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Prisons & Policing
Police Shot Another Black Woman in Need of Mental Health Support. It’s Time for Change.
The link between policing and mental health care can often be fatal.
A Jailbreak of the Imagination: Seeing Prisons for What They Are and Demanding Transformation
Seeing justice done without relying on the barbarity of carceral systems.
Specters of Attica: Reflections From Inside a Michigan Prison Strike
Four men who were imprisoned at Kinross report on the unlivable conditions.
Rotten and Rat-Infested: The Appalling Food and Health Care Conditions Facing US Prisoners
The conditions of food and healthcare for inmates are sickening -- literally.
Beyond Exonerating the Innocent: Using Storytelling to Humanize Youth Sentenced to Die in Prison
Storytelling is central to restorative justice.
Twenty-Five Years After the Lucasville Uprising, Its Survivors Are Leading a New Prison Resistance Movement
Today's rebellions are not contained by prison walls.
New York Politicians Seek to Make Highway Repairs Contingent on Placing Cops in Schools
New York City politicians are attempting to get armed cops put in every school by ramming it through a highway repair bill.
Anticipating a Crush: In Prison, Tactical Teams Declare Uneven War
‘'We've already been on lockdown since Sunday afternoon here at Stateville Correctional Center.'’
Bloody Violence in South Carolina Prison Shines Light on Inhumane Conditions Across US
At least seven prisoners died and 17 were seriously injured after bloody violence broke out Sunday night.
From “Probable Cause” to “Reasonable Suspicion”: The Subversion of the Fourth Amendment
The subversion arises from a 1968 Supreme Court decision.