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![A young girl watches as her father plugs in his ankle monitor for charging at an Annunciation House facility after being reunited with each other on July 25, 2018, in El Paso, Texas. Originally from Guatemala, the two were separated for about two months after attempting to cross into the US.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/12/2018_1218-digital-400x300.jpg)
The First Step Act Opens the Door to Digital Incarceration
The First Step Act would increase the use of “digital prisons” — technologies that turn people's homes into jails.
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I’ve Been in Prison for 24 Years and I Feel Dead
The state sees me as disposable. But I don’t think of myself as garbage, and I don't want to die.
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These Prisoners Are Paid a Dollar an Hour to Battle California Fires
Democracy Now! interviews incarcerated firefighters.
![President Trump makes an announcement regarding the "First Step Act" prison reform bill at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 14, 2018.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/11/GettyImages-1061513002-400x300.jpg)
What the Latest Bipartisan Prison Reform Gets Wrong and Why It Matters
The bill currently being put forward is both weak and dangerous.
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The Midterms Did Not Stop the March of Fascism, But We Can
We currently lack the united front to fight fascism in this country. That front is necessary, because fascism is rising.
![In Pennsylvania alone, 2,723 people who entered prison between the ages of 18 and 25 are sentenced to die in prison.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/11/2018_1113-law-400x300.jpg)
Should Your Birthday Determine Whether You Are Sentenced to Die in Prison?
In Pennsylvania alone, 2,723 people who entered prison between the ages of 18 and 25 are sentenced to die in prison.
![Bruce Reilly and Will Harrell, two members of Voice of the Experienced, a group founded and run by formerly incarcerated activists, campaign for Amendment 2 in New Orleans, Louisiana, on November 6, 2018.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/11/reilly-harrell-400x300.jpg)
Louisiana Votes to Eliminate Jim Crow Jury Law
This is a victory for formerly incarcerated activists who are building political power in the state.
![Censorship further enhances isolation, which is particularly acute for LGBTQ prisoners.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/10/2018_1018-prison-400x300.jpg)
Illinois Prisons Sued for Unconstitutional Ban on LGBTQ Literature
Such censorship further enhances isolation, which is particularly acute for LGBTQ prisoners.
![The facade of the San Francisco Hall of Justice, a courthouse which is part of the criminal court of the city of San Francisco, California, on October 13, 2017.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/10/GettyImages-865962160-400x300.jpg)
San Francisco’s Earthquake-Unsafe Jail Leaves Prisoners in Peril
The Hall of Justice jail sits on soil that could liquefy and swallow parts of the building in an earthquake.
![Demonstrators protest as they celebrate the verdict in the murder trial of Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke along Michigan Avenue on October 5, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/10/2018_1014-chicago-400x300.jpg)
In Convicting Van Dyke, Chicago Jury Rejected Broader Policing Norms
Jason Van Dyke is just the tip of the iceberg.