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Prisons & Policing
21 Years Later, Guantánamo Bay’s Harms Are Still Unending
Shutting down the prison is a first step, not a last step. The U.S. must finally confront the nightmare it created.
Abolition Doesn’t Undermine Safety — Its Goal Is Safety for Everyone
If policing, prosecution and incarceration created safety, the U.S. would be the safest country in the world.
Judge Says FBI Invented a Conspiracy in Fake Bomb Plot, Orders Release of 3 Men
Coalition for Civil Freedoms lawyers say when the government couldn’t find real terrorists, they had to create them.
Cori Bush Introduces Bill to End “Moral Catastrophe” of Solitary Confinement
“It is not only a matter of justice, but a matter of preserving human dignity,” one advocate said.
Judge: Officials Unlawfully Tried to Obstruct Stop Cop City Ballot Effort
The judge struck down a requirement for only Atlanta residents to be allowed to collect signatures for the referendum.
Malcolm X Assassination Witness Says He Heard Police Ask If Killer Was “With Us”
“My testimony would have … pointed the finger of guilt at the establishment,” said Mustafa Hassan.
As Book Bans Sweep the US, Incarcerated People Face the Worst Censorship
The freedom to read for everyone requires an end to prisons.
19-Year-Old Girl Sent to Jail for Self-Managed Abortion in Nebraska
Far right lawmakers have been ramping up the criminalization of abortion since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Reforms Have Failed to Prevent Sexual Abuse in ICE Jails, Report Reveals
Reporting by Futuro Investigates and Latino USA found officials are not properly addressing detainees' complaints.
BLM Protesters Victimized by New York City Police Win $13 Million Settlement
“We don’t want more historic settlements — we want police out of protests,” said one attorney.