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Prisons & Policing
Chicago Police Are Notorious Liars, So Why Trust Them on Smollett?
The importance of this case to our movement for real police accountability can hardly be overstated.
Meet the Man Held in Solitary Confinement Longer Than Anyone in US History
Albert Woodfox is a former political prisoner who was held in solitary confinement for 43 years.
Exception to Double Jeopardy Would Affect More Than Just Manafort
“Gamble v. United States” has implications for criminal and racial justice beyond Manafort and current politics.
New Bill Would Keep Incarcerated Pregnant Women From Forced Medical Isolation
In Maryland, incarcerated pregnant people in their third trimester are involuntarily placed in medical isolation.
Commemorating 40 Years of “Injustice for All”
The unfulfilled promise of “justice for all” lives within the pledge of allegiance, but seemingly nowhere else.
How Cops Have Targeted Communities of Color for Decades
A look at the long history of police brutality against Latino communities in Chicago.
Daniel Ellsberg Calls Chelsea Manning “an American Hero”
The Watergate-era whistleblower praised Manning for her stand against a grand jury system used to stifle dissent.
Don’t Let Mueller Restore Your Faith in the FBI
Let's not lose perspective on Mueller's role in some of the FBI's most repressive and egregious undertakings.
We Won’t Let Our Pensions Build Prisons
Educators are coming together to demand that no pension funding go the prison industry.
To Reduce Prison Population, We Must Confront Violence in Radically New Ways
Author Danielle Sered argues reformers must reckon with violent crime and come up with radically new ways to address it.