2021 Stories

Katie Garding granted parole, to be released following completion of pre-release program

Montana Innocence Project, ACLU of Montana, and Welcome Back discuss prisoner rights during the pandemic

Impacts of the disproportionate incarceration of Indigenous peoples, why we should all care

Criminalization of Indigenous women’s survival contributes to mass incarceration

Jurisdictional complexities perpetuate the over-incarceration of Indigenous peoples in Montana

Organization Highlight: Free Verse

Technical violations lead to mass incarceration of Indigenous Montanans

Over-policing, over-criminalization contributes to disproportionate incarceration of Indigenous peoples

Jule Banville in the booth recording “An Absurd Result.” (Photo courtesy of Jule Banville)

Q&A with ‘An Absurd Result’ podcast creator Jule Banville

Denise Juneau

Celebrating Indigenous leaders in Montana

Montana Innocence Project recognizes Eighth Annual International Wrongful Conviction Day

Organization Highlight: EmpowerMT

Q&A with ‘The Phantom’ director Patrick Forbes

Dave Wilkes and son Gabriel — Dave Wilkes and son Gabriel (Photo courtesy of Dave Wilkes)

‘At any time, I have to relive all that negativity:’ Barriers to employment for formerly incarcerated people

Organization Highlight: Welcome Back

(Photo courtesy of Katie Garding)

‘Kind of makes you feel like a real person:’ Katie Garding reflects on prison dog training program

(Photo courtesy of Rena Oliphant)

Photo story: Aaron Oliphant finds unwavering support in best friend

Organization Highlight: YWCA Missoula

(Photo courtesy of pathos labs)

Organization Highlight: #FreeJason

Aaron Oliphant at age 12 with his dad Gary Oliphant (Photo courtesy of Rena Oliphant)

After watching his dad face cancer, Aaron Oliphant was inspired to face injustice, seek remedies for wrongful conviction

Montana Innocence Project, Montana’s Black Law Students Association host mass incarceration panel

Spencer Veysey at the Reno in East Missoula in 2009. (Photo courtesy of Steve Veysey)

‘One singular truth:’ Late investigator Spencer Veysey’s everlasting impact

Discrimination, overcriminalization lead to wrongful convictions of LGBTQIA2S+ people

Aaron holds his 22-month-old son Colton. — Aaron Oliphant and son Colton (Photo courtesy of Rena Oliphant)

MTIP client Aaron Oliphant to face Board of Pardons and Parole in June

Katie Garding and her son Carson (Photo courtesy of Chyrel Garding)

Katie Garding opens up about experience as a wrongfully incarcerated mom

The blue wall of silence perpetuates racist policing, wrongful convictions

Sisters Katie, Chyrel Garding share how experiences in the criminal legal system brought them closer

Innocent Black people spend 45% longer wrongfully incarcerated

Death Penalty Information Center adds Montanan to death row exonerees list

(Photo from The Guardian)

5 innocent people who executed or exonerated on death row

(Photo from Equal Justice Initiative)

Innocent Black people more likely to be exonerated from death row

MTIP Legal Director recommends books, songs for Black History Month

Innocent Black people significantly more likely to be wrongfully convicted of sexual assault

MTIP founder suggests books about innocence to read during Black History Month

Police misconduct largely contributes to wrongful convictions of innocent Black people