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Prisons & Policing

Our Bodies, Our Stories: Reproductive Health Behind Bars
From shackling to sterilization, thousands of incarcerated people are struggling to maintain control over their own reproductive health.

Truthout TV: Victoria Law on Closing Cages
Closing Cages: People Power Helps Stop Youth Incarceration

Fear, Corporate Profiteering, and Government Expansion of the Security Surveillance State on the US Borderland
Private security companies are making a profit from turning the US/Mexico border into a military zone. Mark Karlin reports.

Is “Supercop” William Bratton the Answer to Oakland’s Police Problem?
Oakland recently hired famed police chief William Bratton as a consultant in an effort to find a solution to its ongoing problems with its Police Department

Is America Ready to Legalize Marijuana?
Advocates in Congress say a shift from criminal enforcement to taxation could add $100 billion to the federal budget.

Dean Spade: The Most Imprisoning Nation in the World
Dean Spade explains how the US became the most imprisoning nation in the world.

Life or Death: Ending the Death Penalty
A growing movement is demanding the United States do away with the death penalty.

Kurdish Prisoners End Mass Hunger Strike
The Kurdish movement is the greatest challenge to the neoliberal, conservative Turkish government, says international development scholar Baris Karaagac.

European Court Ruling Opens Door for Extradition to Torture Conditions in US Federal Prisons
What is happening to Muslims will happen to the rest of us.

Lockdown High: Annette Fuentes on the “School-to-Prison Pipeline”
In the following exclusive interview, Annette Fuentes talks about her work, her book and shares insight into the u201cschool-to-prison pipeline,u201d including zero tolerance policies that puts kids in harmu2019s …