Private Prison Stocks Drop as the Reality of Biden’s Win Sinks In
Sue Ogrocki/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Private prison companies have taken a financial hit in the past week as President-elect Joe Biden’s win became apparent. Stock prices for the country’s two largest prison companies, the GEO Group and CoreCivic, have fallen 14…
How a Domestic Violence Loophole Could Doom a Campaign to Cut Oklahoma’s Harsh Prison Sentences
Shepard Sherbell/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.For the last four years, the fight against mass incarceration in Oklahoma has been a story of unlikely success. In 2016, after decades of creeping prison populations, the state’s incarceration rate reached levels so astronomical that…
San Quentin Is Ordered to Downsize to Protect Prisoners From COVID-19
Tents were erected in the San Quentin yard to house prisoners during the COVID-19 outbreakJustin Sullivan/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.The California prison that was the site of one of the most severe COVID-19 outbreaks in the United States must cut its…
The Trump Admin’s Execution Spree May Have Caused a Coronavirus Outbreak
Michael Conroy/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.The Trump administration’s rush to resume federal executions after a 17-year hiatus may have caused a spike in cases of the coronavirus in a federal prison. The risk of catching coronavirus is heightened behind bars because…
Conservative Judicial Decisions Keep Boosting GOP Voter Suppression
Michael Monfluery, 38, who has never been eligible to vote, stands in a Miami-Dade courthouse following a special court hearing aimed at restoring the right to vote under Florida’s Amendment 4. ZAK BENNETT/AFP via Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.On Friday…
California Needs More Firefighters—But It’s Preventing Skilled Former Inmates From Helping
Inmate firefighters, left, battle the Quail Fire burning near Winters, Calif., on Sunday, June 7, 2020. Noah Berger/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.California is burning: Ongoing blazes have devoured more than 1 million acres this year so far, killing at least seven people and destroying hundreds…