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The US Is Criminalizing Homelessness and Expanding Incarceration. Who Profits?
From private prisons to health care scams, the attack on unhoused people is about exploitation, not safety.
In Earnings Calls, Private Prison Executives Revel in Profiting Off ICE Arrests
“Our business is perfectly aligned with the demands of this moment,” CoreCivic CEO Damon Hininger said on the call.
CA Relies on Incarcerated Firefighters. They Finally Make Federal Minimum Wage.
It took a grassroots push to win the legislation that offers more pay and an opportunity for reduced prison sentences.
New Film Exposes Deadly Houston Jail and “Unconstitutional” System of Cash Bail
At least 15 people have died in pretrial detention just this year at Texas’s notorious Harris County Jail.
Former Prisoner’s New Book Offers Rare Look Into Nation’s Most Secretive Prison
Having survived the most restrictive supermax prison in the country on a trumped-up charge, Eric King tells what he saw.
Israeli Settler Attacks in Occupied West Bank “Fit Into the Plan of the State”
Haaretz correspondent Amira Hass discusses settler violence, Israeli prisons, and the Gaza ceasefire.
After Visits With Loved Ones, Some in ICE Custody Face Invasive Strip Searches
“It’s one of the most humiliating things one can go through,” said one woman jailed at Otay Mesa Detention Center.
Journalist on Gaza Flotilla Describes “Torturous Conditions” in Israeli Custody
“They were throwing people’s medicine in the bin in front of them and laughing in their faces,” says Kieran Andrieu.
After the Fall of “Roe,” Will El Salvador’s Total Abortion Ban Be Model for US?
El Salvador has imprisoned women who suffered obstetric emergencies like miscarriages or stillbirths.
Announcing the Winners of the 5th Annual Keeley Schenwar Memorial Essay Prize
The prize honors the work of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated authors who are writing toward a more just world.