Truthout
Prisons & Policing
Police Shoot More People Than Previously Known
A new investigation reveals that the number of people being shot — and shot at — by police is troubling.
A Killer Cop Gets Away With an Execution
Another officer who murdered an innocent, unarmed man has gone free.
Brooklyn Court: NYPD’s Use of Cellphone Trackers Unconstitutional
This ruling raises more questions than it answers.
The Radio Show Bringing Prisoners Messages From Home
This weekly program connects prisoners to faraway family and friends.
A Dubious Arrest, a Compromised Prosecutor, a Tainted Plea: How One Murder Case Exposes the System
There are cascading, and enduring, effects in a bad conviction.
Lawmakers Demand Transparency and Restrictions on FBI Spying Powers
The statute's expiration could curtail powerful forms of surveillance.
No Longer Home for the Holidays: Trump’s Budget Cuts Keep Mothers Behind Bars Past Release Dates
For many, halfway houses are an essential stop after prison.
Jeff Sessions Wants to Crack Down on Legal Weed — Will Congress Let Him?
Limits on federal pot prosecution just got a brief extension, but medical marijuana may still be at risk.
Does Our Belief in Women’s Stories of Sexual Violence Extend to Survivors Behind Bars?
Does our notion of victim go beyond white celebrity women?
Jeff Sessions’s Constant Lying Is Being Used to Help the Criminal Defense of the White Cop Who Murdered Walter Scott
Slager and Sessions are two peas in a pod.