Jails and Prisons

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John Pace and His Friends Expected to Die in Prison John Pace and His Friends Expected to Die in Prison

Then the men, who’d been sentenced to life as juveniles, were freed.

Nov 16, 2018 / Katie Rose Quandt

Left Behind

Left Behind Left Behind

By Chasity C. West.

Nov 12, 2018 / The Nation

Prison library

Shining a Light on Life Behind Bars Shining a Light on Life Behind Bars

In letters compiled by the American Prison Writing Archive, inmates share accounts of suicide, friendship, and solitary confinement.

Nov 12, 2018 / Ella Fassler

NYC Bail Reform

Here’s How to Help End Cash Bail Here’s How to Help End Cash Bail

Every day in this country, hundreds of thousands of legally innocent people sit behind bars simply because they cannot afford bail.

Oct 25, 2018 / Take Action / Emmeline Clein

Jail Cell Madison

Rethinking Prison, From the Inside Out Rethinking Prison, From the Inside Out

Changing the institutional culture of incarceration could entail a social consensus that locking people up is never the ideal way to resolve social problems.

Oct 16, 2018 / Michelle Chen

chicago police laquan mcdonald

Cops Usually Get Away With Murder. What Was Different in Chicago? Cops Usually Get Away With Murder. What Was Different in Chicago?

When there is the will to seriously prosecute an officer, the public can hold the police accountable.

Oct 12, 2018 / Ed Burmila

Female Inmate Jail Cell

California Ended Cash Bail—but May Have Replaced It With Something Even Worse California Ended Cash Bail—but May Have Replaced It With Something Even Worse

Racist algorithms and unlimited judicial discretion threaten to increase pretrial incarceration in California.

Sep 24, 2018 / John Raphling

A father and his son await tutorship by immigration lawyers in Tijuana, Mexico, Friday, April 27, 2018.

Don’t Let the Trump Administration Indefinitely Detain Immigrant Children Don’t Let the Trump Administration Indefinitely Detain Immigrant Children

You can also join a campaign to defund detention centers and sign up to phone bank to stop Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court.

Sep 11, 2018 / no-paywall / NationAction

Gitmo

Psychologists Are Standing Up Against Torture at Gitmo Psychologists Are Standing Up Against Torture at Gitmo

Sometimes the good guys do win.

Sep 11, 2018 / Rebecca Gordon

El Refugio

The Little Yellow Sanctuary in the Shadow of ICE The Little Yellow Sanctuary in the Shadow of ICE

El Refugio has given the family members of immigrant detainees food, shelter, and assistance in a remote corner of Georgia.

Sep 10, 2018 / Anjali Enjeti

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