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New Mexico Becomes the Latest State to End Cooperation With ICE Under New Law
Activists say ending local and state cooperation with ICE is a key way to obstruct Trump’s mass deportation machine.
Palestinian Women Arrested to Bait Their Relatives Israel Labels as “Wanted”
This practice falls under the category of collective punishment, which is prohibited under international law.
Loophole in Illinois Sanctuary Laws Lets ICE Hold Immigrants in County Jails
Illinois is a sanctuary state — but 17 of the state’s counties still have contracts to detain immigrants for ICE.
Journalists Jailed by ICE Are Revealing the Horrors of Incarceration
The Trump administration’s attacks on journalists have a side effect: further exposing the violence of prisons.
DOJ Plans to End Sexual Violence Protections for Incarcerated LGBTQIA+ People
The proposed changes would impact many adult prisons and jails, juvenile facilities, and halfway houses.
A Jail Nurse Said Willie Cunningham Had Heartburn. It Was Appendicitis.
“Nobody should have to fear dying in jail for a treatable medical problem,” Cunningham said in a statement.
In Prison My Diagnosis Gave Me Access to Meds — Others Were Denied Care Entirely
Behind bars I watched men beg for help and get turned away because they lacked a formal diagnosis before incarceration.
A Fight Is Brewing in the Midwest Over Immigrant Mass Detention
As ICE expands its presence across the Midwest, activists fight the reopening of private prisons to jail migrants.
New Helpline Aims to Disrupt the “Prison-to-ICE Deportation Pipeline”
It is designed to help incarcerated people who are vulnerable to being transferred by ICE following their release.
“An Imagination Party”: How My Toddler Fuels My Vision for Liberation
In cataclysmic moments, what can we learn from the free imaginings of children?