Forgotten Majority

Advocating for the just and humane treatment of those who are incarcerated.

Month: August 2016

  • MARISSA ALEXANDER’S LETTER TO COMRADES

    Marissa Alexander, whose case became a rallying cry for survivors of domestic violence, walks by her dad Raoul Jenkins surrounded by her legal team and supporters, Jan. 27, 2015, after three years of incarceration.        Photo by Bob Mack/Florida Times-Union/AP                           […]

  • DESPERATELY NEEDED HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE

    Courtesy of Timothy Williams New York Times – July 2015 Photo credits to Joshua Lott- Exhibiting Compassion for the Incarcerated Mentally Ill. CHICAGO — Nneka Jones Tapia, who runs the sprawling Cook County Jail here, has an indelible childhood memory of police officers pounding on the aluminum walls of the family’s double-wide trailer home in […]