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Strip searches serve as weapons of humiliation rather than security measures. In March 2018, J’Allen Jones, a 31-year-old ...
Exposing the harms of the criminal legal system and elevating solutions that keep all people safe.
We asked candidates in New Jersey’s June 10 Democratic primary election what they’ll do to keep immigrants safe.
The Appeal—and much of the media—has been misspelling Tyré Nichols’ name for years.
Wells shared that Tyré was named by his godmother, Latanya Yizar, who has since passed away. She confirmed that she would ...
State and federal governments have moved to criminalize trans people, parents of trans children, and healthcare providers.
Creating a safe and just pretrial system in Minnesota requires more than small tweaks—we need a ground-up transformation.
Creating a safe and just pretrial system in Minnesota requires more than small tweaks—we need a ground-up transformation.
The Department of Justice has terminated all funding for the National Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Resource Center, according to a letter from the National PREA Resource Center obtained by The ...
One hundred and thirty-five years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court acknowledged the devastating effects of solitary confinement. In an 1890 ruling declaring that Colorado had improperly subjected a man ...
Retail theft has dominated headlines, earnings calls, and political rhetoric for the last few years. Television news shows loop seemingly endless clips of people shoplifting. CEO’s claimed that retail ...
After decades of protests over police violence, many cities have created non-police crisis response teams. These unarmed first responders typically answer 911 calls for people having mental health ...