Duncan & Cull's 'The Jailhouse Lawyer' @penguinpress.bsky.social was recommended by Inquest EIC @premaldharia.bsky.social in our Year in Books, saying the book "illustrate[s] the incredible depth of [Duncan's] impact."
Grateful for this, and grateful to get to do the work I do alongside wonderful colleagues & partners.
Please consider @endmassinc.bsky.social on this #GivingTuesday! endmassincarceration.org/donate/
Inquest contributors shined at the Stillwater Awards this year, presented by @spj-posts.bsky.social & @prisonjournalism.bsky.social. We are thrilled to be in community with these incredible authors, and proud to have @inquest.bsky.social recognized as a leading space for their voices & ideas.
Join this incredible virtual panel from @ljjpproject.bsky.social next week. Register here: bit.ly/42774zN.
inquest.org
Inquest staff recommendations of not-to-be-missed decarceral books from 2025.
We are pleased to congratulate @premaldharia.bsky.social of @endmassinc.bsky.social on her election as a CCJ member. Welcome!
On Wednesday, April 2, join Rachel Aviv, Emily Bazelon, Cherri Gregg, and Randi Chavez to talk about how they responsibly investigate and report on trauma. These are the best, RSVP here: bit.ly/42774zN
Congrats to @empowermentave.bsky.social -represented author Phillip Vance Smith II for winning the 2025 Stillwater Award for Best Reported Essay from @prisonjournalism.bsky.social for his Inquest contribution linked below!
We are so proud to share that IEMI's executive director, @premaldharia.bsky.social, has received the Krieger Champion of Liberty Award from the American Bar Association! www.americanbar.org/groups/crimi...
Help us train lawyers to challenge mass incarceration: For #GivingTuesday, make a gift that prepares & activates lawyers to work in solidarity with movements & people impacted by carceral systems. Together, we’re reimagining what the law can do—and who it’s for. endmassincarceration.org/donate/
Please consider giving to @inquest.bsky.social on this #GivingTuesday: inquest.org/donate/
So incredibly thrilled that @inquest.bsky.social is a finalist for the National Magazine Awards!
Check out our incredible collection of essays from formerly & currently incarcerated writers, which only continues to grow: inquest.org/freedom-writ....
We have our eyes on The Alabama Solution for Best Documentary Feature at the #Oscars tonight. Our Exposing Prisons Project has been built while working with the film's impact campaign.
Prisons keep secrets and we aim to help expose truths.
Learn more: endmassincarceration.org/expose/
Donate to the Institute to End Mass Incarceration to support our advocacy, innovation and research.
Best Reported Essay
First Place: Phillip Vance Smith II - "Uprooting Violence" published by Inquest: inquest.org/uprooting-vi...
Institute to End Mass Incarceration
Inquest is honored to be a finalist for the National Magazine Awards in the General Excellence – Special Interest category! We're grateful to all our readers, donors, and authors—particularly our incarcerated and formerly incarcerated authors!
Restorative justice seeks to address the root causes of violence—while also doing the work of healing the grief caused by it.
For #GivingTuesday we are sharing a thread of some 2025 features from incarcerated authors. About a third of our contributors are incarcerated or formerly incarcerated, and we believe in the necessity of centering them in the work of ending mass incarceration. [1/9]
