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Mass Incarceration
Rethinking White Men Behind Bars: Incorrigible Supremacists or Allies in Waiting?
While white supremacy has a strong presence in many men's prisons, it has not captured all white men behind bars.
Are Shows Like “Serial” and “Making a Murderer” Clouding the Wider Struggle for Justice?
How many US prisoners are wrongfully convicted? And how many are technically “guilty” but still should not be locked up?
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The 13th Amendment Exclusion Clause: Slavery by Any Name
The 13th Amendment banned slavery in America. But it added an exclusion clause: Slavery would be allowed as punishment for a crime.
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The Private Prison Business Is Booming Despite Reform Efforts
Private prison firms have built their business models around mass incarceration - and “predictable occupancy rates.”
Black and Brown Power Unite to Stop Deportation Raids
Both direct action and complex discourse are happening at the intersections of Black and Brown struggle against state violence.
Maya Schenwar | To Make Health Care for All a Reality, Stop Killing People
Much of our tax money that could be funding universal health care is instead funneled toward prisons, policing and war.
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Why Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Deserve the Black Vote
From the crime bill to welfare reform, policies Bill Clinton enacted - and Hillary Clinton supported - decimated Black America.
Mass Incarceration Since 1492: Native American Encounters With Criminal Injustice
The colonial relationship between the US state and Native Americans is important in understanding mass incarceration as a whole.
Capitalism, Slavery, Racism and Imprisonment of People of Color Cannot Be Separated
Author Dennis Childs discusses how a clause within the US Constitution's 13th Amendment ushered in a system of “neoslavery.”
Supreme Court Decision Gives Juvenile Lifers and Their Families New Hope
Family members of people incarcerated as juveniles react to a ruling that offers thousands the possibility of coming home.