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Lawsuit Confronts Extortion of Prisoners by Electronic Monitoring Firm
One plaintiff paid more than 50 percent of his income to cover the electronic monitoring fees.
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Myths About “Violent Offenders” Compromise True Safety
Our obsession with false boogeymen takes hundreds of millions of dollars away from programs that create real safety.
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Oklahoma Could Execute Potentially Innocent Prisoners With Nitrogen Gas
Oklahoma has ended its moratorium on the death penalty but the flaws and racial bias in its judicial system remain.
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White Supremacy in the Courtroom: Booted From a Hearing on Guantánamo
As the only visible Muslim in the room, I was thrown out for having the wrong "attitude."
![Tents are planted on either side of the old trolley rail at OccupyICEPDX, just in front of the ICE Portland headquarters in southwest Macadam on June 19, 2018, in Portland, Oregon.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/07/GettyImages-979640076-400x300.jpg)
Abolishing ICE Is a First Step Toward Abolishing Borders
The Occupy ICE movement is growing across the US as some demand a radical transformation toward border abolition.
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Despite Reforms, Children in Jails Are Still Held in Solitary Confinement
A lawsuit alleges that three boys suffered psychological trauma in Palm Beach, Florida.
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Trump Frees Alice Johnson, but What About Thousands Still Serving Life for Nonviolent Drug Offenses?
Thousands of other prisoners are still serving life without parole for nonviolent drug offenses.
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Tucson Draws the Line on Prison Privatization
For-profit incarceration must end everywhere.
![On July 26, 2017, after a series of tweets by President Donald Trump, which proposed to ban transgender people from military service, thousands of New Yorkers took the streets of in opposition.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2018_0512transgender-400x300.jpg)
Trump Rolls Back Rules Protecting Transgender Prisoners From Sexual Assault
Critics describe the policy shift as "a deliberate recipe for violence against transgender people."
![Virgen de Guadalupe being led away by ICE](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/image4-400x300.png)
Introduction to Truthout’s ”After the Raid” Series
Introducing a series to ignite a deeper understanding of immigration enforcement.