Tamar Sarai

Tamar Sarai is a writer, journalist, historian, and previous staff reporter for Prism Reports. She is pursing her PhD in History at Temple University and is an alumna of Wellesley College and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

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Felon re-enfranchisement restores more than civil rights

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Felon re-enfranchisement restores more than civil rights

Restoring voting rights to those trapped by the carceral system goes beyond successful legislation

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Restoring voting rights to those trapped by the carceral system goes beyond successful legislation

Massachusetts organizers call for no new women’s prisons and an end to their construction

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Massachusetts organizers call for no new women’s prisons and an end to their construction

What happens to the children who are wards of the state?

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What happens to the children who are wards of the state?

Ban the Box policies reduce job barriers for formerly incarcerated people

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A Latino man with a mustache wearing a bright yellow firefighter's uniform holds a hose over his shoulder and looks to the le

Pregnancy, parenthood, and prison: the right to choose where autonomy is elusive

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a Black woman wearing grey sweatpants and a large white T-shirt stables facing away from the camera, leaning over the side of

Abolitionists push back against New York City’s proposed plan for a ‘feminist jail’

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Abolitionists push back against New York City’s proposed plan for a ‘feminist jail’

Brain injuries and ‘the revolving door’ of incarceration

Tamar Sarai
Brain injuries and ‘the revolving door’ of incarceration

Libraries are reimagining what public safety and access to resources look like

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Libraries are reimagining what public safety and access to resources look like

Pressure mounts for Manhattan district attorney to drop charges of criminalized survivor Tracy McCarter

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a spray painted poster with the text "drop her charges! free tracy" overlaid on a stylized portrait of a black woman with a s

Incarcerated people have few ways to fight back against censorship in prisons

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From arbitrary judgment calls to material bans, information censorship protects the carceral system at the expense of the inc

Academy Award-nominated film ‘Attica’ offers a full view of the prison uprising, its tragic aftermath, and its legacy

Tamar Sarai
Academy Award-nominated film ‘Attica’ offers a full view of the prison uprising, its tragic aftermath, and its legacy