Sheriff's Office deputies work with inmates in the old, outdated jail just before the opening of department's new facility

Activists Are Helping To Close Prisons Across California

 SHAKEER RAHMAN, DAX PROCTOR, WOODS ERVIN, AND VIJU MATHEW | TRUTHOUT

December 15, 2022

Washington – January 11, 2019: Witness Against Torture activists demonstrating at the White House calling for the closing of the Guantánamo Bay detention camp on the 17th anniversary of its opening.

Will Biden Close Guantánamo?

KAREN J. GREENBERG

December 11, 2022

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WNBA Star Brittney Griner Freed In US-Russia Prisoner Swap

JESSICA CORBETT | COMMON DREAMS

December 8, 2022

prison

Alabama Prison Strikers’ Demands Push For Decarceration

JARED WARE | PRISM

November 15, 2022

A prison cell interior viewed through a peephole

Prisoners Are On Strike In Alabama

JARED WARE | PRISM

November 11, 2022

Prisoners work on a chain gang

Slavery Was On The Ballot, And It Wasn’t Banned Everywhere

NATALIA MARQUES | PEOPLES ACTION

November 10, 2022

Occupy Wall Street joined the NAACP as thousands marched in midtown Manhattan on December 10, 2011 to defend voting rights.

Felons Should Get The Right To Vote Back

TAMAR SARAI | PRISM

November 3, 2022

rear view of prison officer leading prisoner in handcuffs

How Is Slavery Still Legal?

NATHAN J. ROBINSON | CURRENT AFFAIRS

November 3, 2022

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva

California Sheriff’s Office Stops Black Drivers 5 Times More Than White People

SAM LEVIN | THE GUARDIAN

October 28, 2022

oregon drug decriminalization, dispensary open sign

Six States To Vote on Legalizing Weed or Psychedelics

ALEX BURNESS | BOLTS

October 16, 2022