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Solitary Confinement: Torture Chambers for Black Revolutionaries
An estimated 80,000 men, women and even children are being held in solitary confinement on any given day in US prisons.
Undue Influence: The Power of Police and Prison Guards’ Unions
For decades, theyu2019ve helped build Americau2019s build Americau2019s criminal justice system. Now that system is changing. Can law enforcement unions change as well?
Jail the Bankers or Abolish the Jails?
Can those who want regulatory bodies to bring bankers to justice and those who seek a radical overhaul or dismantling of America's criminal justice system work together?
Neo-Nazi Rampage: Army Psy-Ops Vet, White Power Musician ID’d As Gunman in Sikh Temple Shooting
PRINTER-FRIENDLYTRANSCRIPT | More details have come to light about the man who shot dead six worshippers and critically wounded three others at the Oak Creek Sikh temple in Wisconsin …
Police Brutality in Anaheim Sparks Outrage After Two Latinos Shot Dead and Demonstrators Attacked
Police in the California city of Anaheim are facing allegations of murder and brutality after fatally shooting two Latino men over the weekend and firing rubber bullets at crowds …
Occupy National Gathering: Perspectives on Police
The mini-documentary attempts to portray the internal conflict over police confrontation.
Prison Crisis: Local Solution?
Making Contact producer George Lavender investigates: is re-alignment the answer to the prison crisis?
Raw Video: Police Drag Occupy DC Activists to Break Home Eviction Blockade
An effort to prevent a home eviction in Washington, DC, today turned ugly when US Marshals and local police officers armed with guns and riot shields forcefully removed members …
Prisoners’ Families Are Paying for State Prison Kickbacks in Order to Phone Their Loved Ones
The average state commission was 42 percent, but some reached as high as 60 percent of the money from the phone calls.
Latest Batch of DHS Occupy Documents Contains New Details About Monitoring of Protest Movement
(Photo: Alex Wellerstein / Flickr)The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released another batch of documents Thursday morning in response to Truthout's wide-ranging Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request pertaining …