”
Life Inside
October 20, 2016
“Being able to vote — that’s rare for people like me.”
Analysis
May 24, 2016
The state constitution is pretty clear, says a man who helped draft it.
News
May 1, 2016
How the state defines “simple.”