Mass incarceration
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Militant Journalism
Activists protest phosphate mining and treatment of jail inmates near Piney Point disaster in Manatee
On Tuesday, activists in Manatee County gathered at the intersection of Moccasin Wallow Road and US 41 to demand the…
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Militant Journalism
Coatesville, PA: City government forced to abandon attempt to shut down rally vs. cash bail
In a blatantly illegal attempt to suppress Constitutionally protected political speech, the City Manager of Coatesville, PA tried to stop…
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Militant Journalism
Haywood County, North Carolina car protest: ‘Fund services, not jails’
In North Carolina’s Haywood County a car protest was organized on Feb. 1 by the Party for Socialism and Liberation…
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Analysis
$3 billion to spare? Alabama’s governor spends on prisons
Alabama is making one of the largest public expenditures in the state’s history—on building new prisons. Governor Ivey should put…
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Militant Journalism
Queens, NY man jailed on fake confession, community rallies to free Prakash Churaman
Even though his conviction was reversed this past June, Churaman remains at Rikers awaiting a new trial.
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Analysis
COVID explodes inside prisons, but only guards to get first doses of vaccine
Over the past week, 14,697 new cases of Coronavirus infection were reported inside of state and federal prisons -- the…
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Analysis
Tens of millions locked out of U.S. “democracy”
Tens of millions of residents of the United States and its colonial territories are legally or practically barred from voting…
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Analysis
Philadelphia: Court moves to preserve secrecy in bail hearings
A recent federal court decision has ruled that the right to record bail hearings is not protected by the constitution,…
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COVID-19
‘It’s a death trap:’ Angola inmate put in isolation for organizing against COVID-19
“Because of COVID, you know, many are at risk due to pre-existing conditions...."
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Analysis
Racist Soledad prison guards intentionally infect Black prisoners
Racist prison guards brutalized more than 200 Black prisoners at Soledad in a violent 3 a.m. raid, forcing prisoners to…
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