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Prisons & Policing
Report: TX County Lawyers Failed to Provide Basic Services for Death Row Clients
"It is clear that Harris County’s current system of death penalty representation is not working," the report stated.
McDonald’s, KFC, Burger King and Wendy’s Rely on Alabama Prison “Slavery”
Incarcerated Alabamans “are trapped in this labor trafficking scheme,” a new federal class action lawsuit says.
Survivors of UPenn’s Medical Experiments Demand Reparations
Formerly incarcerated women demand accountability for enduring harm in University of Pennsylvania medical experiments.
So-Called “Child Welfare” Tears Families Apart. How Can We Repair This Harm?
Activists are organizing to end punitive family policing policies that unnecessarily separate children from families.
NYPD Has Used Drones to Monitor Pro-Palestine Protests, Make 239 Arrests
“This is a local police department that increasingly acts like a national intelligence agency,” one expert said.
In New York, Inadequate Treatment Is Turning Drug Arrests Into Death Sentences
Deaths related to detoxification at a Syracuse jail show why jail is still not the place to address the opioid crisis.
I Faced Death by Incarceration. The UN Heard My Plea to Abolish Life Sentences.
The United Nations is calling on the U.S. to abolish life without parole prison sentences.
Cities Like Portland Are Spending Staggering Amounts on Police PR Budgets
Police departments are spending big on media manipulation and pro-policing propaganda across the country.
Private Equity Is Using Prison Phone, Food and Health Systems to Rack Up Profits
Private equity firms are capturing systems people in prison use and making them even more brutal and unaccountable.
LA Sheriff Promised Reform and Accountability. Critics See Neither a Year Later.
After decades of broken promises and empty rhetoric, reform advocates have reason to be skeptical.