prison Watch a video of my prison and opioids play "Streets Like This," performed by actors who have all dealt with incarceration Thom Dunn
coronavirus County sheriffs claim that prisoners sleeping head-to-toe count as being "six feet apart" for coronavirus safety Thom Dunn
crime Ahead of California's criminal justice reforms to reduce mass incarceration, prosecutors are locking in plea deals forcing defendants to give up the rights they're about to get Cory Doctorow
racism This is your brain on drug policy – remake of classic PSA with Rachael Lee Cook Mark Frauenfelder
sponsored It's Time for Silicon Valley To Finish Its Job of Disrupting the Racist Drug War Boing Boing
Business Ben & Jerry's on Black Lives Matter and the police killing of George Floyd: We Must Dismantle White Supremacy Xeni Jardin
china Leaked documents document China's plan for mass arrests and concentration-camp internment of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang Cory Doctorow
china Massive leak of Chinese government documents reveal the "no mercy" plan for Muslims in Xinjiang Cory Doctorow
jeffrey epstein Asking for pre-trial release, Jeffrey Epstein's lawyers say he has 'spotless 14-year record of walking the straight and narrow' Xeni Jardin
human rights Elizabeth Warren proposes a ban on private prisons and immigration facilities Cory Doctorow
Kids After American juvenile offenders are released, they can be re-imprisoned for failing to make restitution payments Cory Doctorow
History Remembering Velma Demerson: Grand soul, feminist, human rights advocate and writer Harry Kopyto
happy mutants The Training Commission: an email newsletter from the future, after a civil war and digital blackout Cory Doctorow
