News | Prisons & Policing Despite 116,000 Signatures, Atlanta Won’t Validate Stop Cop City Petition City officials are waiting to see if the 11th Circuit Court rules in favor of the activists and forces the validation. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout September 12, 2023 Truthout
News Analysis | Prisons & Policing “E-Carceration” Is the Newest Surveillance Trend Spreading Across the Globe As the use of “e-carceration” spreads globally, invasive, AI-powered surveillance comes with it. By James Kilgore , Truthout September 11, 2023 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing Oral History of Political Prisoners Shows Enduring Power of Revolutionary Hope Edited by abolitionist Josh Davidson and political prisoner Eric King, “Rattling the Cages” is an archive of defiance. By Zane McNeill , Truthout September 10, 2023 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing Incarcerated Laborers Can Barely Afford Basic Necessities While in Prison People in prison are paid 86 cents per day on average while paying much higher prices for items than in grocery stores. By Tina Vásquez & Derek R. Trumbo Sr. , Prism September 7, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing Parole Didn’t Integrate Me Into Society. It Kept Me Out of It. I didn’t want to be a fugitive, but parole supervision destabilized my life and kept me homeless. By Wesley Vaughan , Truthout September 7, 2023 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing RICO Charges Attempt to Paint Stop Cop City Movement as a Criminal “Conspiracy” The sweeping 109-page indictment presents acts of mutual aid and zine reading as evidence of a criminal “conspiracy.” By Mike Ludwig , Truthout September 6, 2023 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing Activist Responds to RICO Charges Intensifying Criminalization of Stop Cop City "Everything that the state has accused the movement of doing is ultimately a projection," says Micah Herskind. By Kelly Hayes , OrganizingMyThoughts September 6, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing To Build an Abolitionist Future, We Must Look to Indigenous Pasts Worlds without police and without prisons have already existed, predating colonization and slavery. By Cherise Morris , Truthout September 6, 2023 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing Grassroots Organizing in Red States Is at the Heart of Abolitionist Struggle Here’s what we can learn from abolitionists who are organizing in some of the most conservative parts of the country. By Meghan Krausch , Truthout/Inquest September 5, 2023 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing NYC Police Plan to Use Drones to Surveil Labor Day Parties This Weekend Civil liberties groups believe police use of surveillance drones is “poised to explode.” By Zane McNeill , Truthout September 1, 2023 Truthout