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SCOTUS Blocks Rastafarian Man From Suing Prison Guards Who Shaved His Dreadlocks
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, saying the ruling contained a “parade of horribles” that created bad precedent.
Union Activists Are Building Solidarity With Delaney Hall Hunger Strikers
Sunday’s rally came after months of labor solidarity efforts with detainees, who continue to face retaliation.
Police Tear Gas Protesters After Killing 1-Year-Old in Mississippi
“We cannot accept a world where an alleged shoplifting call ends with a child dead,” said civil rights lawyer Ben Crump.
ICE Releases New Detention Regulations Benefiting For-Profit Prison Companies
GEO Group asked ICE to make modifications to benefit the company.
Everyone Has a Role to Play in Supporting the Strike at Delaney Hall ICE Jail
The uprising at Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, has become a focal point for broader resistance to ICE.
Feds Charge 15 Minnesotans With Conspiracy for Anti-ICE Protests
Community defense attorney Anna Hall called the charges a “naked political attack on Minnesota.”
Nonconsensual Drug Testing Has Criminalized Tens of Thousands of Pregnant People
New York can’t squander another chance to protect pregnant people from criminalization.
Dozens of Women Join Hunger and Labor Strike at Delaney Hall ICE Jail
“We are mothers, daughters, sisters. We are women that are being unjustly imprisoned,” the women said in a video.
US Is Terrorizing Its Own Citizens With “Less-Lethal” Weapons, Victim Says
Human rights experts condemn the increasing use of weapons like tear gas, pepper balls, and rubber bullets.
DOJ Targets Michigan Palestine Solidarity Activists With Federal Charges
The charges follow escalating repression by the University of Michigan against pro-Palestine students since 2024.