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![Alton Batiste, 72, in the nursing unit of the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Saint Francisville, Louisiana, on April 26, 2017.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/GettyImages-685029538-1-400x300.jpg)
Louisiana’s Plan to Lock People Up Longer Imperils Its Sickest Prisoners
Laws passed at the behest of Gov. Jeff Landry threaten to further strain the already-paltry prison medical system.
![A protester waves toward prisoners at the Metropolitan Detention Center, on February 4, 2019, in Brooklyn, New York.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/GettyImages-1093794956-400x300.jpg)
In NY Jails, Prisoners Must Submit Their Abuse Grievances to Their Abusers
Legal victories by LGBTQ people and youth of color face rollbacks amid the rise of new, reactionary sheriffs.
![An altar for Charles Leo Daniels and others killed by GEO Group, ICE and the U.S. government is pictured at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, on March 18, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/2024_0318-ice-1-400x300.jpg)
ICE Under Fire for Solitary Confinement of Immigrants Amid Suicide Attempts
Internal records reveal the man recently found dead at a privately run ICE prison spent nearly four years in solitary.
![The Dublin Federal Correctional Institution is photographed on September 13, 2019, in Dublin, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/2024_0314-fic-dublin-400x300.jpg)
FBI Raids California Prison Facing 63 Lawsuits Over Systemic Sexual Abuse
Four days after 12 lawsuits alleged abuses by 23 prison employees, the FBI raided the prison known as “the rape club.”
![A hand with keys unlocks a prison cell door.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0220-jail-cell-400x300.jpg)
12 Years After Degrading Mass Strip Search, Women in Prison Won $1.4M Settlement
The settlement is far larger than others of its kind and represents a win for Fourth Amendment rights behind bars.
![The Broward County jail is pictured in Florida on January 30, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0207-broward-county-jail-400x300.jpg)
NAACP Requests That DOJ Investigate Broward County Jails in Florida
Twenty-one people, primarily people of color, have died in Broward County jails since 2019.
![A digital illustration of prisoners being bricked into their cells as they protest to a whistling guard who is wheeling in cinderblock](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0202-prison1-400x300.jpg)
Prison Lockdowns Are Becoming More Frequent and More Brutal Across the US
A largely unknown, frightening trend in the US prison system is impacting many incarcerated people and their loved ones.
![A police officer and a protester argue as protesters of "Cop City" approach the Lewis R. Slaton Courthouse ahead of an expected indictment of former President Donald Trump in Atlanta, Georgia, on August 14, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0206-police-protest-400x300.jpg)
Georgia Senate Approves Bill That Would Criminalize Charitable Bail Funds
Activists worry that this legislation, if enacted, could serve as a blueprint for similar measures in other states.
![Keeley Schenwar in pink scarf](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/02/Keeley-in-pink-scarf-400x300.jpg)
Keeley Schenwar Memorial Essay Prize
The annual prize is awarded to two writers who are currently or formerly incarcerated.
![Michelle Morin, a registered nurse at Merrimack River Medical Services, administers methodone at a dosing window, in Portland, Maine, on January 9, 2008.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0201-methodone-400x300.jpg)
38 States Currently Authorize Involuntary Commitment for Substance Use
Sixteen of them allow facilities to engage in treatments of their choice without the individual’s consent.