The purpose of a system is what it does. The police do not protect us. ( slrpnk.net )
Locked away at 18, Robert DuBoise hugs his mom outside the prison after DNA freed him at 57 ( slrpnk.net )
Jails banned in-person visits in order to maximize revenue from voice and video calls as part of a "quid pro quo kickback scheme" with prison phone companies ( arstechnica.com )
Crossposted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/13937769...
‘FUCK the LAPD' Shirt Maker's Entire Shop Sold Out After Cops Threaten Him ( www.404media.co )
Australia is throwing whistle blower in prison for uncovering war crimes in Afghanistan ( www.youtube.com )
Oops, all bad apples ( sh.itjust.works )
Cops tried to arrest a whole neighborhood. This is what happened when the community fought back. ( therealnews.com )
Alexey Navalny has died in a Russian penal colony in the far north ( en.wikipedia.org )
I feared he would be martyred, when he returned to Russia after getting poisoned by the FSB and helping Bellingcat track down the agents who poisoned him (nobody in power did anything about them). Back then, his life was saved by a pilot deciding to make an emergency landing and a doctor suspecting a neurotoxin....
FBI Raids California Prison Facing 63 Lawsuits Over Systemic Sexual Abuse ( truthout.org )
Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands ( apnews.com )
The Hell Inside Hell: Solitary Confinement in Texas Hides the Sexual Abuse of Women and Girls ( scalawagmagazine.org )
Wall Street Is Finding New Ways to Milk the Prison System ( jacobin.com )
Stopping the Cop Cities Countrywide ( crimethinc.com )
Since April 2021, protesters in Atlanta, Georgia have been fighting to defend Weelaunee Forest, where politicians and profiteers are attempting to build a police training compound known as Cop City. This movement has spread around the country, identifying and attacking the roots of state and corporate support for the project;...
Not All Peaceful Protests Constitutionally Protected, Police Chief Says Ahead Of DNC ( blockclubchicago.org )
Advocacy groups say Texas inmates are 'being cooked to death' in state prisons without air conditioning ( www.usatoday.com )
“Everyone Will Die in Prison”: How Louisiana’s Plan to Lock People Up Longer Imperils Its Sickest Inmates ( www.propublica.org )
Prison Lockdowns Are Becoming More Frequent and More Brutal Across the US ( truthout.org )
While most lockdowns are intermittent (lasting from a few days to several weeks), an increasing number of state and federal prisons keep prisoners locked down for most or even all of the year. In addition, many prisons make people suffer through constant lockdown “cycles,” where prisoners get a very brief return to normal...
Prosecute a Cop? You’ll Face Removal From Office ( theintercept.com )
Prison Abolition Art Collection ( lemmy.world )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13384872...
Inside the ‘shocking’ police operation targeting pro-Palestine activists in Toronto ( breachmedia.ca )
The Deadly, Avoidable Reality of High-Speed Police Chases - SOME MORE NEWS ( www.youtube.com )
How Much Do Prison Jobs Pay? The Reality of Labor Behind Bars in the U.S. | Inside Story ( youtu.be )
Incarcerated people are literally paid pennies per hour. This is slavery
Executions: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ( yt.artemislena.eu )
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