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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.
Dismantle NYC’s Mass Surveillance Project — Start With Jail Recordings
In New York City, thousands of calls between incarcerated people and their legal teams were illegally recorded.
Homeland Security Tells ICE to Cut Ties With Jail That Sicced Dogs on Migrants
ICE was also ordered to end its contract with a county jail accused of performing forced hysterectomies on migrants.
Jailers Tortured and Murdered Marvin Scott III, Family Says After Viewing Video
After viewing tape of Scott's in-custody murder at the Collin County Jail, his family says he suffered “day of torture.”
Abuse and Lack of Transparency Fuel Vaccine Mistrust in ICE Jails
The vaccine rollout is being derailed by the fact that the people have no trust in the ICE jailers giving the shots.