Crime, Reform & Abolition

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Incarcerated people face lost income and poor access to care during pandemic

In California prisons, only those with essential jobs have been allowed to work since mid-March. There are no stimulus or unemployment checks for incarcerated people. For Michael Calvin Holmes, who is serving a life sentence at San Quentin State Prison, the extended lack of an income threatens to leave him

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2 Min
By: Rahsaan “New York” Thomas

After death of George Floyd, North Carolina teen stages ‘rare’ protest in her hometown

Olivia Moore’s mother tried to temper the 16-year-old’s expectations for the May 30 rally she had organized in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. Protests had begun in cities and towns across the country and Moore was hoping to engage her own suburban community in Winston-Salem, North

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4 Min
By: Tamar Sarai

How the Movement 4 Black Lives is turning Juneteenth into a weekend of action

On June 19, 1865, enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, were read federal orders declaring the end of slavery, making them one of the last Black American communities to learn of their emancipation. In the 155 years since, Juneteenth has become a celebration of freedom for Black communities across the

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4 Min
By: Anoa Changa

California is shutting down its Department of Juvenile Justice—but we shouldn’t celebrate yet

In May, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that in preparation for a budget shortfall, the state would be closing its remaining juvenile prisons faster than planned. Earlier in the year, Newsom had announced that the state would be phasing out its Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ). When Newsom made the

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4 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

ICYMI: Immigrants support Black lives, police want ‘respect’ from journalists, and more from Prism

This week, Prism continued our ongoing coverage of the Black Lives Matter uprisings around the country, the fight for electoral justice in the South, and more. In case you missed it, here are a few of this week’s key stories. ‘This was avoidable’: Georgians face challenges when trying to

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3 Min
By: Ashton Lattimore

After police killing of Breonna Taylor, Louisville Metro Council will vote on no-knock warrant ban

On Thursday evening, Louisville Metro Council will vote on “Breonna’s Law,” a new ordinance that will ban no-knock searches, the type of warrant that led to police killing Breonna Taylor in her own home on March 13. No-knock warrants are searches executed by law enforcement that do not require

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3 Min
By: Tamar Sarai

Prison officers haven’t been held accountable for violence, but a New York bill could change that

Tuesday evening, New York state repealed 50-A, a long ignored but deeply powerful police secrecy law that allowed police departments to seal the disciplinary records of their officers. “Repeal 50-A” became one of the many demands made by New York protestors and advocates who have been denouncing longstanding police violence

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4 Min
By: Tamar Sarai

As protests grow, big labor sides with police unions

This story was originally published by the Center for Public Integrity. Labor unions exist to protect workers, but most workers aren’t authorized to use deadly force as part of their jobs.   Police unions have written labor contracts that bar law enforcement agencies across the country from immediately interrogating or

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7 Min
By: Alexia Fernández Campbell, Center for Public Integrity

Can’t protest? You can still support Black Lives Matter—here’s how

Since last week, protests have erupted in over 300 cities nationwide against the endless police violence waged against Black people. The protests emerged in the wake of a string of high-profile police killings, including those of Breonna Taylor and David McAtee in Kentucky, Sean Reed in Indianapolis, Tony McDade in

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5 Min
By: Tamar Sarai

Hennepin County Commissioner Angela Conley on grieving and organizing after murder of George Floyd

As Minneapolis community organizations grapple with the killing of George Floyd, locals are still grappling with the memory of justice delayed and denied in the murders of Jamar Clark and Philando Castile. As a journalist, it has been a tough week trying to sustain and be well personally while remaining

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7 Min
By: Anoa Changa

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

Since 46-year-old George Floyd, a Black man, was murdered by Minneapolis police officers on May 25, people across the nation have been reminded of how the outsized power of police not only threatens communal well-being, but also can take individual lives. Now, as communities both in Minneapolis and nationwide erupt

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6 Min
By: Tamar Sarai

ICYMI: Defunding Minneapolis police, honoring immigrant trans women, and more from Prism

As grief and rage boiled over into mass protests in cities across the country in response to the police murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, and the violent assault of Sha’Teina Grady El, Prism has continued reporting on the communities most impacted by police brutality and other forms

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2 Min
By: Ashton Lattimore

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