Consequences of Over 200,000 People Serving Life in U.S. Prisons
WEBDec 5, 2023 · More than 200,000 people are serving life sentences in U.S. prisons today, and most of them are locked in state correctional facilities. The vast majority of lifers are people of color, about 30% are people age 55 and …
How People Sentenced to Life in Prison Made Their Case for …
WEBAug 15, 2023 · At age 17, Donnell Drinks was one of many young men in Philadelphia who went to prison for life without parole. Today, the city has resentenced more of those prisoners than any other...
What it's like serving a life sentence in prison with no chance of ...
WEBOct 1, 2022 · Louisiana's prisons today hold thousands of people with life sentences and no possibility of parole. 73% of all inmates serving life sentences at Angola are Black. Many are older than 50.
Life-without-parole sentences are exploding. But America's …
WEBMay 22, 2021 · Almost 56,000 people nationwide are now serving sentences that will keep them locked up until they die, an increase of 66 percent since 2003, according to The Sentencing Project, a nonprofit...
Court ruling could mean freedom for hundreds serving life …
WEBJan 18, 2024 · A 2022 ruling that bars automatic life sentences for people who were 18 at the time of a murder can be applied retroactively to prisoners who are already in custody, including some who have been locked up for decades, the court said.
Incarcerated People With Life Sentences Get a Chance to Tell ... - NPR
WEBSep 22, 2022 · More than 55,000 people in the U.S. are serving life sentences without the possibility of parole, according to research from The Sentencing Project. Behind bars, they are largely unseen and...
America’s Enduring Reliance on Life Imprisonment - The …
WEBFeb 17, 2021 · The now commonplace use of life imprisonment contradicts research on effective public safety strategies, exacerbates already extreme racial injustices in the criminal justice system, and exemplifies the egregious consequences of mass incarceration.
Court Ruling Could Mean Freedom for Hundreds Serving Life …
WEBJan 18, 2024 · A 2022 ruling that bars automatic life sentences for people who were 18 at the time of a murder can be applied retroactively to prisoners who are already in custody, including some who have...
The Enduring Life of Life Sentences | Prison Legal News
WEBJul 1, 2021 · Referred to as “death by incarceration,” long-term sentences have become the lifeblood of America’s hyper-incarceration rates. One of every seven prisoners is serving a life sentence. Today, the number of “lifers” exceeds 200,000, more than the total national prison population in the early 1970s.
Without hope for parole, prisoners with life sentences tell their …
WEBSep 14, 2022 · NPR's Juana Summers talks with Calvin Duncan, creator of a new project that invites the public to sit face-to-face with people serving life without the possibility of parole.