Truthout
Incarceration
The 13th Amendment Created Legal Slavery Through Incarceration
The very amendment to the US Constitution that was to have performed the miraculous conversion of “chattel into man” actually facilitated his and her re-chattelization through imprisonment.
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President’s Order on Solitary Confinement Reverberates Beyond Youth Incarceration
Despite their limited effects on juveniles, new federal guidelines on solitary signal broad policy shifts for adult prisoners.
Naomi Murakawa and Black Lives Matter: Liberals, Guns and the Roots of the US Prison Explosion
Naomi Murakawa indicts liberals for growing the system of mass incarceration.
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Punished for Survival: Domestic Violence, Criminalization and the Case of Naomi Freeman
At the heart of Naomi Freeman's case is the question: Does a domestic violence survivor have the right to defend her own life?
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How Civil Rights Groups Are Unraveling Illegal Bail Schemes That Fill Jails With Poor People
Advocates are working to stop the illegal practice of jailing people simply because they can't afford to post bail.
The DOJ’s Plan to Empty (and Refill?) US Prisons
The Department of Justice recently announced a decision to release 6,000 people from federal prison.
The Daunting Task of Decarceration
It is possible that proposed “reform” isn't meant to end mass incarceration at all, but rather create an opportunity for expanded profiteering.
Obama’s Heroin Strategy: Treating Addiction or Arming the Drug War?
Some reformers fear the White House's new plan for treating heroin addiction as a public health issue will actually fuel the failed war on drugs.
Unlikely Communities: Breaking the Alienation of Incarceration
Women in prison band together in many creative ways to confront the system that aims to divide them.
Understanding the Human Cost of Imprisonment
Even in the absence of acute abuses, imprisonment's cumulative effects still constitute cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment.