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Prisons & Policing
Jailers Tortured and Murdered Marvin Scott III, Family Says After Viewing Video
After viewing tape of Scott's in-custody murder at the Collin County Jail, his family says he suffered “day of torture.”
University of California Pushes to Militarize and Expand Its Police Force
A campus-based movement is growing in response, to abolish police presence and transform safety infrastructures.
Many So-Called “Alternatives” to Mass Incarceration Are 21st-Century Shackles
“Alternatives” like invasive electronic monitoring turn communities into cages and further exploit people.
My Child Is Incarcerated. One Second in This Unjust System Is Too Much.
Our children have been entrapped in a web of collaboration involving judges, prosecutors and police officers.
Drug Raids Killed Andrew Brown Jr., Breonna Taylor. Advocates Say: Enough.
Decriminalizing some drugs isn't enough, say activists. We must also rethink racist policing of people selling drugs.
New Report Looks at Strategies to Cut Incarceration of Illinois Women by Half
While the report’s scope is limited to Illinois, its recommendations are relevant to women’s incarceration nationwide.
Police Convictions Are Not the Goal. Abolitionists Have Bigger Dreams.
“Police don't keep us safe,” says organizer D.A. Bullock.
Rev. William Barber Condemns Police “Execution” of Andrew Brown
Brown's family “waited 120 hours to get 20 seconds” of footage of the police-perpetrated killing, says Rev. Barber.
Big Corporations Strike Racial Justice Pose While Continuing to Fund Police
Nonprofit police foundations are just one way corporations have funneled money into law enforcement.
Justice Department Investigations Don’t Actually Challenge Police Violence
The proceduralism of the DOJ won’t stop police killings, just as years of “police reform” didn’t save George Floyd.