By Jessie Mitnick, age 13
The Abolition Amendment aims to revise the 13th Constitutional Amendment, which abolished slavery in the United States. These representatives are fighting a so-called loophole in the 13th Amendment, which allows for involuntary servitude to continue as a form of criminal punishment.
Outrage in Chicago after Laquan McDonald, an African-American teenager, was shot 16 times by a Chicago police officer.
Thanks to the protests of more than 60,000 prisoners, the state of California has agreed to stop the use of solitary confinement in its prisons.
Restorative justice shifts the way that a school community treats and views student behavioral issues. When students misbehave, their peers, teachers, parents and the school administrators address it as a community rather than strictly punishing students through suspension or expulsion. A culture of restorative justice helps students to find out what they are doing wrong, why, how it affects others, and how they can fix it.
Melodia is the founder of Milk Not Jails, a campaign started in March 2010, that has created an alliance of volunteers, prison justice activists, formerly incarcerated (in prison) people, local food enthusiasts, and farmers in urban and rural New York.
1 in every 100 adults in the United States is in prison, a far greater number than any other country in the world.
Harsh drug laws reformed in New York.
Kids Speak Out Against Unfair Incarceration
