Prisons & Policing

Ultimately, the only way that we will address oppressive policing is to abolish the police.

A New York grand jury cleared New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo for the killing of Eric Garner, who died after being placed in a chokehold.

After claiming to be a democracy that respects the people's right to assemble, speak, and protest, the government has deployed dozens of police, spies, and military organizations that have …

The group claims Dallas police have participated in a pattern of excessive deadly force against Black and Latino people.

As Darren Wilson resigns from the Ferguson police force, protests continue across the country.

Prosecutors should utilize the public preliminary hearing process instead of the secret grand jury proceeding.

A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling ordering Louisiana to release Albert Woodfox.

Crabapple highlights the history of police brutality and also recounts the details of other black men who have died recently at the hands of authorities.

Maya Schenwar is the author of “Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better.”

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