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Prisons & Policing
As Police Commander’s Trial Nears, a “Black in Blue” Legacy Is in the Spotlight
Being a Black police officer can be a contentious choice in a community that is in battle over police conduct.
Bryan Stevenson on Mercy and Ending Mass Incarceration
Bryan Stevenson of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama.
Jeffrey Sterling’s Selective Prosecution Exposes CIA Double Standards
The leak conviction of ex CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling exposed how the spy agency treats African Americans.
New York City Activists Ticket Residents of Gentrified Neighborhood
The Police Reform Organizing Project took to the streets of Park Slope.
Prisoners’ Families Organize to Resist Incarceration and Its Costs
Increasingly, women relatives of prisoners are organizing to challenge high costs and fight the laws that fuel mass incarceration.
Is Campaign Cash From Police Unions Watering Down Democrats’ Reform Efforts?
Police unions and lobbying organizations have spent millions to influence politicians since 2008, with much of that money going to Democrats.
Justice Can Be Served Without Putting Kids Behind Bars
In Seattle, with restorative justice as a galvanizing theme, organizers are creating more than policies and resolutions, but an actual movement.
Even in GovernmentÂ-Run Prisons, the Profiteering off of Human Lives Is Staggering
A wide range of companies, organizations, individuals and even towns profit economically or politically from prisons.
Certiorari Denied: Remembering the Roberts Court’s Abandonment of Torture Victims
The Court in recent years has sent an appalling message of indifference and impunity.
Alternatives to Detention to Be Run by Private Prison Contractors
US Immigration announced an alternative to detaining families seeking asylum - give the contract to a private prison contractor.