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Prisons & Policing
Safe Drinking Water Is a Basic Human Right That Texas Prisons Fail to Respect
Imprisoned people are forced to drink and bathe with water they describe as over-chlorinated, slimy, and foul-smelling.
Despite Rules to Provide Menstrual Products, Some in ICE Jail Can’t Access Them
“Menstrual products aren’t a luxury, they are a basic need for half of the population,” said Rep. Grace Meng.
UK Jury Clears 6 Palestine Action Protesters Over Elbit Arms Factory Break-In
Observers said the verdicts obliterate the government’s rationale for banning the group under the Terrorism Act of 2000.
Minneapolis Community Defense Is “Riding on the Learning Edge of a Whirlwind”
“We are becoming the people that we always knew that we needed to be,” says Minneapolis organizer Andrew Fahlstrom.
Judge Blocks Noem’s Latest Attempt to Stop Democrats From Inspecting ICE Jails
ICE is incarcerating a record 73,000 people in dangerous and increasingly deadly immigration jails.
ICE Is Not the Only Problem. Border Patrol Has Acted With Impunity for Decades.
Ending immigration agents’ abuses requires reckoning with a long history of cruelty at the border.
Ecuador Foreign Ministry Slams ICE for Trying to Enter Consulate in Minneapolis
Law enforcement officers of host nations are barred from entering foreign embassies and consulates without permission.
ICE Was Warned About Conditions at Fort Bliss Migrant Jail. Then 2 Men Died.
Immigrant rights activists and elected officials are calling to shut down Camp East Montana.
Prisoners in Missouri Report Being Forced to Shovel Snow in Subzero Temperatures
Incarcerated people were reportedly punished with administrative segregation or discipline if they refused.
In Battle Over DHS Funding, Reforms Like Body Cameras Are a “Copaganda” Myth
Let’s focus on changes that will actually reduce the violence these agencies commit, says author Alec Karakatsanis.
After Exposing Prison Horrors, Incarcerated Whistleblowers Are Moved to Solitary
Subjects of The Alabama Solution have led protests for years, using cell phones to expose brutality and forced labor.
Minneapolis Residents Face Down Police and Feds After Pretti’s Killing
“The resilience of our communities is really incredible,” one demonstrator said. “They’re murdering us out here.”
Minneapolis’s 2020 Uprising Laid an Abolitionist Groundwork for ICE Resistance
The George Floyd uprising laid foundations for the politicized networks of care that are organizing against ICE now.