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Prisons & Policing
In Prison My Diagnosis Gave Me Access to Meds — Others Were Denied Care Entirely
Behind bars I watched men beg for help and get turned away because they lacked a formal diagnosis before incarceration.
This Isn’t the First Time Chicago’s Been Used as a Laboratory for Policing
Ilā Ravichandran says the current anti-immigrant policing in Chicago builds on attacks on Black Lives Matter protesters.
Phone Calls Are a Lifeline in Prison. Trump Is Set on Keeping Them Exorbitant.
New federal regulations were set to reel in steep costs for calling loved ones in prison. Then Trump returned.
These Dallas Residents Are on the Front Lines of Trump’s War Against “Antifa”
If convicted, people who showed up to a protest could face “decades of prison time,” the National Lawyers Guild says.
The US Is Criminalizing Homelessness and Expanding Incarceration. Who Profits?
From private prisons to health care scams, the attack on unhoused people is about exploitation, not safety.
Trump Is Building a Violent, Shadowy, and Unaccountable Federal Police Force
“We’re at an inflection point in history right now and it’s frightening,” said one former senior DHS official.
In Earnings Calls, Private Prison Executives Revel in Profiting Off ICE Arrests
“Our business is perfectly aligned with the demands of this moment,” CoreCivic CEO Damon Hininger said on the call.
CA Relies on Incarcerated Firefighters. They Finally Make Federal Minimum Wage.
It took a grassroots push to win the legislation that offers more pay and an opportunity for reduced prison sentences.
New Film Exposes Deadly Houston Jail and “Unconstitutional” System of Cash Bail
At least 15 people have died in pretrial detention just this year at Texas’s notorious Harris County Jail.
ICE Agents Are Using Family Separation Tactics Central to US State Violence
The US’s family policing system honed many of the tactics now being used by ICE agents in Chicago.
Will the Supreme Court Hand Government Contractors Blanket Immunity?
A private prison operator argues companies should be shielded from lawsuits when doing the government’s dirty work.
Former Prisoner’s New Book Offers Rare Look Into Nation’s Most Secretive Prison
Having survived the most restrictive supermax prison in the country on a trumped-up charge, Eric King tells what he saw.
Elected Officials in Chicago Look for Tools to Squeeze ICE Out of Public Spaces
A county commissioner pledges to leave “no stone unturned” in the city's fight to slow ICE abductions.