The Prison Policy Initiative looks at a fast-growing group in the incarceration system and the challenges they are more likely to face.
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Undersheriff April Tardy says her ankle imprint shows allegiance to her former station. Deputies say it represents a deputy gang.
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By Unicorn Riot Atlanta, GA – Atlanta-area forest defenders, community activists and their allies from around the country and the world are initiating a ‘week of action’ against a proposed ‘Cop City’ urban warfare campus and a movie industry facility that would demolish much of the largest urban forest in the country. The upcoming week […]
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By Ryan Fatica / Unicorn Riot Atlanta, GA – Community organizations involved in the ongoing campaign to defend the South River Forest outside Atlanta, Georgia and ‘Stop Cop City’ say state prosecutors are planning on releasing indictments in the coming weeks charging them as a “criminal organization” under RICO statutes. The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, […]
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If we don’t care about prisoners on any normal day, then why would we care about them when a pandemic is spreading through the system?
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A judge denied a restraining order against initial construction of the $90 million militarized police training complex.
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Formerly incarcerated people in Atlanta won collective protection from discrimination, inspiring organizing nationwide.
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Broken windows policing reflects racialized assumptions about what is disorder and which communities are disorderly.
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Today marks Global Day of Solidarity with Leonard Peltier.
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Can Oppressed People Ever Truly Be Free In America?
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