Archive - Just Impact

Latest Criminal Justice News and Commentary 7.9.25

Top reads: The prison industry is booming under Trump, writes Bianca Tylek; Vera Action reported on some very interesting polling they did on crime talk…

Jul 9 •

June 2025

Latest criminal justice news and reports 6.5.25

Top reads: PPI is tracking the Trump administration’s terrible criminal justice policy moves; Trump wants to “unleash the police”; an abolitionist…

Jun 6 •

April 2025

Latest criminal justice news and commentary 4.21.25

Top reads: From Norway to Connecticut and Pennsylvania, a new vision of prison conditions; Calling for an anti-carceral labor movement; the incomparable…

Apr 21 •

March 2025

Latest criminal justice news and commentary 3.18.25

Top reads: For many families, the death penalty brings no closure; New York has a ruthless prison dynasty family, because of course it does; a feminist…

Mar 18 •

February 2025

Alabama Progress

It probably will not shock you to learn that conditions in Alabama prisons are extremely bad, but even by jaded standards, they are horrific.

Feb 19 •

Latest criminal justice news and commentary 2.12.25

Top reads: A former Georgia prosecutor dying of cancer is spending his last years trying to reduce a harsh life sentence he demanded decades ago, but…

Feb 12 •

January 2025

Latest criminal justice news and commentary 1.14.25

Top reads: What if we listened to survivors of child sexual abuse about what they want to happen?; After the fall of the Assad regime and the release of…

Jan 14 •

December 2024

If we think about movements in terms of seasons, where would we place the movement to end mass incarceration on the calendar?

Dec 13, 2024 •

Election post 3: reflecting on the bigger picture

This is the last post in my mini series on the election.

Dec 5, 2024 •

Election post 2: What was the role of crime in this election?

Continuing in my mini series, here are some reflections on the role of crime in the November elections.

Dec 4, 2024 •

Election post 1: Election Results

Hi everyone, I’ll be rolling out a few posts over the next few days with election results and reflections.

Dec 3, 2024 •

November 2024

Latest criminal justice news and commentary

Top reads: Variety Magazine reviewed the San Quentin film festival; Riverside County jail was the deadliest in America in 2022.

Nov 4, 2024 •

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