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Meet the Woman Who Was Assaulted by a Cop For Taking Tylenol
An officer assaulted a woman in a waiting area, claiming that she was violating custody rules because she took a dose of painkiller for an infected tooth.
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Massachusetts Legislature: Don’t Set Back the Clock
This past Wednesday advocates, victims, elected representatives and officials came to testify about what to do with our juveniles who commit homicide.
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Sentenced to Wait: Efforts to End Prison Rape Stall Again
Texas prison inmates report being raped at some of the highest rates in the country, and the problem only seems to be worsening.
Mothering Between A Rock and Prison
This Mother's Day, Shanesha Taylor, a 25-year old homeless and unemployed mother, will be fighting for her freedom and her children for committing the unspeakable crime: trying to feed …
Cornealious “Mike” Anderson and Mandatory Sentences
Considering the decimation of families and communities brought about by mass incarceration, what is the societal value of locking up people for such amounts of time?
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Major Report Urges Reform of US Capital Punishment System
Innocent people will be executed in the US if the country's capital punishment system is not reformed, warns a new report from the Constitution Project.
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Mothers Behind Bars
Mother's Day needs to become a call to arms against the continued oppression and trauma of incarceration experienced by both mothers and children.
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Cecily McMillan: The Latest Butterfly on the Wheel
Power will not hesitate to use your identity against you if it can. The police violence to which Cecily McMillan was subjected was explicitly gendered, and in this she …
Solitary Confinement is Torture and Must Stop Now
Across the United States and the world, there is an emerging movement calling for the end of solitary confinement.
Imprisoned Al Jazeera Journalist Details Abu Ghraib Torture and Why He’s Suing US Contractor CACI
Ten years after the first publication of photos from inside the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, Al Jazeera journalist Salah Hassan speaks about his torture by US forces inside …