Among the institutions that link criminal justice and inequality in the United States,
commercial bail remains one of the most important yet least understood. Each year, the bail …

In this review of scholarship on bail and pretrial justice in the United States, we analyze how
the field of bail operates (and why it operates as it does), focusing on its official and unofficial …

In this article we explore the intersections between white liberal feminisms and the carceral
state, particularly within nonprofit agencies. We find a strong collusion between 'dominating …

This article challenges contemporary understandings of the US carceral state by confronting
the realities of exceptionally high rates of homicide victimization among Black women and …

Many feminists grapple with the problem of hyper-incarceration in the United States, and yet
commentators on gender crime continue to assert that criminal law is not tough enough. This …

In the past 30 years, the number of incarcerated women in the United States has increased
at a faster rate than that of men. This article outlines the ideologies and mechanisms of the …

This article uses 18 months of ethnographic observations with formerly incarcerated black
women to contend that they are subjected to what I term rehabilitation labor—a series of …

This article explores why the government strategy for women offenders has failed to achieve
its key objectives despite extensive agreement about the need and direction of change and …

This article draws upon recent works in sociology, jurisprudence, and feminist theory in
order to assess the ways in which feminism, and sex and gender more generally, have …

Most people in jail have not been convicted of a crime. Instead, they have been accused of a
crime and cannot afford to post the bail amount to guarantee their freedom until trial …