Mastodawn

"In ordinary times, legal visits are essential."

"In times of crisis, they are indispensable."

"Her case is an example of the mistreatment of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons that has become systematic."
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Author: Janan Abdu
Publication: +972 Magazine
March 23, 2026
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#Israel #Palestine #Incarceration #Apartheid #Food #Healthcare #Surveillance #Torture
https://www.972mag.com/palestinian-woman-israeli-prison/

I represent a Palestinian woman in Israeli prison. Now I can’t reach her

Israel locked down its prisons at the start of the Iran war, barring almost all lawyer visits and leaving my client without a voice beyond her cell.

+972 Magazine

Harms Committed 7h ago

"In the first seven months of his second term, authorities arrested and detained parents of at least 11,000 U.S. citizen children."

"[A]verage of more than 50 U.S. citizen kids a day with a parent pulled into detention."
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Authors: Jeff Ernsthausen, Mario Ariza, McKenzie Funk, Mica Rosenberg, & Gabriel Sandoval
Publication: ProPublica
March 23, 2026
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#USA #Policing #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing #DomesticViolence
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-family-deportations-ice-citizen-kids

Trump Has Detained the Parents of More Than 11,000 U.S. Citizen Kids

A ProPublica analysis of new ICE data shows that Trump has detained parents of U.S. citizen children at about twice the rate that Biden did, and moms have been deported four times as often.

ProPublica

Harms Committed 8h ago

"You good here."

"In a place where LGBTQ offenders are targeted because of their identity, The Circle protects those in the dorm from uncomfortable conversations or physical altercations."

"It's just a place to sit and talk safely."
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Author: B Speaks
Publication: Assigned Media
March 23, 2026
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#Georgia #USA #Incarceration
https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/value-routines-community-prison

The Value of Routines and Community in Prison — Assigned

Trans and queer inmates share their experiences in finding belonging and normalcy within the bounds of a hostile prison system.

Assigned

Harms Committed 9h ago

"A court in Kyrgyzstan released prominent investigative journalist Makhabat Tazhibek kyzy from custody on Monday, placing her under travel restrictions pending a new trial after she spent 18 months behind bars."
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Publication: Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
March 23, 2026
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#Kyrgyzstan #Media #Censorship #Incarceration #Courts
https://www.occrp.org/en/news/kyrgyzstan-releases-prominent-investigative-journalist-pending-retrial

Kyrgyzstan Releases Prominent Investigative Journalist Pending Retrial

A Kyrgyz court freed a prominent investigative journalist after 18 months behind bars, placing her under a travel ban as she awaits a retrial in a case widely condemned as an attack on free speech.

OCCRP

Harms Committed 2d ago

"[C]ontext in which [.] decision to close the Sde Teiman abuse case should be understood: not as a final nail in the coffin of the pretense of law enforcement, but rather as the abandonment of the whole masquerade."
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Author: Michael Safard
Publication: +972 Magazine & Local Call
March 21, 2026
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#Israel #Gaza #Palestine #Incarceration #Military #Genocide #Torture #SexualViolence
https://www.972mag.com/sde-teiman-israel-military-justice-system/

From Sde Teiman, the truth about Israel’s military justice system has been set free

By dropping all charges against the soldiers filmed abusing a Palestinian detainee, Israel has abandoned the whole masquerade of accountability.

+972 Magazine

Harms Committed 2d ago

"Disability Rights Pennsylvania filed suit against the state's prison system, alleging that the agency provides dangerously inadequate medical care for people with Type 1 diabetes and punishes them for their disease."
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Author: Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
Publication: The Appeal
March 19, 2026
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#Pennsylvania #USA #Healthcare #Incarceration #Courts
https://theappeal.org/type-1-diabetes-pennsylvania-department-corrections/

People With Type 1 Diabetes Denied Basic Medical Care in Pennsylvania Prisons, Lawsuit Alleges

A lawsuit alleges that the state’s prisons limit access to insulin pumps and glucose monitors, putting people with Type 1 diabetes at risk.

Harms Committed 2d ago

"Three brothers taken, only two return."

"[T]hey had been used as human shields."

"We performed many operations, but during the last one, Adel went out and never came back."
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Author: Amro Rashad Abo Aisha
Publication: The Electronic Intifada
March 19, 2026
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#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Incarceration #Military #Genocide #Torture
https://electronicintifada.net/content/what-has-israel-done-my-brother/51296

What has Israel done to my brother?

Israeli soldiers put out cigarettes on my back and called us zombies. While I was released, my brother was used as a human shield and has never returned.

The Electronic Intifada

Harms Committed 3d ago

"[C]rackdown on press freedom ahead of [Armenia's] parliamentary elections."

"Armine Ohanyan, the editor-in-chief of the independent newspaper Hraparak, was interrogated [..] over an editorial she wrote in December 2024."
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Author: Mariam Shenawy
Publication: Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp
March 19, 2026
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#Armenia #Media #Incarceration #Courts #Voting
https://www.occrp.org/en/news/armenia-targets-independent-editor-in-widening-crackdown-ahead-of-elections

Armenia Targets Independent Editor in Widening Crackdown Ahead of Elections

Armine Ohanyan, the top editor of a prominent independent newspaper, faces potential prison time over a 2024 editorial that critics say is being weaponized to silence opposition voices ahead of parliamentary elections.

OCCRP

Harms Committed 3d ago

100+ "people filed into the Minnesota State Capitol on Feb. 26 to protest the prolonged detainment of children in [ICE] facilities."

They "read letters sent by children detained in ICE detention centers in Texas aloud."
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Author: L. Cam Anderson
Publication: Unicorn Riot @UnicornRiot
March 20, 2026
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#Minnesota #Texas #USA #Protest #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
https://unicornriot.ninja/2026/protesters-fill-minnesota-capitol-read-letters-from-children-held-in-immigration-custody/

Protesters Fill Minnesota Capitol, Read Letters from Children Held in Immigration Custody - UNICORN RIOT

More than 100 people filed into the Minnesota State Capitol on Feb. 26 to protest the prolonged detainment of children in ICE facilities around the country.

UNICORN RIOT

Harms Committed 3d ago

"As the Trump administration sows chaos with a crushing fuel blockade of Cuba, a general told Congress that the military will 'set up a camp' at Guantánamo Bay to detain those who try to flee the humanitarian crisis."
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Author: Stephen Prager
Publication: The Real News Network @therealnews & Common Dreams
March 20, 2026
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#Cuba #Florida #USA #FossilFuels #Electricity #Incarceration #Military #Torture
https://therealnews.com/beyond-the-pale-general-says-us-military-will-create-a-camp-at-gitmo-to-deal-with-cubans-fleeing-trump-blockade

‘Beyond the pale’: general says US military will create a ‘camp’ at Gitmo to ‘deal with’ Cubans fleeing Trump blockade

One foreign policy expert noted that fears of a “mass exodus” of refugees come “as the US starves Cuba of energy and food.”

The Real News Network