Jails and Prisons

Tornillo

Democrats Confront the Horror at the Border Democrats Confront the Horror at the Border

Lawmakers want to deliver aid to migrant children. Can they do so without helping Trump expand the detention system?

Jun 26, 2019 / Zoë Carpenter

Tiffany Cabán

Tiffany Cabán Just Might Pull This Off Tiffany Cabán Just Might Pull This Off

On June 25, Queens residents could elect one of the most progressive DAs in history.

Jun 19, 2019 / Ross Barkan

Migrants in New Mexico

A Trans Asylum Seeker Dies After Pleading to ICE for Medical Care A Trans Asylum Seeker Dies After Pleading to ICE for Medical Care

In a disturbing pattern, ICE won’t even count Johana Medina Leon’s death among those that occurred in its custody.

Jun 4, 2019 / Nathan Craig and Margaret Brown Vega

Force-Feeding Is Cruel, Painful, and Degrading—and American Prisons Won’t Stop

Force-Feeding Is Cruel, Painful, and Degrading—and American Prisons Won’t Stop Force-Feeding Is Cruel, Painful, and Degrading—and American Prisons Won’t Stop

In a Colorado supermax facility, hunger-striking inmates have been force-fed and barred from sharing their ordeal with the outside world. A prisoner breaks his silence for the firs...

Jun 4, 2019 / Feature / Aviva Stahl

La represión de Ecuador al aborto está encarcelando mujeres

La represión de Ecuador al aborto está encarcelando mujeres La represión de Ecuador al aborto está encarcelando mujeres

Durante décadas, fue considerado un asunto privado. Ahora, según una investigación de The Nation, las mujeres que terminan sus embarazos (de manera voluntaria o no) se enfrentan a ...

May 31, 2019 / Zoë Carpenter

Torture in Syria

How One Man Survived Syria’s Gulag How One Man Survived Syria’s Gulag

Like thousands of others, Omar Alshogre was repeatedly tortured in Bashar al-Assad’s prisons—but unlike so many, he got out. Now he’s telling the world about the regime’s industria...

May 30, 2019 / Hisham Aidi

Take Action Now: Look Beyond Trump’s Wall

Take Action Now: Look Beyond Trump’s Wall Take Action Now: Look Beyond Trump’s Wall

Help end brutal ICE deportations and send supplies to migrants crossing the border.

May 28, 2019 / NationAction

Richard Brown

Progressive Prosecutors Clamor for Queens Progressive Prosecutors Clamor for Queens

Seven candidates running for district attorney are promising to bring fairer rules to the 2 million person New York City borough.

May 13, 2019 / Ross Barkan

How Private Equity Is Turning Public Prisons Into Big Profits

How Private Equity Is Turning Public Prisons Into Big Profits How Private Equity Is Turning Public Prisons Into Big Profits

In recent years, corporations have privatized almost every part of the public prison system. Now, PE firms are swooping in, seeking lavish returns for investors.

Apr 30, 2019 / Feature / Tim Requarth

GPS Ankle Monitor

Why Everyone Should Care About Mass E-carceration Why Everyone Should Care About Mass E-carceration

The social costs of constant surveillance are greater than we might think.

Apr 29, 2019 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

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