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Category: Mass Incarceration

Posted inPolicing in America

What keeps us safe? We, the people, do

by Lewis Raven Wallace January 25, 2023February 9, 2023

In Memphis, 2022 was dominated, and in many ways defined by, news about violence. According to most news outlets, Memphis had a record-scary year in terms of public safety and “crime”; the coverage in 2023 has felt like a ticker of names and faces, “suspects” and “victims,” and police and political leaders promising to curb […]

Posted inCriminal Justice

Learning to thrive after doing time

by Katti Gray January 10, 2023February 3, 2023
Posted inCommentary

Take the slavery language out of the constitution

by Rev. Dr. Daryll H. Coleman November 4, 2022November 7, 2022
Posted inCriminal Justice

How can criminal justice reformers keep the faith in the face of fear?

by Wendi C. Thomas September 8, 2022September 8, 2022
Posted inSurveillance

Longtime Memphis rapper Princess Loko died in obscurity. Will a Beyoncé feature grant her the ‘Renaissance’ she’s overdue?

by Justin A. Davis August 11, 2022November 22, 2022
Posted inCriminal Justice

Tennessee professors and historians uncover history of convict leasing in the state

by Abby Lee Hood, Tennessee Lookout October 6, 2021October 6, 2021
Posted inCriminal Justice

New organization takes aim at Amy Weirich ahead of district attorney race

by Wendi C. Thomas and Carrington J. Tatum October 6, 2021March 15, 2022
Posted inCriminal Justice

Legislators put bail bond industry under the microscope

by Sam Stockard, Tennessee Lookout September 15, 2021September 15, 2021
Posted inCriminal Justice

Bearing witness: #FreePervisPayne rallies keep light on death row case

by Carrington J. Tatum September 10, 2021November 24, 2021
Posted inGuest Column

DeCarcerate Memphis begins countdown on recommendations for new police chief

by Chelsea Glass June 23, 2021June 23, 2021

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