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Prisons & Policing
“Thugs,” “Hooligans” and “Riots,” Challenging Narratives With Dominque Stevenson
Stevenson witnessed the events that precipitated Monday's uprising.
The Collateral Damage of Mass Incarceration
Bryan Stevenson makes a detailed, compelling and personal case that prisons in the United States are filled with victims of injustice.
To Protect and to Sever
The Rise of Privatized Policing: How Crisis Capitalism Created Crisis Cops
With more private security guards than public police officers, what are the consequences for accountability?
The Science Fiction of Freddie Gray
Imagine that Freddie Gray never had to live in a city that is struggling to breathe under layers and layers of structural violence.
Judge’s Ruling in Rekia Boyd Case Sparks Outrage, Protests
The surprise ruling in the trial of Dante Servin, a Chicago Police officer who shot and killed 22-year old Rekia Boyd on Chicago's West side in 2012, sparked a …
Pentagon Speeds Efforts to Resettle Guantanamo Prisoners Ahead of Vote on Two-Year Transfer Ban
Officials plan to send up to 10 prisoners overseas.
“Running While Black”: Protests Swell Over Death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore Police Custody
Protests in Baltimore have entered their fifth day.
CCR Attorneys Praise Gitmo Closure Plan, Caution Need for DOD to Get on Board
The Pentagon is doing just barely enough to look busy but not enough to achieve actual closure of the prison as ordered by the president.
FBI Admits Flawed Hair Analysis in Hundreds of Cases Spanning Decades
Flawed analysis helped convict hundreds, some of whom were executed.