Truthout
Prisons & Policing
![An outreach worker delivers supplies to people living in a homeless camp on December 23, 2022, in Louisville, Kentucky.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0117-kentucky-400x300.jpg)
Kentucky GOP’s New Bill Decriminalizes Use of Deadly Force Against the Unhoused
"I'm just ashamed that this bill even came into fruition,” a Lexington council member said.
![College students and community members wearing face masks hold placards while gathering in Peoples Park to protest against the death penalty, in Bloomington, Indiana, on December 4, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0116-executions-400x300.jpg)
UN Office Warns AL Nitrogen Execution May Violate International Ban on Torture
A planned execution at Alabama's Holman Correctional Facility on January 25 may breach two human rights treaties.
![Screenshot with the text: Criminalization of someone's survival](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0112_crim-400x300.jpg)
Challenging the Criminalization of Trauma Survivors
The criminal legal system traumatizes survivors. Noncarceral alternatives are key to breaking the cycle of violence.
![A protester holds a sign naming Nicholas Lee as a victim of Chicago policing during an outdoor demonstration](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2023_0103-cpd-400x300.jpg)
Chicago Police Department Perpetuates Its Violence by Punishing Whistleblowers
Police violence is not about “good apples” and “bad apples” -- it is structural.
![](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1206-prison-cattle-400x300.jpg)
Prison Treats Me Like an Animal. I Write to Reclaim My Humanity.
I’ve been confined for 27 years to a concrete box, and prison staff treat me like an animal branded with a number.
![A digital illustration of four women, somewhat huddled and silhouetted against a sunrise, fostering ten small stars hovering above their hands. The Southern Cross constellation can be seen in the sky behind them.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023-1226-sisters-inside-400x300.jpg)
Abolition Is a Global Movement. Here’s What We Learned From Allies Worldwide.
To make abolition possible, grassroots groups of people directly impacted by incarceration must mobilize globally.
![An empty jail cell in a traditional prison.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/GettyImages-173160629-400x300.jpg)
I’m Serving 40 Years in Federal Prison. Here’s a Glimpse Into My World.
Every day, the conditions of incarceration work to strip away my humanity.
![Demonstrators make noise outside of a jail as a person inside places their hand on a window during an anti-police protest on January 24, 2021, in Tacoma, Washington.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/GettyImages-1230778711-400x300.jpg)
Prison Closure Divides Abolitionist Community in Washington State
Activists are conflicted about whether the move is a win for incarcerated people and allies — or for the carceral state.
![Bob Dylan performs onstage at the Chicago Stadium in Chicago, Illinois, on October 17, 1978.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/GettyImages-156038135-400x300.jpg)
Newly Uncovered Documents Reveal the FBI’s Campaign Against Bob Dylan
The US impulse toward repression didn't die with the Cold War, as current attempts to suppress support for Gaza show.
![Three police cars are parked in a fenced lot next to a building.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/GettyImages-1004376006-scaled.jpg)
Alabama Among States With Most Severe Restrictions on Accessing Bodycam Footage
Alabama's restrictions on body-camera footage often bars families of those killed by police from seeing what happened.