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Tamar Sarai is a features staff reporter at Prism. Follow her on Twitter @bytamarsarai.

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Want to avoid another #GeorgeFloyd? Start by defunding the Minneapolis police, organizers say

Tamar by Tamar Sarai May 29th, 2020April 15th, 2022
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Death row families face roadblocks to receiving necessary mental health care, report says

Tamar by Tamar Sarai May 27th, 2020March 19th, 2021
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Woman inside New York prison speaks out about ‘horrifying’ lack of COVID-19 safety procedures

Tamar by Tamar Sarai May 15th, 2020April 15th, 2022
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Police accounts aren’t the whole truth. Deadly shooting of Breonna Taylor shows us why

Tamar by Tamar Sarai May 14th, 2020April 15th, 2022
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New York organizers pressure state officials for better meals and improved conditions in prisons

Tamar by Tamar Sarai May 12th, 2020April 15th, 2022
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Social distancing fines and fees threaten to criminalize poverty, harm the economically vulnerable

Tamar by Tamar Sarai May 7th, 2020June 9th, 2021
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Incarcerated man says he was denied early release for speaking out about facility conditions

Tamar by Tamar Sarai May 5th, 2020June 9th, 2021
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For rural communities, decades-long investment in incarceration poses grave COVID-19 threat

Tamar by Tamar Sarai April 30th, 2020April 15th, 2022
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Paycheck Protection Program shuts out many small business owners with criminal records

Tamar by Tamar Sarai April 27th, 2020March 19th, 2021
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Prison gerrymandering: what it is, its role in the census, and how organizers are trying to end it

Tamar by Tamar Sarai April 21st, 2020March 19th, 2021

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