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A New Form of Homicide in Canada’s Prisons: The Case of Ashley Smith
The death of a Canadian teen who strangled herself in a Canadian prison was ruled a homicide in a coroner's inquest. Is this a new form of killing by …

Angela Davis on Prison Abolition and the War on Drugs
Davis’s work around issues of gender, race, class and prisons has influenced social movements across generations.

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Psychology Association’s Torture Link Fails “Do-No-Harm” Ethics
Two psychologists deplore the decision by the American Psychological Association to continue to condone the profession's involvement in prisoner abuse at Guantanamo.

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Mass Incarceration: Are the Feds Charting a New Path?
Eric Holder's argument for reconsideration of felon disenfranchisement laws and reductions in mandatory minimum sentences is a positive sign.

Movement Building and Challenging Mass Incarceration
While any effort to stop mass incarceration must be expansive in scope and size, it ultimately has to be accessible to those directly affected.

Dear Marissa
“Dear Marissa” is an apology to Marissa Alexander, a black woman who was sentenced in Florida to 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot at her abusive …

Against the Leviathan
The government owns the narrative. They own the courtroom. They own the story being told: America is fair, honest, good. Police don't lie. Prosecutors are only interested in justice. …

Freed Ex-Black Panther Marshall “Eddie” Conway on 44 Years in Prison and FBI Surveillance
Numerous groups have campaigned for years calling for his release, saying he never received a fair trial and was convicted largely on the basis of testimony from a jailhouse …

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Political Prisoner Marshall Eddie Conway Released After 44 Years
Former Black Panther Marshall Edward Conway, who has spent nearly 44 of his 67 years in prison, was released Tuesday, his conviction overturned.

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The Case of Oscar Pistorius: Life and Death in the Rainbow Nation
The global media feasts on the spectacle of Oscar Pistorius, ignoring the tragic persistence of gender-based violence, inequality and punitive criminal justice that form the context of his violent …