Jails and Prisons

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How corporations seek to make big bucks off mass incarceration.

Oct 2, 2013 / Editorial / Liliana Segura

Tell the FCC: Prison Phone Companies Shouldn’t Profit Off Indigent Families

Tell the FCC: Prison Phone Companies Shouldn’t Profit Off Indigent Families Tell the FCC: Prison Phone Companies Shouldn’t Profit Off Indigent Families

Prison phone companies like Global Tel* Link get away with charging prisoners exorbitant rates just to keep in touch with their families. Tell the Federal Communications Commission...

Oct 1, 2013 / Take Action / NationAction

With 2.3 Million People Incarcerated in the US, Prisons Are Big Business

With 2.3 Million People Incarcerated in the US, Prisons Are Big Business With 2.3 Million People Incarcerated in the US, Prisons Are Big Business

Meet the corporations who are profiting off our prison system.

Oct 1, 2013 / Liliana Segura

Guantánamo in New York City

Guantánamo in New York City Guantánamo in New York City

Americans remain mostly blind to the abusive treatment of terror suspects on US soil.

Sep 25, 2013 / Feature / Jeanne Theoharis

How Chicago Killed an Innocent Man

How Chicago Killed an Innocent Man How Chicago Killed an Innocent Man

As an investigative journalism student, I helped uncover proof that should have cleared Anthony McKinney’s name. Instead, he died in prison.

Sep 18, 2013 / Editorial / Ari Berman

Will California Choose Prisons Over Schools—Again?

Will California Choose Prisons Over Schools—Again? Will California Choose Prisons Over Schools—Again?

Progressives supported Prop 30 to send more money to schools but now the funds are headed to prisons. How could this happen—and can it be stopped?

Sep 18, 2013 / Editorial / Lori Bezahler

AFL-CIO Pledges Prison Reform, Partnerships and Accountable Organizing Plans

AFL-CIO Pledges Prison Reform, Partnerships and Accountable Organizing Plans AFL-CIO Pledges Prison Reform, Partnerships and Accountable Organizing Plans

At its quadrennial convention, the nation’s top labor federation pledged to combat mass incarceration.

Sep 10, 2013 / Blog / Josh Eidelson

Drawing the Line: Architects and Prisons

Drawing the Line: Architects and Prisons Drawing the Line: Architects and Prisons

A call for architects to refuse to design chambers of living death.

Aug 27, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin

How Will California’s Prison Hunger Strike End?

How Will California’s Prison Hunger Strike End? How Will California’s Prison Hunger Strike End?

With Governor Jerry Brown taking a hardline position, strikers must turn to the courts, public opinion or the legislature.

Aug 27, 2013 / Tom Hayden

Reducing Racial Inequality in Our Justice System

Reducing Racial Inequality in Our Justice System Reducing Racial Inequality in Our Justice System

President Obama should follow Attorney General Eric Holder’s lead and commute the sentences of low-level drug offenders.

Aug 22, 2013 / Rep. Steve Cohen (Dem., TN)

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