Jails and Prisons

Five men sit around a table, where one is at work on a laptop

India’s Press Crackdown: The Silencing of Journalists in Kashmir India’s Press Crackdown: The Silencing of Journalists in Kashmir

Police charged Fahad Shah, editor in chief of The Kashmir Walla and a Nation contributor, with sedition. Under India’s anti-terrorism laws, he could face life in prison or the deat...

Feb 25, 2022 / Suchitra Vijayan

Minneapolis protesters

In Minneapolis, the Cycle of Police Violence Continues In Minneapolis, the Cycle of Police Violence Continues

Amir Locke was sleeping. Daunte Wright was going to the car wash. George Floyd was at the corner store. When and where are Black people safe from police?

Feb 23, 2022 / Alyssa Oursler and Anna DalCortivo

Dying on Tulsa Time

Dying on Tulsa Time Dying on Tulsa Time

Gavin Newsom’s pledge to shut down San Quentin’s death row brings capital punishment outliers into harsh relief.

Feb 14, 2022 / Tom Gogola

A man's hands hold a prison tablet while another man walks in the background

Why Prisons Are Banning Letters Why Prisons Are Banning Letters

The loss of paper mail and the shift to private electronic communications platforms can isolate incarcerated individuals.

Feb 9, 2022 / Michelle Chen

Gitmo

Are We Any Closer to Shutting Down Guantánamo? Are We Any Closer to Shutting Down Guantánamo?

In the legal quagmire the US has created, there is no easy answer.

Jan 27, 2022 / Karen J. Greenberg

ICE Is Detaining More Immigrants. Covid Is Putting Them in Danger.

ICE Is Detaining More Immigrants. Covid Is Putting Them in Danger. ICE Is Detaining More Immigrants. Covid Is Putting Them in Danger.

The Biden administration is placing millions of incarcerated people—including over 20,000 who are in ICE detention—at risk of a Covid-19 illness, disability, and death.

Jan 25, 2022 / Sophia Gurulé and Abdullah Shihipar

“You Come Out With Nothing”: What It Means to Bring Back the Box at Rikers

“You Come Out With Nothing”: What It Means to Bring Back the Box at Rikers “You Come Out With Nothing”: What It Means to Bring Back the Box at Rikers

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has vowed to keep punitive segregation going in an attempt to curb the jails’ exploding violence. 

Jan 11, 2022 / Victoria Law

Joleen Nez: A Death in Custody

Joleen Nez: A Death in Custody Joleen Nez: A Death in Custody

How racism, negligence, and a politically connected medical provider turned homelessness into a capital crime.

Jan 10, 2022 / Feature / Cecilia Nowell

Jarvis Masters

Free Jarvis Jay Masters! Free Jarvis Jay Masters!

It’s long past time for California Governor Gavin Newsom—and the mainstream media—to take up the cause of a man who is almost certainly innocent of the crime that landed him on San...

Jan 7, 2022 / Tom Gogola

Prisoners in Mississippi getting the covid vaccines

As Covid Surges Again, Decarceration Is More Necessary Than Ever As Covid Surges Again, Decarceration Is More Necessary Than Ever

American jails and prisons have become increasingly deadly places. Lawmakers must stop putting off the real solution.

Dec 22, 2021 / Amanda Klonsky and Eric Reinhart

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