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Prisons & Policing

Prosecutors Practice Racism in US Courts
A member of the Campaign to End the Death Penalty describes how racism is aided and abetted by prosecutors in America's injustice system.

What Are the US’s Real Plans for Guantánamo?
The US policy of indefinite detention will continue on US soil and the US naval base will remain in Cuba.

Building Community Safety: Practical Steps Toward Liberatory Transformation
Ejeris Dixon speaks to the need to address violence without relying on the criminal legal system.

Black Prisoners’ Lives Matter: The Dallas 6 Blow the Whistle on the Inside
The Dallas 6 is a group of jailhouse lawyers, beaten and charged with rioting after exposing brutality inside their prison. Three of the Dallas 6 stand trial Monday.

Solidarity With Cierra Finkley: A Statement From Love & Protect
Defending oneself from abuse and violence should never be criminalized.

New York Prison Guards Accused of Brutally Killing Prisoner, Covering Up Death
Four months ago, Samuel Harrell died at New York's Fishkill Correctional Facility.

Rikers Killed Kalief Browder
Kalief's brother, Akeem, is an activist in the Bronx. He speaks about what his brother endured and the family's fight for justice.

Chelsea Manning Faces Solitary Confinement
Manning is serving a 35-year sentence for leaking US government cables to WikiLeaks.

ACLU of Illinois Sells Out Chicago’s Black Youth
Young Black organizers cry foul as the ACLU of Illinois makes a stop-and-frisk deal with the city of Chicago.

Artist, Daughter of Afghan President Takes on US Abuse From Guantánamo to Abu Ghraib
Artist Mariam Ghani discusses how her work looks at how the US responded to the September 11 attacks.