Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing New Jersey Activists Won a Ban on Private Prisons, Now Biden Wants to Reverse It The Biden administration is backing CoreCivic in a lawsuit against a state law banning contracts with private prisons. By Catalina Adorno & Li Adorno , Truthout August 14, 2023 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing New Book Edited by Incarcerated Writers Explores Oppression Beyond Prison Walls "American Precariat" explores the ways in which people have been pushed to the edge by myriad social ills. By Eleanor J. Bader , Truthout August 13, 2023 Truthout
News Analysis | Prisons & Policing Don’t Blame Drug Decriminalization for What the Housing Crisis Has Caused Corporate media outlets like The New York Times are misleading the public on drug decriminalization in Oregon. By Morgan Godvin , Truthout August 12, 2023 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing Pregnant Black Woman Wrongly Arrested in Detroit Using Facial Recognition The ACLU of Michigan has demanded that the Detroit Police Department end its use of the software. By Zane McNeill , Truthout August 7, 2023 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing Study: Police Drug Seizures Raise Overdose Risk 2022 saw 109,000 drug overdose deaths and it is projected to surge to 165,000 by 2025. By Mike Pappas , LeftVoice August 6, 2023 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing Solitary Confinement Survivors Rally Support for Proposed Federal Ban With over 122,000 people in solitary nationwide, lawmakers are seeking to end the practice in federal facilities. By Victoria Law , Truthout August 4, 2023 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing Calls Grow for Gov. John Bel Edwards to Commute Sentences of Death Row Prisoners The outgoing Democrat has two weeks to commute the sentences. His potential GOP successor plans to restart executions. By Julia Conley , CommonDreams August 3, 2023 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing Community Organizer Spied on by FBI and Colorado Springs Police Speaks Out “This was one of the worst moments of my life,” said Jacqueline “Jax” Armendariz Unzueta, who is suing the agencies. By Amy Goodman & Nermeen Shaikh , DemocracyNow! August 3, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing 33 Years After the ADA, Our Legal System Still Victimizes Disabled People Communities are far better served when public safety systems help them avoid traumatizing interactions with police. By Megan Schuller , Truthout August 3, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing 21 Years Later, Guantánamo Bay’s Harms Are Still Unending Shutting down the prison is a first step, not a last step. The U.S. must finally confront the nightmare it created. By Karen J. Greenberg , TomDispatch August 1, 2023 Truthout