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
The strike disrupted many aspects of prison life, such as access to food, showers, medication, recreation, and legislative protections
As the correctional officers strike concluded last month, the state did not immediately explain which parts of the law that caps solitary confinement to 15 consecutive days would be suspended
Disability rights groups and legal organizations have filed a class action lawsuit against the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) and the New York State Office of Mental Health for illegally subjecting disabled people to solitary confinement. Disability Rights Advocates, The Legal Aid Society, and the
“The eggshells I’m walking on turn into glass,” wrote Demetrius Buckley in a piece for Prism published in August. “I have to hold my tongue to keep from yelling.” Buckley is incarcerated in Michigan’s Richard Handlon Correctional Facility, where he detailed how officers often abuse their power by
Prisons are designed to be punitive, but intentional design can create spaces that resist systemic biases and the carceral impulse to punish
Building on the foundation of previous strikes and organized movements, people on the inside of Alabama prisons are now regrouping to continue the fight for abolition
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