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The US Is Criminalizing Homelessness and Expanding Incarceration. Who Profits?
From private prisons to health care scams, the attack on unhoused people is about exploitation, not safety.
CA Relies on Incarcerated Firefighters. They Finally Make Federal Minimum Wage.
It took a grassroots push to win the legislation that offers more pay and an opportunity for reduced prison sentences.
New Film Exposes Deadly Houston Jail and “Unconstitutional” System of Cash Bail
At least 15 people have died in pretrial detention just this year at Texas’s notorious Harris County Jail.
Former Prisoner’s New Book Offers Rare Look Into Nation’s Most Secretive Prison
Having survived the most restrictive supermax prison in the country on a trumped-up charge, Eric King tells what he saw.
Mama, They Got Me Too: My Family Has Survived Incarceration Over Generations
The system has a way of reaching through generations, branding us as criminals when all we’re trying to do is survive.
As a Trans Person in Federal Prison, I’m Being Punished for Existing
If the Trump administration forces me to transfer to a men’s prison, I question whether I will make it out alive.
Being Trans Behind Bars in Florida Was Already Hard. Under Trump, It’s Worse.
Trans people in prison are at the front lines of the increased targeting that trans people are facing under Trump.
California Officials Defend Right to Read Banned Books — Unless You’re in Prison
Books are heavily restricted behind bars, including some of the books that officials have fought for students to access.
DOJ Appears to Have Violated Luigi Mangione’s Right to a Fair Trial, Judge Says
The judge warned the Department of Justice that future violations may result in sanctions.
As Prisons Deal With Heat Waves, Climate Crisis Makes Abolition Even More Urgent
While the planet continues to warm, conditions in prisons, and specifically in solitary confinement, continue to worsen.