Young people with disabilities have a legal right to a free and appropriate public education, even when they are incarcerated. But for years, the educational needs of high school students in New Jersey’s state prisons were not being met. That’s changing now, and Brian Y. is a big reason why.
Two years after its creation, the Essex County Correctional Facility Task Force has not met some of its most basic responsibilities.
When Texas banned nearly all abortions, it showed us that what happens on the state level can reach far beyond state lines.
Reducing our prison population was necessary to save lives from COVID-19. Keeping our prison population down is necessary to save lives from an unjust criminal legal system.