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Far Right GOP Now Champions Jail Reforms — But Only for January Sixers
The GOP has a history of promoting policies that disregard human rights and create inhumane prison and jail conditions.
More Women Are Being Incarcerated as Jail Populations Near Pre-COVID Levels
The number of women in jail increased by almost 6 percent from 2021 to 2022 -- three times the rate of men.
Let 2023 Be the Year of Dismantling Incarceration
I asked organizers working to dismantle incarceration what is giving them hope for 2023. Here’s what they shared.
New York Prisons Are Blatantly Violating State Law Limiting Solitary Confinement
Data released in New York exposes rampant violations of a state law limiting how long people may be held in isolation.
NYC Activists Push Back Against Proposed “Feminist” Women’s Jail in Harlem
Opponents of the proposed women's facility in Harlem affirm “there is no such thing as a feminist jail.”
The Movement to Defund and Abolish Immigration Jails Is Winning Major Victories
Biden’s budget calls for a 26 percent reduction in immigration detention, and ICE is reducing the use of some jails.
COVID-Fueled Solitary Confinement Still Plagues Prisons and Jails
Two years into the pandemic, prisons are still using torturous conditions over depopulating prisons to stop the spread.
Jailhouse Lawyers Are Often Punished With Solitary Confinement
Jailhouse lawyers in solitary lose access to the vital tools they need to file legal cases from inside cells.
Rikers’ Forceful Guard Union Is Deepening the Jail’s Humanitarian Crisis
Rikers Island guards appear to be engaging in work stoppages to demand more guards and less oversight of their abuses.
Hunger Strike Erupts in Notorious Florida Jail as Haitians Fight Deportation
Haitians at a jail accused of human rights abuses are asking to be released rather than deported to a nation in crisis.