That's what happened to Marine Corps veteran Josh Christmon, the subject of the Brave New Films' newest video, Bad Paper. Josh earned a Purple Heart from his service in Iraq, where a... Read more

Our newest short documentary, Vanessa’s Eight Year Sentence, follows a Bay Area teen with an incarcerated parent who is on the precarious edge of the system herself. When they took her... Read more

Police officers are forcing people to choose between time behind bars or turning over their money and property -- all without ever making an arrest. Fight civil asset forfeiture abuse.... Read more

Texas saved $2 billion for taxpayers by cutting prison spending while making the state safer. Now it's time to renew those reforms and make even more progress to be smart... Read more

Some crime victims think the most important thing in the justice system is long, harsh prison terms. The survivors in this video believe something different: that the real question is... Read more

Go here to stop Gov. Brown's costly private prison scheme!http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/51040/p...NOTE: Since this video was produced, Brown's plan was clarified to cost about $1 billion over three years for more prison... Read more

Colorado has been on the forefront of criminal justice reform, adopting policies that are less about incarceration and more about prevention and rehabilitation. Now it's time to take that work... Read more

New York State is paying top dollar to imprison people suffering from addiction and mental illness. Is that the best use of taxpayer money? Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI), involving programs... Read more

This house is full of women who've made mistakes. But because they went here instead of to prison, their futures are looking a lot brighter. Read more

The Red Hook neighborhood in Brooklyn was once dubbed "the crack capital of America." But not anymore, thanks to locals who had the vision to build a new kind of... Read more