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“Get Off Our Streets”: DC Residents Protest Federal Agents Running Checkpoint
Anger is growing over Trump's decision to take over the DC police and deploy the national guard in the nation's capital.
Immigration Detention Has Become a Booming Business for Private Prison Giants
Private prison giants now hold 90 percent of detained immigrants and aim to triple capacity for $1.5 billion in revenue.
Pentagon Plan Would Create Standing Military Force to Put Down “Civil Unrest”
The Trump administration is reportedly considering a plan to put troops on standby to deploy in as little as an hour.
Texas Prison Guards Routinely Use Tear Gas on Incarcerated Women. It Must Stop.
I have been repeatedly subjected to chemical weapons. It’s torture by another name.
I Survived a Deadly Disease in Prison. No One Else Should Have To Face It.
Valley fever disproportionately impacts people targeted by mass incarceration. California can move to prevent this harm.
Trans People in Georgia Prisons Sue Over Law Barring Gender-Affirming Care
The lawsuit says the denial of care violates the Eight Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment.
A Fight Is Brewing in the Midwest Over Immigrant Mass Detention
As ICE expands its presence across the Midwest, activists fight the reopening of private prisons to jail migrants.
Trump Admin Halts Lawsuits Targeting Civil Rights Abuses in Prisons, Group Homes
Biden’s DOJ concluded that Louisiana and South Carolina had failed to fix violations despite years of warnings.
Trump’s Executive Order Criminalizing Houselessness Reveals a Familiar Dystopia
For years, mad and disabled people have been asking Americans to fight the criminalization of disability. Will they?
8 Prisons in Virginia Lack AC in 108-Degree Heat. I Am Stuck in One of Them.
My bunk gets sweaty when I lay it in. The walls sweat, too — you can see it. We're in an oven. It's too hot.