A recent report by JFA Institute in Washington, DC casts new light on Virginia's criminal justice policy.

A mother in California shares her experience with the cost of calls using Global Tel*Link.

Louisiana's public service commissioners are fighting to make families stronger by reducing prices on collect calls from parish jail and state prison inmates.

Calls from folks around the country sharing their stories about the impact the high cost of prison phone calls have on their families.

Check out these photos from the Rally at the FCC.

On November 15th, around 75 people gathered from across state lines and political beliefs to rally for "Strong Families, Safe Communities."

Washington DC- Today, at a rally for fair prison phone rates, FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn announced that Chairman Genachowski has begun circulating a further notice of proposed rulemaking for a vote. This marked the first step forward in a ten- year effort to make the price of inter-state calls from prison affordable.

Right-wing operatives have decided that prisons are a lot like schools: hugely expensive, inefficient, and in need of root-and-branch reform. Is this how progress will happen in a hyper-polarized world? By David Dagan and Steven M. Teles

Learn about the use of solitary confinement in Virginia at the Arlington Central Library, 1015 N. Quincy St., Arlington, VA 22201, from 7 to 8:30 pm on Monday, December 3, 2012.

The first prisoners sent to fill our supermax prisons came directly from Washington, DC.