Truthout
Prisons & Policing
Texas Police Put an 11-Year-Old Into Solitary Confinement
A fifth-grader reported being bullied by his principal. Five days later, he was handcuffed and detained.
Stop Cop City Activists Plan Mass Return to Weelaunee Forest
The mass mobilization against the military-style 85-acre police training facility will take place November 10-13.
Attica Was More Than a Riot. It Offered a Framework for Revolutionary Struggle.
Orisanmi Burton discusses the Black radical organizing that preceded and followed the Attica prison uprising.
Mother, Son Charged with “Kidnapping” for Helping Idaho Minor Access Abortion
"Prosecutors used the exact language of the trafficking law in the kidnapping charge,” an abortion activist said.
Children of Incarcerated People Are Being Denied the Right to Parental Care
Child separation policy — routinely, legally, and methodically — is commonly imposed upon incarcerated people in the US.
Rojava’s Women-Led Restorative Justice System Centers Mediation, Not Retribution
Rojava’s restorative legal system offers a different model of community care, seeking to minimize police involvement.
This Former Child Welfare Investigator Says Family Policing Must Be Abolished
Alan J. Dettlaff once worked for Child Protective Services. What he saw made him realize the system should be abolished.
Mother Sues Alabama Jail After Being Forced to Give Birth Alone in a Shower
Alabama jailed Ashley Caswell on charges of endangering a fetus, then made her give birth without medical support.
Supreme Court Let Texas Execute a Man Sentenced on Allegedly Faulty Evidence
A stay issued by an appeals court could have saved Jedidiah Murphy, but justices voted 6-3 to waive it.
Georgia Prosecutor Refuses to Charge State Troopers Who Killed Tortuguita
The DA will not press charges despite autopsy evidence that Terán had their hands raised and did not fire on police.