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By SpearIt, author of Muslim Prisoner Litigation: An Unsung American Tradition“Prison jihad” is a real thing happening in American prisons across the country. While this idea might conjure up all sorts of stereotypical imagery — including bearded, turbaned, militant Muslims, radicalized and read

By Geniece Crawford Mondé, author of This Is Our Freedom: Motherhood in the Shadow of the American Prison SystemIn the wake of global protests for justice in the summer of 2020, a broader conversation about the impact of this country’s criminal legal system and its ties to systemic inequality wa