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Prisons
Incarceration Nations: On the Dangers of Exporting US Prison Systems
Baz Dreisinger visits nine countries to see how the exportation of US prison system leads to incarceration nations.
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A Call for Divestment From the Criminal Punishment System
How a black youth-led organization aims to cut the profit flow from mass incarceration.
After Being Denied Parole 10 Times, Elderly Prisoner Allegedly Commits Suicide at Fishkill Prison
Democracy Now! speaks with Kathy Manley, a longtime lawyer and advocate for prisoner rights who represented John MacKenzie.
Out of the Blue: Loved Ones Search for Answers in Shaylene Graves’ Prison Death
Why was Shaylene Graves found hanging in her cell just eight weeks before her release from prison?
Justice and the Beloved Community
Transformative shifts require an informed and empowered community that is motivated by justice.
Taking on the United States’ Prison Profiteers
Should we let ‘entrepreneurs’ get rich locking up kids?
In California, Immigrants Are Not for Sale
The Obama administration's deportation machine continues to tear communities apart.
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If the Risk Is Low, Let Them Go
Offenders, who have aged out of crime, are the fastest growing population in prisons.
Without Due Process: From Mass Incarceration to Assassination
The current status quo is assassination without evidence, charge or trial. Guilt is decided by the color of your skin.
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The Punishment Paradigm: Two New Books Take on Prison, Race and History
Two works by young scholars of color bring fresh perspectives to the history of mass incarceration and the rise of debtors' prisons.