The LGBTQ+ advocacy group holds a weekly "Action Hour," where members call representatives to demand justice for victims of police brutality and race-based violence.
This weekend, the Ben & Jerry’s store on Newbury Street served up a new ice cream flavor, Justice ReMix’d, to celebrate the company’s focus on criminal justice reform and bring community awareness to the cause.
The country that has always fought for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness has 698 people incarcerated per every 100,000 people, according to a 2018 study from Prison Policy Initiative. While many experience harassment and injustice behind bars, life in prison can be especially punishing for the LGBTQ community.
Three experts in criminal justice and prison reform spoke to approximately 30 Boston University students at a panel hosted by Amnesty International at BU Wednesday night.
AI at BU was the first human...
Following a Jan. 12 review of Massachusetts’ criminal justice system, The Council of State Governments confirmed that two in five people released from the Commonwealth’s prisons are freed without...
In a movement that has been ongoing for several years, about 50 people gathered in front of the Suffolk County House of Corrections on Sunday to protest unfair treatment of imprisoned immigrants.
“We’re...
