New evidence and updates are available in the case of Matthew Baker, the only Black suspect in the McDonough, Georgia "Bonfire Killings." There appears to be nothing tying the man awaiting trial for 7 years to the crimes he is accused of.
Tawanda Jennings has been unlawfully detained in California since June 2, 2023, mostly due to New York State's failure to produce a crucial governor's warrant. Jennings's support team, including noted advocates Jamilia Land and Shawanna Vaughn of Silent Cry Inc., are calling for her release.
Michigan inmate Tamerra Washington is currently serving two sentences of 32-50 years on wrongful convictions. She shares her story as a victim of systemic racial injustice. Help human rights organization Silent Cry Inc. and partners in the effort to free Tamerra.
Coss Marte, founder of the fitness brand CONBODY, is revolutionizing the cannabis-criminal justice narrative with his retail brand CONBUD. With his upcoming New York CAURD-licensed dispensary, Marte is going to break stigmas and change the industry's language.
Black and woman-owned social impact brand 40 Tons brings its Level Up Career Conference to Chicago for Juneteenth. Founder Loriel Alegrete shares how the company advocates for system-impacted individuals on the inside and outside.
Human rights nonprofit Silent Cry Inc. is working to break the stigmas on mental health and Post Traumatic Prison Disorder for Mental Health Awareness Month. Join Silent Cry in Detroit on May 20th for a fundraising 5K Run/Walk to support mental health advocacy.
While incarcerated, Sharon J. Davis channeled her trauma into prayer and creative expression, writing her autobiographical story "Sentenced to Pray." With the new film adaptation of the book upcoming, Davis shares how others can cope with Post-Traumatic Prison Disorder.
The activist group #FixThe13thNY, organized through the thinktank Next100, is fighting New York's prison system by working to abolish the 13th Amendment loophole and create better conditions for incarcerated workers.
Hip hop pioneer and filmmaker Fab 5 Freddy gives producer Tracy Daniels an exclusive interview that goes behind the founding of social equity cannabis brand B Noble, the fight for Bernard Noble's freedom, and Freddy's history of advocacy.
Following the tragic killing of Daniel F. Jones, a nationally-renowned criminal justice advocate, friends and family remember what the community leader meant to people in his native Detroit and around the country.
After 10 months of incarceration in Russia, Brittney Griner is released into U.S. custody through a prisoner swap with Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
Humanitarian advocates are protesting abuses at the Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility, Michigan's only women's prison. Conditions are crowded and toxic, sexual assault and disease run rampant, and inmate deaths are raising alarm.
Richard DeLisi is the nation's longest-serving nonviolent cannabis prisoner. Now free after being incarcerated 32 years, he's advocating for others behind bars with his new brand DeLisioso and activism around the country.
On Tuesday morning, Russian courts upheld Brittney Griner’s nine-year prison sentence for drug smuggling charges despite Griner and her lawyers’ emotional and legal appeal.
Honeysuckle joined cannabis activists at the White House protesting the Biden administration's failure to release incarcerated citizens. Read on for insights from organizers and attendees, including an exclusive from iconic cultivator DC Scroger.
