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Wisconsin Passes Law Requiring Independent Investigations of Police Shootings

The law’s passage is thanks to sustained pressure from the families of shooting victims.
by
Candice Bernd,
Truthout
May 3, 2014
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Prisons & Policing

The NSA Comes Home: Police Departments Conceal Phone Tracking Equipment From Courts

Police departments across the nation are concealing their use of cellphone tracking equipment from local courts.
by
Candice Bernd,
Truthout
April 26, 2014
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News
Prisons & Policing

Corporations Divest Nearly $60 Million From Private Prison Complex

The announcement comes after civil rights activists pressured more than 150 companies for months.
by
Candice Bernd,
Truthout
April 25, 2014
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Op-Ed
Prisons & Policing

Ten Years After His Release From Prison, Israeli Nuclear Whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu is Still Not Free

Vanunu remains under restrictions which require him to report and gain approval for any change in residence, to avoid diplomatic missions, to not speak to foreign nationals and…
by
Staff,
The Nuclear Resister
April 24, 2014
Truthout
Prisons & Policing

Obama Plans Clemency for “Hundreds, Perhaps Thousands” of People Sentenced for Drug Law Violations

Obama is prepared to use his pardon power to grant clemency to “hundreds, perhaps thousands” of people who have been jailed for nonviolent drug crimes.
by
Tony Newman,
Drug Policy Alliance
April 22, 2014
Truthout
Op-Ed
Prisons & Policing

Pro-Life and Social Death: A Portrait of Tennessee

One Tennessee new law proposes to bring back the electric chair should lethal injection drugs prove unavailable. The other would allow for criminal assault charges to be brought…
by
Lisa Guenther,
SpeakOut
April 22, 2014
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News Analysis
Prisons & Policing

Radical Philosophy and the Free Alabama Movement

The Free Alabama Movement (FAM) seeks to analyze, resist, and transform prison slavery from within the Prison Industrial Complex.
by
Lisa Guenther,
New APPS
April 22, 2014
Truthout
Prisons & Policing

Louisianan Given 13-Year Prison Sentence for Possession of Two Marijuana Cigarettes

The Drug Policy Alliance filed an amicus brief yesterday urging the Louisiana Supreme Court to review the egregious prison sentence of Bernard Noble, a 48-year old man who…
by
Tony Newman,
Drug Policy Alliance
April 19, 2014
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News
Prisons & Policing

Are Police Officers’ Body-Worn Cameras a Win for Accountability?

Questions remain about whether body-worn cameras will curb police violence.
by
Candice Bernd,
Truthout
April 12, 2014
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Prisons & Policing

Treating Humans Worse Than Animals: Prison System Voices Decry Solitary Confinement of Mentally Ill

Following the death of two prisoners at New York City’s Rikers Island facility, there is mounting pressure on jails and prisons to reform their use of solitary confinement.
by
Amy Goodman &
Renée Feltz,
Democracy Now!
April 2, 2014
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