Abolishing Police Surveillance In NYC: Will Transparency Help Or Make It Harder?
New York City implemented a police surveillance transparency law, but activists are divided on if it helps or hurts their cause.
Jailhouse Lawyers Take On COVID-19 Where Prisons Won’t
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, jailhouse lawyers have struggled for safety measures, and against restrictions on privileges and mobility.
In New York City, New Jails Threaten Dreams For True Community Spaces and Restorative Architecture
Bronx residents welcome the closure of Rikers but are worried plans for new jails will compromise dreams for truly community-created spaces.
In Building Global Solidarity, Abolitionists Look For Links Between Struggles
Abolitionist organizers are building global solidarity, navigating a wide range of challenges from language to selective anti-imperialism.
Survivors Of Forced Sterilizations In California Fight A Century Of Violence In Women’s Prisons
In California, survivors of forced sterilizations in women’s prisons fight for reparations after a century of reproductive violence.
Ten People Died After Chicago Refused To Stop Jailing People During COVID-19 Pandemic
Chicago’s refusal to significantly reduce incarceration during the COVID-19 pandemic left a wake of preventable death and trauma.