News | Prisons & Policing Multi-Agency Task Force Raids 3 Atlanta Homes, Arrests 1 Amid Cop City Crackdown The Atlanta police chief said that there will likely be more arrests in coming weeks as the investigation continues. By Sean Summers , UnicornRiot February 9, 2024 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing Florida Advances Legislation That Would Quash Police Oversight Boards Despite having no legal power in the state, these oversight committees’ impacts have already been felt. By Alexandra Martinez , Prism February 7, 2024 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing Advocates Condemn Denver Mayor Veto of Homeless Sweeping Ban Ordinance “He has sentenced houseless people of Denver to more sickness, suffering, loss of limbs, and potential death." By Zane McNeill , Truthout February 5, 2024 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing People With Criminal Records Should Not Have to Hire a Lawyer Just to Get a Job State laws are restricting people with convictions from working as nurses, counselors and janitors. By Erica Smith Ewing & Daryl James , Truthout February 4, 2024 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing Tennessee Quietly Rolls Out Its Own 810-Acre “Cop City” “It seemed like they were purposefully not saying much about it, trying to keep it hush hush,” said one organizer. By Justin A. Davis , Prism February 1, 2024 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing Predictive Police Tech Isn’t Making Communities Safer — It’s Disempowering Them “We haven't seen public safety systems privatized in this way that we're seeing now,” says Andrew Guthrie Ferguson. By Kelly Hayes , Truthout February 1, 2024 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing Will Chicago’s Mayor Cancel Inaccurate Gunshot Detection System Contract? In 2021, a ShotSpotter alert resulted in the death of 13-year-old Adam Toledo, who was shot by a police officer. By Kelly Hayes , OrganizingMyThoughts January 29, 2024 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing Teen Charged With Murder After Officer Had Heart Attack While Assaulting Him 18-year-old farmworker Virgilio Aguilar Méndez is being prosecuted despite an autopsy report that exonerates him. By Victoria Valenzuela , ScheerPost January 28, 2024 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing Bills in Georgia Aim to Suppress Cop City, Pro-Palestine Activists “Don’t sleep on this red clay fascism y’all,” one political theorist said. By Zane McNeill , Truthout January 24, 2024 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing Harm Reduction Thinking Can Transform the Way We See Drug Use and Treatment We need to reach beyond the US’s restrictive, hard-to-access, unaffordable, one-size-fits-all drug treatment approach. By Adryan Corcione , Truthout January 23, 2024 Truthout