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Prisons & Policing
Fighting for Reforms Isn’t Enough. It’s Time We Reach for Prison Abolition.
Our communities cannot be safe within a system that fights harm with greater harm.
In 2019, We Saw Pushback Against Face Surveillance in the Skies
Fighting back against face surveillance is working, and 2020 will likely be an even bigger battleground year.
Here Are Five Ways to Support Chelsea Manning in 2020
Supporting grand jury resisters increases the odds that people held in civil contempt will be released.
Underfunded Health Care Made Jails Warehouses for Those With Mental Illness
A new documentary looks at how people facing mental health challenges have been swept into the prison system.
Foreign Police Want to Bypass Privacy Laws and Courts to Get Data From Abroad
Police elsewhere could obtain evidence to investigate things that might not even be a crime in your country.
Reports That Bloomberg’s Campaign Exploited Women’s Prison Labor Spark Outrage
Incarcerated women were paid as little as $1.45 an hour to call voters.
Despised Private Prison Companies Rebrand as Prison Real Estate Companies
Private prison companies are serving as landlords, leasing prison facilities to states and to ICE.
Abolishing Private Prisons Is a Start, But It Will Not End Mass Incarceration
Private prisons are a symptom, not the cause of mass incarceration.
Genetic Testing Company Acquired by Company With Ties to FBI and Law Enforcement
Genealogy searches by law enforcement invade our privacy in unique and potentially dangerous ways.
UK Politicians Are Cynically Using London Bridge Attack to Drum Up Votes
Reactions from both Conservative and Labour leaders hark back to failed “tough on crime” policies of the 1980s.