Jails and Prisons

Protesters gather against Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez’s decision to abide by President Donald Trump’s order to effectively abandon the county’s stance as a “sanctuary” for undocumented immigrants, as they make themselves heard outside the Stephen P. Clark Center Government Center on January 31, 2017 in Miami, Florida.

A Step-by-Step Guide to Trump’s Deportation Machine A Step-by-Step Guide to Trump’s Deportation Machine

March 20, 2025 A Step-by-Step Guide to Trump’s Deportation Machine The machinery of mass deportation is meant to be impossible to stop. But any machine can be brought to a halt, if…

Mar 20, 2025 / Michael Gould-Wartofsky

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Baltimore Field Office Director Matt Elliston listens during a briefing on January 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Maryland.

“Essentially Cages”: ICE Is Using Courthouse Cells for Lengthy Detentions “Essentially Cages”: ICE Is Using Courthouse Cells for Lengthy Detentions

Detainees report not having access to private toilets, showers, hygiene products, and lifesaving HIV and diabetes medication.

Mar 17, 2025 / Tanvi Misra

Protesters gather in Manhattan's Foley Square on March 10, 2025, to protest the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil.

Mahmoud Khalil’s Abduction Is a Red Alert for Universities Mahmoud Khalil’s Abduction Is a Red Alert for Universities

Schools across America have a choice: Defend their students against Trump or be complicit in his crimes.

Mar 11, 2025 / Dima Khalidi

Tent housing at Guantánamo Bay

Hiding Detained Immigrants From Public View Can Only End in Horror Hiding Detained Immigrants From Public View Can Only End in Horror

Guantánamo is now a recyclable holder for whoever is the enemy of the day.

Feb 28, 2025 / Andrea Mazzarino

Trump Border Wall

Biden Built the Deportation Machine Trump Is About to Exploit Biden Built the Deportation Machine Trump Is About to Exploit

Biden left office as the king of border contracts, creating a massive border-and-deportation arsenal now at Trump's disposal.

Feb 20, 2025 / Todd Miller

The Department of Homeland Security released photos on February 4 of the first flight of migrants to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

Trump’s Guantánamo Plan Will Be a Costly, Morally Bankrupt Fiasco Trump’s Guantánamo Plan Will Be a Costly, Morally Bankrupt Fiasco

The US government has begun to shuttle immigrants from the United States to Gitmo, post photos of them in shackles, and lock them away.

Feb 17, 2025 / Jeffrey S. Kahn

The Carceral System Enters Its Smartwatch Era

The Carceral System Enters Its Smartwatch Era The Carceral System Enters Its Smartwatch Era

Wrist monitors like the BI VeriWatch dominated at a recent industry conference. But some 20 miles away, incarcerated men had other ideas about what the future should look like.

Feb 12, 2025 / Blair Paddock

View of a sign outside the Terre Haute Federal Correctional Complex where Shannon Agofsky and Len Davis are pleading with federal courts to allow them to keep their death sentences that President Biden commuted.

“Death Is Different”: Why 2 Men Are Fighting Against Biden’s Commutation “Death Is Different”: Why 2 Men Are Fighting Against Biden’s Commutation

They believe a new sentence of life without parole will hurt their legal chances.

Jan 17, 2025 / Katie Rose Quandt

Billie Allen, an artist and writer who has maintained his innocence since being sentenced to death in a sham trial more than 25 years ago.

An Appeal to President Biden: Pardon Billie Allen An Appeal to President Biden: Pardon Billie Allen

Biden’s decision to commute Allen’s death sentence deserves praise and gratitude, but the president should go even further—and free an innocent man.

Jan 14, 2025 / Yusef Salaam

Men imprisoned at the Mafanta Prison peer out at the world. In 2016, Sierra Leone’s Human Rights Commission decried the squalor and lack of rehabilitative programs as “inhumane.”

The Legacy of the British Legal System Continues to Inflict Misery in Sierra Leone The Legacy of the British Legal System Continues to Inflict Misery in Sierra Leone

Decades after independence, colonial-era laws have created a mass-incarceration crisis in Sierra Leone as poor citizens are thrown into prison for the smallest offenses.

Dec 19, 2024 / Feature / Mara Kardas-Nelson

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