Prisons & Policing

We demand freedom for the 7,000 Palestinian political prisoners currently held in Israeli jails and all those fighting for justice everywhere.

Supporters of prisoners often use social media to raise attention about prison conditions and the appeal campaigns of individuals.

Prosecutors in Los Angeles are determining whether to retry six Black Lives Matter activists whose trial recently ended in a hung jury.

Mumia showed me the web of oppression threaded through my life, ensnaring me, and how to begin to hack away at those threads.

The initiative to pardon thousands of federal prisoners barely made a dent, and a resignation letter tells why.

Black women are disproportionately imprisoned when they defend themselves against domestic abuse.

A suspended policy that allowed local police to keep much of the assets they confiscate from fellow suspects was reinstated by the Department of Justice.

The FBI will soon implement a new program to pressure teachers and religious leaders into serving as informants.

Filming police is legal in all 50 states — so why are people still being arrested while doing it?

Following the Belgium attacks, Republican presidential contenders spoke out in response.