Interview | Prisons & Policing Outgoing New York City Council Speaker on Her Work to Close Rikers, Expand Living Wage, Protect Immigrants Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito discusses her time on the New York City Council. By Juan González & Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! December 27, 2017 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing Climate Change Meets Mass Incarceration: California’s Incarcerated Firefighters Prisoners fight fires for low wages. By Sammy Didonato & Ryan Harvey , Truthout December 27, 2017 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing DEA Operation Played Hidden Role in the Disappearance of Five Innocent Mexicans The agency did nothing to investigate or help. By Ginger Thompson , ProPublica December 22, 2017 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing ACLU Investigation Reveals Texas Troopers Are Turning Traffic Stops of Immigrants Into Deportations State troopers are essentially acting as deportation officers. By Nermeen Shaikh & Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! December 21, 2017 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing Empire Files: A Massacre of Farmers in US-Colombia “War on Drugs” The Colombia government has cracked down on its "war on drugs." By Abby Martin , teleSUR December 21, 2017 Truthout
News Analysis | Prisons & Policing Police Shoot More People Than Previously Known A new investigation reveals that the number of people being shot — and shot at — by police is troubling. By Kali Holloway , AlterNet December 18, 2017 Truthout
News Analysis | Prisons & Policing A Killer Cop Gets Away With an Execution Another officer who murdered an innocent, unarmed man has gone free. By Nicole Colson , SocialistWorker December 17, 2017 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing Brooklyn Court: NYPD’s Use of Cellphone Trackers Unconstitutional This ruling raises more questions than it answers. By Isabelle Glimcher , BrennanCenterforJustice December 16, 2017 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing The Radio Show Bringing Prisoners Messages From Home This weekly program connects prisoners to faraway family and friends. By Ivy Brashear , YES!Magazine December 13, 2017 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing A Dubious Arrest, a Compromised Prosecutor, a Tainted Plea: How One Murder Case Exposes the System There are cascading, and enduring, effects in a bad conviction. By Megan Rose , ProPublica December 9, 2017 Truthout