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![A small group of family and friends of Soleiman Faqiri hold a vigil at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto on February 8, 2017.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/12/2020_1214-vgl-400x300.jpg)
Canadian Guards Beat a Prisoner to Death Four Years Ago. Now They Have Impunity.
The brutalization of Soleiman Faqiri was a manifestation of the violence endemic in the carceral system.
![A masked woman holds a rose near a memorial](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/12/2020_1211-women-prison-400x300.jpg)
Incarcerated Women Are Punished for Their Trauma With Solitary Confinement
Vulnerable women in prison are often punished with isolation, when what they need is compassion and care.
![Prison staff block the entrances as a drive-by rally organized by Families for Justice as Healing moves around MCI Framingham, a women's prison hit hard by the coronavirus, in Framingham, MA on May 3, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/12/GettyImages-1211735113-400x300.jpg)
Under CARES Act, These Moms Should Be Home. They Remain in COVID-Filled Prisons.
Many prisoners pinned their hopes on the CARES Act, which should have allowed them to begin rebuilding their lives.
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Trump Moves to Expand Ways to Kill Prisoners — Including Firing Squads
This comes as the Trump administration has already executed eight people in the past five months.
![Protesters stand near an intersection on July 15, 2020, not far from the Terre Haute Federal Correctional Complex, where death row inmate Wesley Ira Purkey was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/11/2020_1124-federal-executions-400x300.jpg)
Trump Is on a Death Row Killing Spree and Wants to Make Firing Squads Possible
President Trump is poised to set a grim record for overseeing the most executions during a presidential transition.
![Protesters attend a demonstration demanding justice for the death of George Floyd on May 31, 2020, in Las Vegas, Nevada.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/11/2020_1120-vegas-floyd-protest-400x300.jpg)
Dozens of Racial Justice Protesters Held by Feds for Months Pretrial
Several who took part in the uprisings after George Floyd’s murder have faced prolonged incarceration amid the pandemic.
![A masked person stands in front of a van covered in a sign reading "DETENTION IS DEADLY"](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/11/2020_1118-400x300.jpg)
Hunger Strikers Caged in the Second Wave Are “Just Trying to Survive the Winter”
Our society created the framework for this atrocity. Now it's part of a perfect storm.
![An illustration of lames burning behind a prison watchtower. A covid motif is in the background.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/11/2020_1111_prison-covid-1-400x300.jpg)
Report Finds Over 100 Rebellions in Jails and Prisons Over COVID Conditions
Demands for baseline safety measures by incarcerated people have been met with brutal repression and punishment.
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California Law Is Step Forward But Fails to Guarantee Safety for Trans Prisoners
A new California law is a step forward for incarcerated transgender people, but people are never fully safe in prison.
![Two cops violently arrest someone in the middle of a deserted street](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/10/2020_1023-arrest-400x300.jpg)
You Cannot Decarcerate by Using the Tools of Incarceration, Says Mumia Abu-Jamal
“We must move for what we want, not for what we think the system can produce, because the system is the problem.”