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SPECIAL REPORT: Mass Incarceration of Women and Minorities a New Crisis

Courtesy The Marshall Project/PBS Although the number of people in prisons and jails in America has slightly declined, numbers released on Thursday, April 25, by the Bureau of Justice Statistics still show that nearly 1.5 million individuals were in prison by the end of 2017. The statistics also note that the U.S. continues to lock up more people than any other nation. And, despite a narrowing disparity between incarcerated black and white women, females have emerged as the new face of mass incarceration. “I don’t think this should be much of a surprise as two of the main for-profit prison

Nearly 200 Arrested in ICE Raids

Nearly 200 people in six Southern California counties were arrested during a five-day operation targeting criminal aliens, illegal re-entrants and immigration fugitives

More than 1000 Arrests Made in Gang Sweep

A five-week federal enforcement action targeting criminal gang members and others associated with transnational criminal activity resulted in more than 1,100 arrests nationwide, including 185 in the greater Los Angeles area, officials said this week.