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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
COVID-19 in Prisons Is Far Worse Than Previously Thought, Data Trackers Say
The public may never know the full extent of death and suffering of incarcerated people during the pandemic.
Activists Are Mobilizing to Help Incarcerated People Get Their Stimulus Checks
The Trump administration attempted to block stimulus payments to incarcerated people before a federal court intervened.
To Decolonize Indigenous Lands, We Must Also Abolish Police and Prisons
Abolishing the systems and institutions that propagate white supremacy is an important step toward decolonization.