Crime, Reform & Abolition

562 posts

In-custody deaths remain mired in darkness

Jails are some of the deadliest facilities in the U.S., and they continue to operate as black holes with very little oversight from the counties and sheriffs that run them

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5 Min
By: David Silverberg

Policing, protest, and the future of Atlanta: Inside the movement against ‘Cop City’

In a roundtable conversation with Prism, the co-editors of the new anthology “No Cop City, No Cop World” discuss the unique conditions that led to Atlanta’s Cop City and the strategies for fighting more than 80 similar projects nationwide

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6 Min
By: Adryan Corcione

As Utica community wrestles with the police shooting of Nyah Mway, family moves to file lawsuit

The New York State Attorney General’s Office declined last month to press charges against Officer Patrick Husnay, who fatally shot the 13-year-old Karen refugee

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4 Min
By: Eric Santomauro-Stenzel

Beyond the crackdown: Here’s how communities are resisting Trump’s war on immigrants

As the Trump administration revives mass detention and deportation, community bond funds like Envision Freedom are freeing people, reuniting families, and building a new vision for safety rooted in care and solidarity

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3 Min
By: Rosa Santana

Never eat the candy on your pillow: Breaking through the noise

We often don’t hear about the experiences of disabled incarcerated people, but today we’re hearing from Mitch, who navigates prison life as a deaf person

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4 Min
By: Derek R. Trumbo, Sr.

‘It’s about stamina and the belief that we will win’: Chinatown abolitionist groups fight to end jails in NYC 

Organizers with Chinatown Art Brigade and Wing on Wo Project spoke to Prism about why the city’s plan to replace Rikers Island with four borough-based jails is a dangerous continuation of the carceral system.

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11 Min
By: Jess Zhang

Where diversity improves reliability

After litigating death penalty appeals for over 35 years, Equal Justice Initiative reveals a norm of Black exclusion from jury service

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7 Min
By: Jennifer Rae Taylor

‘State-sponsored terrorism’: South Florida’s expanding immigration detention crisis

Immigrants at Krome Detention Center are suffering from physical abuse and medical neglect, a legal group says.

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6 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

Never eat the candy on your pillow: Connections that dissolve prison walls

Loneliness drives a great deal of distress in prison, and it also fuels inmate pen pal sites that incarcerated people turn to for friendship and romance

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5 Min
By: Derek R. Trumbo, Sr.

In aftermath of correctional officers strike, New York’s incarcerated population faces the brunt of uncertainty

The strike disrupted many aspects of prison life, such as access to food, showers, medication, recreation, and legislative protections

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4 Min
By: Robert Pastore

Incarcerated workers in California organize against unjust policies and degrading conditions

Dozens of men inside Centinela State Prison participated in a work slowdown last year to protest inadequate commissary access and daily strip searches tied to jobs with the California Prison Industry Authority

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8 Min
By: James Anderson

Never eat the candy on your pillow: A respect for silence

Prisons are raucous places that are not conducive to any form of therapy. When a recent session with Shakespeare Behind Bars was conducted inside a chapel, the quiet became an added measure of treatment

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5 Min
By: Derek R. Trumbo, Sr.

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