Truthout
Prisons
Economic Update: The Economic and Social Costs of Prisons
This episode discusses people forming co-ops in Detroit and Fridley, Minnesota.
Obama Picks Up the Pace on Commutations, but Pardon Changes Still in Limbo
Obama has accelerated clemency to low-level drug offenders, but a study on pardons due in 2015 won't be released until the fall of 2017.
Orange Crush: The Rise of Tactical Teams in Prison
A lawsuit exposes the abuses of a tactical team called the “Orange Crush” deployed in some Illinois prisons.
Beyond 2016: Five Stories to Carry With Us Into the New Year
Although 2016 often felt like a nail in humanity's coffin, there were many displays of fierce resilience.
Henry A. Giroux | War Culture, Militarism and Racist Violence Under Trump
War has been redefined in the age of global capitalism — war culture now shapes all aspects of society.
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Did the EPA Prosecute and Jail a Mississippi Lab Owner Because of Her Activism?
The crime White had been convicted of didn't seem to have any environmental consequences at all.
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Piercing the Veil of Secrecy Around Solitary Confinement
Pelican Bay prison's extreme isolation practices damage thousands of lives without any public accountability.
For Abolition: Prisons and Police Are More Than Brutality, They’re State Terror
Abolition, then, is the only answer to a system whose currency is terror.
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Entering the Chaos and Violence of Rikers Island
Rikers is called a “jail complex” rather than a “prison” because the inmates are confined there, supposedly, for a short time only.
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Disenfranchised by Misinformation: Many Americans Are Allowed to Vote but Don’t Know It
Most states do not permanently disenfranchise former prisoners, but lack of information keeps people from voting.