News | Prisons & Policing Democratic Senators Ask DOJ If Facial Recognition Tech Violates Civil Rights Act “We are deeply concerned that facial recognition technology may reinforce racial bias,” the letter to the DOJ reads. By Zane McNeill , Truthout January 23, 2024 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing Kentucky GOP’s New Bill Decriminalizes Use of Deadly Force Against the Unhoused "I'm just ashamed that this bill even came into fruition,” a Lexington council member said. By Zane McNeill , Truthout January 17, 2024 Truthout
News Analysis | Prisons & Policing Challenging the Criminalization of Trauma Survivors The criminal legal system traumatizes survivors. Noncarceral alternatives are key to breaking the cycle of violence. By Staff , Truthout/TeenVogue January 12, 2024 Truthout
News | Immigration ICE May Get Its Largest Budget Ever, Signaling Surveillance Capitalism’s Triumph The Biden administration is expanding the surveillance of immigrants to unprecedented levels. By Maurizio Guerrero , Prism January 10, 2024 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing Chicago Police Department Perpetuates Its Violence by Punishing Whistleblowers Police violence is not about “good apples” and “bad apples” -- it is structural. By Joseph R. Dole , Truthout January 3, 2024 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing Newly Uncovered Documents Reveal the FBI’s Campaign Against Bob Dylan The US impulse toward repression didn't die with the Cold War, as current attempts to suppress support for Gaza show. By Aaron J. Leonard , Truthout December 30, 2023 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing Alabama Among States With Most Severe Restrictions on Accessing Bodycam Footage Alabama's restrictions on body-camera footage often bars families of those killed by police from seeing what happened. By Umar Farooq , ProPublica December 29, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing When Abolitionists Say “Free Them All,” We Mean Palestine Too We must fight militarism and oppression abroad as fiercely as we do at home. By Nadine Naber , Truthout December 29, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections GOP Lawmakers in 3 States Seek to Dubiously Deem Biden an Insurrectionist While it's evident to many why Trump could be deemed an insurrectionist, the lawmakers' claims on Biden are murkier. By Chris Walker , Truthout December 26, 2023 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing A Federal Court Will Decide Whether Atlanta Voters Could Have a Say on Cop City This could be a test case for citizen ballot initiatives in Atlanta, and possibly across the state. By Cody Bloomfield , Truthout December 19, 2023 Truthout