criminal legal system

219 posts

Ban the Box policies reduce job barriers for formerly incarcerated people

Ban the Box and additional legislation can help formerly incarcerated people find material and personal fulfillment

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11 Min
By: Tamar Sarai

The recession may make things worse for formerly incarcerated BIPOC

Racism, job discrimination, a lack of educational programs behind bars, and the prison-industrial complex itself make survival difficult for formerly incarcerated people

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5 Min
By: Sakshi Udavant

Atlanta community members warn of environmental damage from ‘Cop City’

The police training facility will harm the endangered South River and further contribute to environmental racism

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11 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

Chicago curfew for teens draws concern from community members

In response to the fatal shooting death of Seandell Holliday in Millennium Park, Mayor Lori Lightfoot is proposing a new curfew plan

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4 Min
By: Sayou Cooper

Brain injuries and ‘the revolving door’ of incarceration

Resources for incarcerated people with severe brain injuries offer help with the criminal legal system—but could they keep people out of prisons altogether?

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16 Min
By: Tamar Sarai

Detained immigrants in Washington face retaliation for hunger strike

Men detained in Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, are protesting inhumane conditions

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5 Min
By: María Inés Taracena

Nearly 2 years after the 2020 uprisings, the war on Black lives continues

Black organizers have witnessed the lengths the state will go to interrupt dissent

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4 Min
By: Cat Brooks

Academy Award-nominated film ‘Attica’ offers a full view of the prison uprising, its tragic aftermath, and its legacy

Former Attica prisoner James Asbury and “Attica” directors Stanley Nelson and Traci A. Curry sat down with Prism to discuss the making of the film and the lessons viewers might glean

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10 Min
By: Tamar Sarai

We can’t stop transphobia without fighting for abolition

We have to destroy transphobia by eradicating every system that upholds it, and that begins with the criminal legal system

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4 Min
By: #FreeAshleyNow

Prisons pollute and incarcerated or not, everyone deserves Just Transition

Prisons are both polluted and polluters, and for incarcerated people and returning citizens, the Just Transition framework is our only way forward

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4 Min
By: Tamisha Walker, Sagaree Jain

Eric Adams is the latest Democrat to choose increased policing over real safety

Democratic mayors’ tough-on-crime approaches to policing and incarceration make cities less safe, especially for the most marginalized

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5 Min
By: Reina Sultan

As the holidays approach, incarcerated people in Florida say goodbye to physical mail

In October, Florida became the latest state to ban physical mail in prisons.

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3 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

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