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Militant Journalism
‘Went in like Gestapo’–Sonoma sheriffs’ bloody rampage
Sonoma County deputies' sadistic assault on jail inmates
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Immigrants strike against conditions at detention center in Arizona
The hunger strikers are calling for an independent investigation into Deniz-Sahagún’s death, improved conditions, access to legal resources and an…
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40 reasons our jails and prisons are full of Black and poor people
What does it say about our society that it uses its jails and prisons as the primary detention facilities for…
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Human Rights Watch report decries widespread abuse of mentally disabled prisoners in the U.S.
Human Rights Watch published a report May 12 that detailed the physical abuse endured by prison and jail inmates who…
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Still no justice-Police tortured Natasha McKenna to death
An investigation has released the outrageous details of her death: McKenna was literally shackled and chained when she was shocked…
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Free Kyle Peterson!
In March 2011, Kyle Peterson of Georgia was 20 years old and returning home from a convenience store with his…
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Attica guards walk free after admitting to criminal beating of inmate
In this current political atmosphere in the United States, blatant racism and acts of racist violence continue to explode across…
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‘Alternative’ to mass incarceration or new method of social control?
It is worth noting that mass incarceration has been a thoroughly bipartisan phenomenon.
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Veteran is first in 2015 to be executed by government
What is clear is that the murder of Brannan has nothing to do with justice. Executing a mentally ill veteran…
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Continued abuse of unjustly incarcerated Kwadir Felton and his mother
(Originally posted Dec. 22 by Decarcerate the Garden State as “CONTINUED ABUSE OF UNJUSTLY INCARCERATED KWADIR FELTON AND HIS MOTHER…
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