Prison, Reentry & Exoneration News
Stories of people freed after wrongful convictions, programs helping people come home, and what's changing in prisons and courts. Updated every hour; each headline links to the original story.
- 1.Singer Edwin McCain tells Gary man's wrongful conviction story through songExonerationsnwitimes.com
- 2.Judge Lee Coffee recuses himself from Andrew Hayes case, exoneration pushExonerationsThe Commercial Appeal
- 3.Preserving the Legacy of a Dying Friend Beyond His CrimeCourts & policyThe Marshall Project
- 4.Alabama Executes Michael TaylorCourts & policyEqual Justice Initiative
- 5.Gov. Newsom Commutes All California Death SentencesCourts & policyEqual Justice Initiative
- 6.Gavin Newsom Issues Commutations for All 548 Californians Facing ExecutionCourts & policyThe Marshall Project
- 7.Fulton County reentry program offers affordable housing for former inmatesReentry & jobsFOX 5 Atlanta
- 8.Reversing Jim Crow-Era Ban, Virginians Restore Voting RightsCourts & policyEqual Justice Initiative
- 9.West Virginia workforce reentry program reports $9.61 return per dollar investedReentry & jobsWV News
- 10.‘We Can Do Hard Things’: How a Grassroots Campaign Shut Down a Notorious St. Louis JailPrisonsThe Marshall Project
- 11.Virginia Voters Dismantle Jim Crow-Era Voting Ban with Historic Constitutional AmendmentCourts & policyThe Sentencing Project
- 12.‘Lost in the System’: What It’s Like to Be Stuck for Months in a Mississippi JailPrisonsThe Marshall Project
- 13.Black Voter Suppression in the U.S.Courts & policyEqual Justice Initiative
- 14.Glynn Simmons fought 48 years for freedom, and had only 3 years to enjoy itCourts & policyThe Oklahoman
- 15.Virginia May Automatically Restore Voting Rights After Prison. What About Mississippi?Reentry & jobsThe Marshall Project
- 16.After Our Prison Fires Investigation, Illinois Made Some Safety Fixes. Are They Enough?PrisonsThe Marshall Project
- 17.How Will Jackson’s Next Prosecutor Address the Crisis of Unindicted People Stuck in Jail?PrisonsThe Marshall Project
- 18.After 44 years in prison, New Mexico man exonerated of 1982 rape and murder convictionExonerationsKRQE
- 19.Midterm Elections Highlight Efforts to End Felony Disenfranchisement NationwideCourts & policyThe Sentencing Project
- 20.Missouri Passed a Law to Compensate the Wrongfully Convicted. Now It Doesn’t Want to Pay.ExonerationsThe Marshall Project
- 21.Where Journalism Meets Music: ‘Redemption Songs’ Concert Amplifies Voices From PrisonPrisonsThe Marshall Project
- 22.How Politics Affect Prison LifePrisonsThe Marshall Project
- 23.The KissCourts & policyEqual Justice Initiative
- 24.‘It’s as if He Doesn’t Exist’: In Mississippi, People Jailed Months Without Formal ChargesPrisonsThe Marshall Project
- 25.Years After Scrutiny, Black Drivers Still Dominate Bratenahl Traffic StopsCourts & policyThe Marshall Project
- 26.Glynn Simmons, Oklahoma man wrongfully convicted and later exonerated, has diedExonerationsKFOR
- 27.A Tale of Two Cases: How ICE Operates in the ShadowsCourts & policyThe Marshall Project
- 28.When ICE Makes People DisappearCourts & policyThe Marshall Project
- 29.Comment to the U.S. Sentencing Commission on Rules of Practice and ProcedureCourts & policyThe Sentencing Project
- 30.A History of Racial Injustice 2027 Calendar Now AvailableCourts & policyEqual Justice Initiative
- 31.Jonah Newman Joins The Marshall Project as Senior Editor for Local InvestigationsCourts & policyThe Marshall Project
- 32.In Prison, Wheelchair Basketball Offers a Chance at ReinventionPrisonsThe Marshall Project
- 33.Key Local and State Criminal Justice Elections to Follow in the MidtermsCourts & policyThe Marshall Project
- 34.State Voting Rights BriefsCourts & policyThe Sentencing Project
- 35.I Served My Time, but a Recent Rule Automatically Bans Me From the U.K.Courts & policyThe Marshall Project
- 36.Oregon Should Restore Voting Rights to Over 13,400 CitizensCourts & policyThe Sentencing Project
- 37.Unsilenced: Reclaiming the vote for justice-impacted womenCourts & policyThe Sentencing Project
- 38.Alabama Gov. Commutes Death Sentence of Toforest JohnsonCourts & policyEqual Justice Initiative
- 39.‘It’s Just So Dangerous’: Why People Keep Dying at the St. Louis City JailPrisonsThe Marshall Project
- 40.ICE Detains People in Secret. The Marshall Project Is Suing to Make It Public.Courts & policyThe Marshall Project
- 41.New Report Reveals People with Felony Convictions Face Significant Restrictions When Running For Elected OfficeCourts & policyThe Sentencing Project
- 42.Running With Conviction: Eligibility for Elected Office With a Felony ConvictionCourts & policyThe Sentencing Project
- 43.Defense Department Plan for Public Execution Draws Widespread CondemnationCourts & policyEqual Justice Initiative
- 44.Alabama Judge Draws Rebuke from Supreme Court JusticeCourts & policyEqual Justice Initiative
- 45.Communities Join EJI to Reckon With HistoryCourts & policyEqual Justice Initiative
- 46.Youth Charging Reform Act Takes Effect in MarylandCourts & policyThe Sentencing Project
- 47.New Report: Over 760,000 Women Are Barred From Voting Due to Having A Felony ConvictionCourts & policyThe Sentencing Project
- 48.Incarcerated Person Apprehended After Walking Away from Male Community Reentry Program in Los AngelesReentry & jobsCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation - CDCR (.gov)
Headlines from nwitimes.com, The Commercial Appeal, The Marshall Project, Equal Justice Initiative, FOX 5 Atlanta, WV News, The Sentencing Project, The Oklahoman, KRQE, KFOR, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation - CDCR (.gov). Stories belong to their publishers.