News | Prisons & Policing Family Suspects Racist Policing, Foul Play in Mysterious Death of Daniel Barajas Barajas was detained by Arkansas police, then found dead on a highway. Now his family is demanding answers. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout July 19, 2023 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing Activists Are Working to Give the People of Atlanta a Chance to Vote on Cop City Ignored in public comment and denied responsive public officials, residents are taking matters into their own hands. By Cody Bloomfield , Truthout July 18, 2023 Truthout
News Analysis | Prisons & Policing How Do We Prevent Gun Violence Without Police? Look to Abolitionists. Building authentic relationships is key to creating lasting safety beyond the reach of institutions of carceral control. By Cristian Farias , Truthout/Inquest July 13, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing France’s Racism Still on Display as It Denies Its Colonial Past — and Present Violence against people of France’s former colonies is so packed with tragedies that a timeline would fill an article. By Julia Wright , WorkersWorld July 12, 2023 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing Rikers Island Might Be Put Under Federal Control After Recent Scandal A recent report details how the city has broken its promise to improve the jail’s dangerous and unsanitary conditions. By Zane McNeill , Truthout July 11, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing Here’s How Organizing to Abolish the Prison Industrial Complex Works in Practice As more activists embrace abolition of the prison industrial complex, here’s what this work demands of us in practice. By Rachel Herzing , Truthout/Inquest July 11, 2023 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing 10 Years After Historic Hunger Strike, Will CA Finally End Solitary Confinement? Prisoners refused food, demanding changes to solitary confinement. Now they are pushing to end the practice altogether. By Victoria Law , Truthout July 8, 2023 Truthout
News Analysis | Prisons & Policing Anger Over Anti-Immigrant Prejudice Fuels French Uprising After Police Killing In a telling public statement, French police unions have characterized the protesters as “vermin” and “savage hordes.” By Bill Berkowitz , Truthout July 5, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing Immunity Doctrines Have Made the US Constitution Useless — It’s Time to End Them Overlapping immunity doctrines insulate officials from the consequences of their actions, no matter how egregious. By Trace Mitchell , Truthout July 4, 2023 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing In Brutal Summer Heat, Prisoners Say Their Cells Are Like “Stifling Hot Coffins” Days of extreme heat without access to enough water and cooled air become deadlier for an aging prison population. By Victoria Law , Truthout July 3, 2023 Truthout