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Incarceration

Old Ohio State Penitentiary Cell Block

Incarcerated Trans Women Housed With Men Continue to Face Grave Danger

By Shani Saxon
COVID19 Prisons. Men wearing white hazmat suits cleaning a prison cell.

Prisons Continue to Be Breeding Grounds for COVID-19

By N. Jamiyla Chisholm
The shadow of a firefighter can be seen in the forefront as a fire rages in the background.

Coronavirus Cripples California's Efforts to Fight Fires With 'Cheap and Exploitative' Prison Labor

By Shani Saxon
Black August. Black and white photo of funeral procession of 17-year-old Jonathan Jackson, flanked by Black Panther Party members raising the Black Power salute.

Black August: Marin County Courthouse Rebellion

By Tracey Onyenacho
Barbed wire shown outside of a federal prison.

Phone Calls Are Now Free for More Than 225,000 People in Federal Prisons

By Shani Saxon
a group of men wearing orange jumpsuits walk away from the camera as a security officer can be seen in the foreground.

Jails and Prisons Will Be Ground Zero for COVID-19, If We Don't Act Now

By Shani Saxon
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