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Prisons & Policing
Putting Crime Scene DNA Analysis on Trial
Concerns are prompting a national study on crime scene DNA analysis methods.
How $40 Can Land You in Prison for Seven Years and on the Sex Offender Registry for Life
Laws fail to distinguish sex work from sex trafficking.
Taking a Knee for a Deaf Man
How do communities heal when one is continually exposed or subjected to extreme violence, year after year after year?
University of New Haven and Saudi Police: Big Money Makes Strange Bedfellows
The United States and Saudi Arabia have a disturbing new connection.
Spanish Police Injure 800 in Crackdown on Catalonia Independence Referendum as Crisis Escalates
In Spain, tensions are escalating over Sundayu2019s independence referendum in the northeast region of Catalonia.
Prison Guard Unions Play a Key Role in Expanding the Prison-Industrial Complex
There's a shortage of prison guards as the ranks of the incarcerated swell.
Profiting Off Mass Incarceration: Detroit Pistons Owner Buys Private Prison Phone Company
Mass incarceration will be profitable under Trump.
Former NFL Player Donté Stallworth: Don’t Let Trump Hijack the Conversation on Racism and Violence
“We can't allow the president to hijack this conversation and make it all about him.”
EPA Adds Prison Locations to Its Environmental Justice Mapping Tool
Activists celebrate move as an advance in the struggle to recognize the environmental rights of incarcerated people.
Will Judge Overturn Arpaio Pardon?
Trump's Arpaio pardon is unconstitutional, lawyers say.