Incarcerated Los Angeles Youth Fought for the Right to Hug Their Parents — and Won
Having enshrined youths’ right to hug parents during visits behind bars, activists are pushing for decarceration.
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Cancer in Prison: A Death Sentence?
All around us, authorities work to steal our life force. I won’t let them take it in the time I have left.
Lawyers Accuse Trump of Building a “Deportation Assembly Line” for Children
A new lawsuit argues that Trump administration policies are robbing migrant children of due process.
In Virginia, Racism and Redlining Are Fueling a Flock Camera Backlash
Police in Hampton Roads saturated Black and low-income neighborhoods with Flock-style cameras, a study found.
Tablets Make Communication Easier Behind Bars – But Deaf People Are Left Behind
A lawsuit in Illinois charges that prisons blocking videophone capabilities violate the Americans with Disabilities Act.
We Must Move Beyond the Era of State-Sponsored, State-Celebrated Murder
Let’s build a world in which the torture of Christa Pike — or anyone — is unthinkable.
Mississippi Is in Danger of Executing Woman on Death Row, Despite Key Evidence
Lisa Jo Chamberlin’s co-defendant confessed to coercing her into their crime. Will that be enough to stop her execution?
Florida City That Willingly Signed Deal With ICE Finds Itself in Crisis
Half the population of Doral, Florida, is from Venezuela. Why haven’t its leaders rescinded their deal with ICE?
Activists Are Pushing Cities and Companies to Cancel Parking Contracts With ICE
Protesters say they are “throwing sand in the gears” of the agency’s deportation and abduction machine.
Tennessee Attempted to Execute a Sexual Assault Victim
Christa Pike’s lethal injection is booked for September 30. She may be the first woman Tennessee executes in 200 years.
This Back to School Season, Kids Face a New Fear: ICE Taking Their Parents
More than 200,000 children in the US are estimated to have had a parent detained by ICE.
It’s Not Just Flock. Police Can’t Be Trusted With Our Data.
An Illinois State Police database available online listed personal information, including Social Security numbers.
I’ve Seen Prison Conditions Kill. That’s What’s Happening at Delaney Hall.
As a person incarcerated in Texas, I know that rotten food and poor medical care are not unique to Delaney Hall.
Releases, Not Transfers, Must Be at the Center of Prison Closure Plans
As former residents of a California prison, we celebrated its closure but abhorred the punitive transfer process.
Shaken Baby Syndrome Has Been Largely Debunked. Courts Are Still Catching Up.
Katie Smith, whose murder conviction was based on what’s increasingly seen as junk science, is fighting for her freedom.
What DeFlock? Week of Action Confronts the AI Surveillance State
A Kansas activist discovered that police tracked him with Flock-style cameras after he wrote an op-ed criticizing them.
Deportation Dollars: ICE Contracts With More Than 1,000 Businesses Across the U.S.
The Appeal’s investigation found contracts in nearly every state and the District of Columbia. Find out if your local businesses are working with ICE.
First Came the Flock Cameras. Now Local Cops Want Autonomous Drones.
Hundreds of local police departments have received waivers to fly surveillance drones that navigate with AI.
After More Than 20 Years in Prison, Georgia Man Wins New Trial in “Shaken Baby” Case
A Georgia judge ordered a new trial for Danyel Smith, who was convicted of a crime that may have never occurred.
FISA Section 702 Isn’t the Only Way the Government Spies on Our Communications
Telecom companies also strip privacy en masse from incarcerated people and those who communicate with them.
Legal Team of Political Prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal Appeals to the UN for Support
Lawyers are appealing to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, which had urged the release of Leonard Peltier.
New Book Examines Women and Queer People Convicted for Crimes That Never Occurred
In Pink Crime: Fighting Against the Criminalization of Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Queer Identity, Valena Beety examines how women and queer people face punishment for their bodily autonomy and gender.
As Trump Targets Trans Women in Washington Prisons, Amber Kim Awaits a Court’s Verdict
The Washington State Supreme Court will rule on whether Amber Kim, who is trans, can return to a women’s prison.
Justice in Less Than a Minute? Oklahoma County Bail Hearings Don’t Meet Constitutional Standards, Attorneys Say.
Public defenders say judges routinely fail to consider whether defendants can afford bail, leaving poor and homeless people jailed on low-level charges. Other counties have already faced civil rights lawsuits.
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