News | Prisons & Policing “Oath Keepers” With Rifles Roam Among Ferguson Protesters, Raising Concerns The group of men wearing camouflage claim to be protecting the Constitution. By Nigel Duara , LosAngelesTimes August 12, 2015 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing More Than Half of Chicago Area Universities Have Armed Police Departments After the shooting death of unarmed black man, should colleges employ police officers at all? By Jonah Newman , ChicagoReporter August 10, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing Still Boxed Out: NYU Discriminates Against Students Who Have Faced Arrest It's time to abolish college application questions that require disclosing documented interaction with the criminal legal system. By The Incarceration to Education Coalition , Truthout August 2, 2015 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing Police Shoot and Kill Mentally Ill Native American Man Over half of fatal shootings involve mentally ill people, and Native Americans are statistically more at risk of dying in police shootings. By s. e. smith , Care2 July 29, 2015 Truthout
Prisons & Policing A Young Black Man Talks to His Mom About the Traffic Stop That Almost Killed Him Alex Landau was raised by adoptive white parents, who believed skin color didn't matter. By Staff , YES!Magazine July 27, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing What “Orange Is the New Black” Tells Us About Sexual Abuse in Women’s Prisons and How to Stop It Women band together to stop the abuse. By Victoria Law , WagingNonviolence July 27, 2015 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing “A Wound That Will Never Heal”: Organizing After the Death of Daniel Covarrubias at the Hands of Police Daniel's family has been marching and organizing tirelessly to win justice. By Leela Yellesetty , SocialistWorker July 26, 2015 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing Sandra Bland’s Sister Responds to Suicide Allegations Law enforcement officials have concluded that the cause of Sandra Bland's death in custody was suicide. By Nermeen Shaikh & Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! July 24, 2015 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing Beyond Innocence: US Political Prisoners and the Fight Against Mass Incarceration President Obama could consider healing wounds by releasing some of the many political prisoners. By Dan Berger , Truthout July 24, 2015 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing Protests Demand Justice for Sandra Bland and Kindra Chapman, Black Women Found Dead in Jail In Texas, new information has emerged about the arrest of Sandra Bland. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! July 23, 2015 Truthout