CalMatters: Digital tablets mellowed California prisons. Now a tech migration is riling users . “…today, the entire system with almost 90,000 prisoners is in the midst of a disruptive switch to new tablets from a new vendor. The project is months behind schedule, which temporarily resulted in increased text messaging charges for consumers at the first prison facility where it became fully […]

"There were allegedly five heat-related deaths over the last two summers in Texas prisons, the plaintiff’s attorneys presented on the first day of the federal trial over insufficient air conditioning in these facilities.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has not publicly acknowledged heat as a significant factor in these deaths..."

https://www.texastribune.org/2026/03/30/texas-prison-ac-trial-heat-deaths-allegations/

#PublicHealth #heat #climate #incarceration #corrections #courts #texas

"I decided to join the Handala after trying to move the system from the inside."

"I was contacting the deputy Secretary General to send UN observers."

"It was difficult for me to understand why there was so much lack of courage."
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Authors: Ramsey Hanhan & Chloé Ludden
Publication: Mondoweiss @mondoweiss
March 24, 2026
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#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Incarceration #Water #Military #Genocide
https://mondoweiss.net/2026/03/why-i-resigned-from-the-un-to-join-the-gaza-freedom-flotilla/

"Carlos arrived at an [ICE] office in New Mexico in December, believing he was one step closer to reuniting with his children."

"[T]hey stripped off his clothes [..] and chained him by the neck, waist, and legs."

"They tricked me."
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Authors: Claudia Boyd-Barrett, Renuka Rayasam, & Amanda Seitz
Publication: KFF Health News
March 24, 2026
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#NewMexico #USA #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/trump-deportation-immigration-unaccompanied-children-bait-parent-arrests-hhs/

"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/

"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

"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