Policing

Op-Ed

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Prisons & Policing

Stabbings Near UC Davis Were Terrifying, But More Policing Won’t Make Us Safer

Student-led care and support work rather than criminalization and prosecution should be our model for safety.

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Beenash Jafri ,

Truthout

May 25, 2023

Truthout

Op-Ed

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Prisons & Policing

Surveillance Technologies Don’t Create Safety. They Intensify State Violence.

Surveillance technologies create a dragnet to monitor nearly everyone and collect data on all of our behaviors.

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Ed Vogel &

Fletcher Nickerson ,

Truthout

May 21, 2023

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News

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Prisons & Policing

3 Tennessee Teens Overdosed and 2 Died. Now the Survivor Is Charged With Murder.

Overdose deaths continue to rise, but harm reduction advocates say criminalizing drug use won’t save lives.

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Mike Ludwig ,

Truthout

May 19, 2023

Truthout

Op-Ed

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Racial Justice

The US Failed Jordan Neely and Banko Brown Long Before They Were Murdered

As housing-insecure Black youth, Banko Brown and Jordan Neely needed care. Instead, they were policed and criminalized.

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Subini Annamma ,

Jyoti Nanda ,

Brian Cabral ,

Jamelia Morgan ,

Truthout

May 17, 2023

Truthout

News Analysis

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Prisons & Policing

What Is Restorative Justice? An Alternative Approach to Addressing Harm.

The criminal punishment system allows no real path forward for healing. Restorative justice offers a better way.

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Staff ,

Truthout/TeenVogue

May 17, 2023

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News

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Prisons & Policing

Detained “Cop City” Journalist Sues Atlanta Police, Alleges Intimidation

The lawsuit alleges that the arrest is part of a pattern of retaliation against journalists by Atlanta police.

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Zane McNeill ,

Truthout

May 17, 2023

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News

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Prisons & Policing

Cop City Protesters Face Felonies for Flyering as Police Repress Student Sit-Ins

Truthout obtained Cop City’s certificate of insurance as activists and students target the project’s investors.

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Candice Bernd ,

Truthout

May 8, 2023

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News

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Prisons & Policing

Police Arrest Dozens for Peacefully Protesting King Charles III’s Coronation

New anti-protest laws have given UK police unprecedented power to clamp down on free speech and peaceful protest.

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Common Dreams Staff ,

CommonDreams

May 7, 2023

Truthout

Op-Ed

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Prisons & Policing

The War on Terror Has Not Waned. It’s Used Against Black and Brown Communities.

A network of 80 surveillance-oriented “fusion centers” around the U.S. are eroding our privacy and civil rights.

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Saher Selod ,

Truthout

May 7, 2023

Truthout

Op-Ed

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Prisons & Policing

Psychiatric Incarceration Isn’t Treatment — It’s Violence, Survivors Say

After the murder of Jordan Neely, NYC’s mayor doubled down on his plan to disappear those who “appear mentally ill.”

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Leah Harris ,

Liat Ben-Moshe ,

Vesper Moore ,

Truthout

May 6, 2023

Truthout