by Starlette Thomas | Jun 26, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
While Juneteenth celebrates the emancipation of African Americans from chattel slavery in the U.S., slavery was never fully abolished. According to the 13th amendment, slavery can still be used as punishment: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a...
by Starlette Thomas | Mar 30, 2023 | Feature-, News
Oklahomans for Grace and the EJUSA Evangelical Network co-sponsored a panel discussion on Oklahoma’s death penalty at Saint John’s Episcopal Church located in Oklahoma City on March 25. The audience was invited to reimagine accountability when harm happens....
by Starlette Thomas | Mar 13, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
Tennessee GOP lawmaker Paul Sherrell wants to reinstate hangings to execute death row inmates. This cruel and unusual punishment – a historic symbol of terror and vigilante justice for African Americans – is yet another reminder that we are never too far removed from...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Feb 27, 2023 | Feature-, News
The U.S. prison population decreased from 2020 to 2021, while the jail population increased, according to reports published by the Bureau of Justice Statistics in late-December 2022. At the end of 2021, there were 1,204,300 people in U.S. prisons, a 1% decline from...
by Monty Self | Dec 28, 2022 | Opinion
More than 1,000 people in U.S. prisons died of complications related to Hepatitis C from 2013 to 2019. This was revealed by State News’ data analysis of 27,674 prison death records from 2013 to 2019. Untreated Hepatitis C causes chronic liver disease, liver failure...
