Truthout
Prisons & Policing
New Policy Will Ban Chicago Police From Joining Hate and Extremist Groups
Investigations found that multiple Chicago police officers are associated with hate and extremist groups.
Police Violently Attack Demonstrators at Ceasefire Protest at DNC Headquarters
Organizers of the protest say police injured around 90 demonstrators in total.
From Death Row, Keith LaMar Has Built a Movement for Love, Art and Abolition
LaMar's album "Freedom First," recorded with pianist and composer Albert Marquès, has become a key part of his campaign.
Protesters Hoped to Plant Trees at Cop City Site. They Were Tear Gassed Instead.
Police attacked protesters in a militarized response to a nonviolent Stop Cop City action this week in Georgia.
Texas Police Put an 11-Year-Old Into Solitary Confinement
A fifth-grader reported being bullied by his principal. Five days later, he was handcuffed and detained.
Stop Cop City Activists Plan Mass Return to Weelaunee Forest
The mass mobilization against the military-style 85-acre police training facility will take place November 10-13.
Attica Was More Than a Riot. It Offered a Framework for Revolutionary Struggle.
Orisanmi Burton discusses the Black radical organizing that preceded and followed the Attica prison uprising.
Mother, Son Charged with “Kidnapping” for Helping Idaho Minor Access Abortion
"Prosecutors used the exact language of the trafficking law in the kidnapping charge,” an abortion activist said.
Children of Incarcerated People Are Being Denied the Right to Parental Care
Child separation policy — routinely, legally, and methodically — is commonly imposed upon incarcerated people in the US.
Rojava’s Women-Led Restorative Justice System Centers Mediation, Not Retribution
Rojava’s restorative legal system offers a different model of community care, seeking to minimize police involvement.