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Prisons
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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.
Our Own Mandelas: Former Black Panthers Call for Release of Their Comrades
Some members of the Black Panther Party have been behind bars for more than four decades and are now suffering from poor health.
“We’ve Never Seen the Government Stand Up to the Fossil Fuel Industry”: Tim DeChristopher on Our Climate Future
Tim DeChristopher is a leading climate activist in the US today and a thorn in the side of the fossil fuel industry.
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Trump Called for Incarceration of Innocent People of Color
If Trump had gotten his way, five young men could have been executed for a crime they didn't commit.
Surviving Torture in a CIA Secret Prison: Khaled al-Sharif of Libya Recounts Horrors
A shocking new report details how harsh US interrogation methods have led to devastating psychiatric disorders.
Solitary = Torture
Solitary is torture.
A Growing Asian-American Movement Calls for Prison Abolition
The movement for abolition has meant renegotiating Asian Americans' relation to the prison industrial complex.