Advocates pushed authorities to evacuate what they say are as many as 176,000 incarcerated people who are in danger.
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CAL FIRE’s decades-old reliance on prison labor is coming to an end. The state should invest in firefighting jobs.
Data released in New York exposes rampant violations of a state law limiting how long people may be held in isolation.
At least 23 jails have either been proposed or constructed on toxic and contaminated lands since 2020.
Those that remain at home are left shouldering the economic and emotional burden of the family.
Many young people of color will spend their entire adult lives incarcerated, in many cases, based on coercion by cops.
The recent state-sanctioned murder of Joe James may be the longest execution in U.S. history, but it’s not an outlier.
You will never find healing when you are isolated from those that help you feel cared for, says organizer Kami Beckford.
Jails and prisons could be high-risk spaces, but so far, proactive vaccinations aren’t available.
If one was paid to design a system that exacerbates trauma for vulnerable women, this would be the ideal model.