Black women have become accustomed to hearing negative statistics about their finances, health and marriageability, but there is one statistic that has improved dramatically. According to recent reports, Black women are going to jail much less, while white women’s incarceration rates have skyrocketed. The Washington Post reports: The U.S. imprisonment rate has been declining for […]

A lawyer friend posed this thorny question yesterday: “How many Black men have been falsely accused of rape and spent have their lives in prison for crimes they didn’t commit?” I couldn’t answer his question with a hard number. I didn’t know. My friend really didn’t want a definitive response; his mind was already made […]

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Today, Attorney General Eric Holder addressed overcrowding in the prison system and called for substantial changes to our nation’s criminal justice system, including scaling back mandatory minimums and the use of harsh sentences for some drug-related crimes. “It’s clear – as we come together today – that too many Americans go to too many prisons […]