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These Women Exposed Prison Sexual Abuse. Now ICE Wants to Deport Them.
Federal protections against detention and deportation for sexual abuse survivors have deteriorated under Trump.
Journalists Jailed by ICE Are Revealing the Horrors of Incarceration
The Trump administration’s attacks on journalists have a side effect: further exposing the violence of prisons.
Incarcerated Women Featured in True Crime Media Face Flood of Sexual Harassment
Incarcerated women are being made involuntary performers in a spectacle that attracts men who dehumanize them.
This Tennessee Prison Is Leaving LGBTQ People Unhoused Behind Bars
The South Central Correctional Center leaves LGBTQ people defenseless, so they’re organizing to fight for their safety.
Some Public Health Workers Assigned to Guantánamo, Other ICE Jails, Are Quitting
“Public health officers are being asked to facilitate a man-made humanitarian crisis,” said one nurse who resigned.
Safe Drinking Water Is a Basic Human Right That Texas Prisons Fail to Respect
Imprisoned people are forced to drink and bathe with water they describe as over-chlorinated, slimy, and foul-smelling.
UK Jury Clears 6 Palestine Action Protesters Over Elbit Arms Factory Break-In
Observers said the verdicts obliterate the government’s rationale for banning the group under the Terrorism Act of 2000.
Prisoners in Missouri Report Being Forced to Shovel Snow in Subzero Temperatures
Incarcerated people were reportedly punished with administrative segregation or discipline if they refused.
After Exposing Prison Horrors, Incarcerated Whistleblowers Are Moved to Solitary
Subjects of The Alabama Solution have led protests for years, using cell phones to expose brutality and forced labor.
Palestine Action Prison Hunger Strike Ends After a Victory in the UK
The UK government rejected a $2.7 billion contract for a subsidiary of Israel’s largest weapons maker, Elbit Systems.