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color photograph of Black women sitting on the steps of a government building. the woman in the center holds a cardboard sign that reads "end brutality against women in custody"
Posted inCrime, Reform & Abolition

State violence in prisons is sanctioned violation of women’s rights

by E.J. July 18th, 2024July 18th, 2024

TW/CW: Descriptions of forced strip searches and mentions of sexual harassment and abuse With a metal ID clip in my right hand, along with my sequined bobby pin, watch, and ring, I walked through the metal detector with my hands raised over my head. A uniformed woman holding a rubber bullet gun waved me past. […]

color photograph of a Black man at an outdoor protest. he holds a sign that reads "no more solitary confinement end torture"
Posted inCrime, Reform & Abolition

New York prisons are illegally subjecting disabled people to solitary confinement

by Elly Belle May 28th, 2024May 28th, 2024
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Posted inCrime, Reform & Abolition

Never eat the candy on your pillow: What hurts more?

by Derek R. Trumbo, Sr. May 23rd, 2024May 23rd, 2024
color photograph of a Black man in an orange jumpsuit sitting behind metal bars
Posted inCrime, Reform & Abolition

Who gets to benefit from changes in the law?

by Kendall Turner May 22nd, 2024May 22nd, 2024
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Posted inCrime, Reform & Abolition

Never eat the candy on your pillow: Release 

by Derek R. Trumbo, Sr. March 18th, 2024March 18th, 2024
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Posted inCrime, Reform & Abolition

Never eat the candy on your pillow: Anger management 

by Derek R. Trumbo, Sr. February 20th, 2024February 20th, 2024
color photograph of an aerial view of San Quentin Prison
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California’s plan to rebrand prisons doesn’t consider climate change

by Ray Levy Uyeda December 14th, 2023December 14th, 2023
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Posted inCrime, Reform & Abolition

Never eat the candy on your pillow: Truth inside the fences

by Derek R. Trumbo, Sr. October 31st, 2023February 8th, 2024
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Posted inCrime, Reform & Abolition

The violence of cyclical incarceration harms families for generations

by Heather C. Jarvis August 3rd, 2023August 20th, 2023
Death of 19-year-old in Atlanta jail reignites concerns about pretrial detention conditions
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Teen’s death in Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail exposes ‘repulsive’ conditions

by Katherine Demby July 27th, 2023July 27th, 2023

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