Jails and Prisons

“An overseer framework can be helpful in understanding ongoing structures of power in the United States,” Thrasher explains in his new book The Overseer Class.

Steven Thrasher on Why We Must Think Past Skin-Deep Identity Politics Steven Thrasher on Why We Must Think Past Skin-Deep Identity Politics

The author of The Overseer Class discusses how people in marginalized groups can “mistake representation for liberation and confuse visibility with safety,” as Kwaneta Harris put ...

May 20, 2026 / Q&A / Victoria Law

Trapped in “el Pozo”: As Overcrowding in ICE Detention Increases, So Does Solitary Confinement

Trapped in “el Pozo”: As Overcrowding in ICE Detention Increases, So Does Solitary Confinement Trapped in “el Pozo”: As Overcrowding in ICE Detention Increases, So Does Solitary Confinement

The spike in solitary confinement epitomizes the abuses of a migrant detention system that seems to be spinning out of control.

May 18, 2026 / Francisco Rodriguez

A woman reads a book while in the infirmary at Las Colinas Women's Detention Facility in Santee, California.

A New Booklet Seeks to End Reproductive Injustices Behind Bars A New Booklet Seeks to End Reproductive Injustices Behind Bars

The authors want to inform people in women’s prisons about their rights. “There’s no way to survive in there unless we know what our rights are.”

May 13, 2026 / Victoria Law

Incarcerated people make phone calls in the Little Scandinavia unit at SCI Chester in Pennsylvania on March 9, 2023.

What Happens When Jails and Prisons Make Phone Calls Free? What Happens When Jails and Prisons Make Phone Calls Free?

Thanks to policy changes in six prison systems and several dozen jail systems, families are talking more and saving money.

May 5, 2026 / Katie Rose Quandt

The Metropolitan Detention Center in New York City.

Trump Is Making Federal Prison Even More Dangerous for Transgender Inmates Trump Is Making Federal Prison Even More Dangerous for Transgender Inmates

New directives from the Bureau of Prisons amount to government-mandated conversion therapy.

Apr 20, 2026 / Kali Holloway

The Threads That Bind Us All

The Threads That Bind Us All The Threads That Bind Us All

The artist deconstructs prison outfits.

Apr 9, 2026 / OppArt / Hector Manuel Rodriguez

Karma Meets Dogma

Karma Meets Dogma Karma Meets Dogma

Willie and Joe.

Apr 3, 2026 / Steve Brodner

The New Order?

The New Order? The New Order?

Government sanctioned violence on Americans spreads.

Mar 27, 2026 / OppArt / Eric Drooker

Posters supporting the Prairieland Defendants outside the courthouse in Fort Worth, Texas.

Trump Wants to Criminalize Dissent. This Texas Case Could Help Him Do It. Trump Wants to Criminalize Dissent. This Texas Case Could Help Him Do It.

The Prairieland Defendants are on trial in a case that could set a chilling precedent for the right to protest in the United States.

Mar 12, 2026 / Sara Van Horn

The Children of Dilley

The Children of Dilley The Children of Dilley

Downfall.

Feb 27, 2026 / Steve Brodner

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