Rising Minnesota jail phone call costs are forcing families to limit communication with incarcerated loved ones, raising concerns about mental health, fairness, and rehabilitation.
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Black misleaders collaborate with ‘tough on crime’ politicians
This Baltimore over policing commentary says Trump’s rhetoric and bipartisan calls for federal “surges” revive a legacy of criminalizing Black activism and communities, and urges a turn toward self-determination.
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Concentration camps like Trump’s are not new to the U.S.
Trump’s mass deportation plan has drawn comparisons to concentration camps—but the U.S. has long operated systems of confinement and control. This isn’t unprecedented. It’s rooted in American history.
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Fred Hampton Jr. to speak at Metro State’s 2025 mass incarceration conference
Fred Hampton Jr. will serve as the keynote speaker for the 2025 Understanding and Responding to Mass Incarceration Conference, which will focus on the theme of “Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Incarceration” and highlight stories of those wrongfully convicted and incarcerated.
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With women imprisonment rising, Black females still feel the brunt of America’s mass incarceration
In 2021, the Sentencing Project reported that the imprisonment rate for Black women was 1.6 times the rate of imprisonment for White women.
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Minnesota Lynx’s Maya Moore helps to overturn the conviction of Missouri man
Maya Moore put her career on hold to fight for Jonathan Irons release.
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Black woman incarceration rising at an alarming, disparate rate
While Black women overall are twice as likely to be imprisoned as their white counterparts, Black women ages 18 to 19 are three times more likely to be imprisoned than their white counterparts, the CAP report noted.