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“When a Parent Is Taken Away, It’s Like a Death”: Two States Consider Bills to Keep Parents Out of Jail
The dehumanizing environment of a jail is no place to visit a parent, but millions of US children have no choice.
Two Years After Sandra Bland, Justice for Wakiesha Wilson
A year after the death of Wakiesha Wilson in a LAPD jail cell, her grieving family is still pushing for answers and accountability.
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With Nighttime Raids, Police Wage War on Black and Brown Families in New York
The specter of gang membership is used to justify massive state violence against young men of color and their families.
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Revolutionary Love: Fighting Prison Injustice From Both Sides of the Wall
Even peaceful resistance to brutality in prison is seen as defiance and can lead to more brutality from the guards.
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When the State Investigates Itself, No One Is Accountable: Before and After the Vaughn Prison Rebellion
There's been no official word on whether the 120 prisoners at Vaughn who rebelled have since suffered retaliation.
Cry Freedom: A Lifer’s Lament
Still, I will survive. I will endure. I will keep trying to live with hope.
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Mass Incarceration in the Cornfields: Shattered Families and Racial Profiling in Small-Town America
In the shadow of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Black families are ripped apart by mass incarceration.
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For Families Denied Clemency Under Obama, What Now?
Despite Trump's contempt for the clemency initiative, families of the incarcerated will continue their campaigns.
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The First Amendment May Not Protect Us: Trump’s FCC Intensifies Attack on Press
Resistance to Trump must prioritize media reform because without a free press, no other issue will gain traction.
Human Slaughterhouse: Amnesty International Says Up to 13,000 Hanged at Syrian Prison
Amnesty International has released a shocking report.