Prisons & Policing (original) (raw)

Federal agents detain a man as protestors demonstrate in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on January 8, 2026.

FOIA Request Reveals Major Spike in ICE Arrests of Iranians Amid 2025 War on Iran

“Many Iranians were arrested with little to no legal basis,” the report noted.

Free Phone Calls Saved Incarcerated People and Their Loved Ones $622.5 Million

Six prison systems have implemented free phone calls. A new report examines the impact of free communications.

An unhoused family sits outside store on Canal street on March 11, 2020, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Louisiana, State With Highest Poverty Rate, Considers Jailing Unhoused People

The bill has been called “one of the cruelest anti-homeless bills in the country” by housing justice advocates.

Florida Highway Patrol vehicles are seen at the front entrance to the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz” on April 22, 2026, in Miami, Florida.

Miami Police Have Become a Show-Me-Your-Papers Patrol Despite Public Opposition

Police-ICE collaboration agreements are deeply unpopular in Miami. So why aren’t elected Democrats fighting them?

The latest news is displayed outside of the News Corporation building in midtown Manhattan, which houses both the Wall Street Journal, Fox News, and Dow Jones Co., on July 22, 2025, in New York City.

I’m a Survivor Imprisoned in Texas. I’m Only Allowed to Watch Fox News.

We are force-fed “news” made by a network that uplifts white Christian nationalism and shields the predator-in-chief.

More Details Emerge of Trump’s Secret Use of ICE to Spy on Critics

Privacy groups are pushing Big Tech to notify users about federal surveillance after anonymous ICE critics were exposed.

State lawmakers join formerly incarcerated New Yorkers, faith leaders, and activists during a rally to launch a post-budget effort to pass parole reforms in New York State before the end of the state legislative session on April 20, 2022, in New York City.

I Will Choose Death Over Treatment Unless NY Changes Its Parole Laws

The disease that now threatens my existence may be the only thing that can set me free.

In Atlanta, AI Surveillance Expands as Cop City Reshapes Black Communities

Atlanta built Cop City on forest land and is linked to more than 60,000 surveillance cameras.

The Warehouse exhibition invites you to explore a world beyond prisons at the Bedford Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library.

Visuals Help Expose the Realities of Mass Incarceration to a Wider Audience

A Brooklyn exhibition in collaboration with Mariame Kaba features paintings about prisons, incarceration, and abolition.

Palestinian demonstrators hold pictures of prisoners held in Israeli jails, including jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti, during a rally in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, on April 16, 2026, to mark Prisoners' Day and to protest against Israeli parliament's approval of a new death penalty bill for Palestinians.

Palestinian Prisoners Live on Hope. Israel’s Death Penalty Aims to Destroy It.

On Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, new death penalty law exacerbates a painful reality for those with imprisoned loved ones.