PPOTR Dispatch #14: Interview with Gail Brown of the Life Support Alliance,...
Image: Rupert Ganzer California has more prisoners serving life than any other state. Life Support Alliance (LSA) has identified a group of prisoners – the life-term prisoners – who have increasingly...
View ArticlePPOTR Dispatch #15: Photo History Behind Bars, an Interview with Nigel Poor...
Nigel Poor (left and Doug Dertinger (right). The intersection of photography and prisons doesn’t always manifest as a photographer pointing his or her lens at incarcerated people. Photography – or...
View ArticleAfter 20-Year Photo Ban, California Prisoners In Solitary Can See and Share...
Marie Levin holds a photo of her brother, Ronnie Dewberry, taken at San Quentin State Prison in 1988. Until recently, it was the last photograph he’d had taken. Photo credit: Adithya Sambamurthy/The...
View ArticleAl Jazeera on the Bail Bond System
It’s an open secret that the bail and bail bond systems — like other aspects in the criminal justice infrastructure – take a different toll on individuals depending on their ability to pay. When the...
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