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Prisons & Policing
Police Have Their Own “Bill of Rights,” Raising Questions About Accountability
Illinois is among 14 states that has a police ‘bill of rights,’ a law that grants police special protections in criminal and other investigations.
Re-entering Society and the Voting Booth
Nearly three dozen states restrict felons from voting.
Four Governors Who Love the Death Penalty a Little Too Much
These US governors support of the death penalty looks more like blood thirst than a desire for actual justice.
Traumatized by Three Years at Rikers Without Charge, Ex-Teen Prisoner Kalief Browder Commits Suicide
A young man who was imprisoned at Rikers has committed suicide.
Charging Prisoners Perpetuates Mass Incarceration
As a result of these runaway costs, counties and states continue to struggle with ways to increase revenue to pay for exorbitant incarceration bills.
Let’s Talk About Abolishing Gun Ownership
It's time we start thinking a little more boldly and demanding much more.
What Amazon Taught the Cops
Predictive policing is just another form of supply-chain efficiency.
Congress Votes to End DEA’s Controversial Bulk Data Collection Program and Other Amendments
Legislators voted by a simple voice vote last night to end the DEA's controversial bulk data collection programs and three other amendments.
Anonymous Hacktivist Jeremy Hammond Promotes Prison Abolition From Behind Bars
Supporters keep Hammond's cause alive and promote his case for dismantling the system that enslaves him.
Will Hillary Clinton Abolish the Prison State Her Husband Created? Don’t Count on It.
Would President Hillary Clinton dismantle her husband's legacy of mass incarceration? She's given people little hope.