criminal legal system

219 posts

Violence deconstructed: Trump’s actions during his first 100 days mimic the tactics of domestic abusers

The president and those enforcing his fascist agenda are hyperfocused on weaponizing irrelevant aspects of their victims’ pasts to frame them as imperfect victims and undeserving immigrants

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6 Min
By: Kylie Cheung

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

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.

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

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

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.

Carceral imperialism, Project 2025, and the enemy of progress

When it comes to the criminal legal system, both the Trump administration and Project 2025 detach from statistics, facts about crime and punishment, and evidence-based corrections

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9 Min
By: Lyle C. May

Anti-trans bills in Kentucky target health care for incarcerated people

SB 2 and HB 5 largely mimic an executive order from the Trump administration that strips incarcerated trans people of gender-affirming care and subjects them to dangerous conditions

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6 Min
By: Derek R. Trumbo, Sr., Tina Vásquez

 ‘I was silenced’: San Quentin News editor-in-chief fired for prison reform efforts

Having suffered in the prison system for 30 years, I just wanted to help people heal and get home to their families. Instead, prison administrators took away my platform and labeled me a threat.

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5 Min
By: Steve Brooks

Drugs, death, and struggle in Indian Country

On the Pine Ridge Reservation, an alliance of Native mothers fights against the meth epidemic and reimagines a future for their people

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11 Min
By: C. Frances

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