Crime, Reform & Abolition

562 posts

How ‘routine’ strip searches traumatize people in U.S. prisons

In my 20 years of incarceration, I’ve been strip-searched at least 500 times. Each was an act of humiliation and sexual violence

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6 Min
By: Carla J. Simmons

Vermont Department of Corrections once claimed to support abolition and is now aggressively pursuing a new prison

The “pinkwashing” of prisons ramps up in Vermont, where local officials are pushing for the construction of a “gender-responsive” facility

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10 Min
By: Sierra Dickey

Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people, memo says

A Department of Justice memo obtained by Prism says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order

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4 Min
By: Adam Rhodes

New York prisons are still struggling to resume normal operations nearly a year after illegal officers’ strike

New York’s prison system didn’t collapse simply due to understaffing, but rather a longstanding culture of minimal accountability for officers

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4 Min
By: Devin A. Giordano

Long prison sentences function as involuntary sterilization of incarcerated people

By keeping me imprisoned through the years when I might have become a parent, the prison system reproduces the eugenicist logic that once sought to keep so-called undesirable people from having children

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5 Min
By: Mithrellas Curtis

Never eat the candy on your pillow: Freedom demands

While I may feel like I’m stumbling through life on the outside, I know my commitment to growth makes all the difference—especially now that I feel more free to be myself

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5 Min
By: Derek R. Trumbo, Sr.

The trap of Florida’s prison food

For-profit deals between prisons and private fast food companies force incarcerated people to pay for their own poor health

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5 Min
By: Anthony Cobb

St. Louis family services organization helps Black fathers reclaim their stories

The Fathers & Families Support Center helps Black fathers, who the media too often portray as dangerous or at fault for police brutality

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10 Min
By: Lucy Grimshaw

Never eat the candy on your pillow: The ache of uncertainty

My first months of reentry are forcing me to confront the reality that freedom, while liberating, brings its own set of burdens and responsibilities

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6 Min
By: Derek R. Trumbo, Sr.

These men had their sentences commuted. Now they are fighting for Californians serving life without parole.

Allen Burnett, Jarrett Harper, and Dara Yin were sentenced to life without parole in their youth. They want California to pass a bill to open parole eligibility for people convicted before age 25

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6 Min
By: Victoria Valenzuela

Judge’s reopening of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ raises ethical concerns

Advocates say Judge Barbara Lagoa, whose husband represents the state of Florida in other legal cases, should have recused herself from ruling on the detention center

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8 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

Illinois police officer killed a preschooler 19 seconds after entering his home

Terrell Miller was just 4 years old in March 2024 when Macomb Police Department Lt. Nick Goc shot him and his mother’s partner while responding to a domestic violence call. Goc has faced no repercussions for his use of deadly force

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10 Min
By: Kelly X. Hui

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