"Their mothers and fathers have been deported or locked for months inside detention centers, often miles away from where their families live. These children are separated, sometimes violently, from the adults they depend on...As a result, a generation of children from immigrant families are exhibiting mental health problems that could affect them for years."

https://kffhealthnews.org/mental-health/immigrant-parents-ice-detention-deportation-children-mental-health-california/

#PublicHealth #immigration #deportation #detention #incarceration #ICE #DHS #MentalHealth #ChildrensHealth #USpol

"[A]bolition moves at the pace of trust."

Until June 27, "two dozen new paintings by Liu about prisons, incarceration, and abolition are featured in an exhibition in collaboration with Mariame Kaba at Brooklyn Public Library's Bedford Branch."
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Title: Visuals Help Expose the Realities of Mass Incarceration to a Wider Audience
Authors: James Kilgore & Vic Liu
Publication: Truthout
April 19, 2026
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#NewYork #USA #Incarceration #Media #Education
https://truthout.org/articles/visuals-help-expose-the-realities-of-mass-incarceration-to-a-wider-audience/

"Gaza is a prison without walls."

"Every step I take, every movement I make, is constrained by the Israeli occupation's policies, controlling my daily life from the smallest details to the biggest."
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Title: The Bombs Have Slowed, But Israel Controls Every Aspect of Our Lives in Gaza
Author: Hassan Herzallah
Publication: Truthout
April 18, 2026
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#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Genocide #Military #Housing #Incarceration
https://truthout.org/articles/the-bombs-have-slowed-but-israel-controls-every-aspect-of-our-lives-in-gaza/

> The ‘Merlinian’ Appeal of Magic: The Gathering in Prison https://prisonjournalismproject.org/2026/06/18/can-you-play-magic-the-gathering-in-prison/

#HumanInterest #MtG #MagicTheGathering #prison #incarceration #games #hobbies #collectibles

California Town Lets Private ICE Detention Centers Police Themselves

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://prospect.org/2026/06/16/california-town-lets-private-ice-detention-centers-police-themselves/

In #cat #news

> How a Cat Program Brought Joy to a South Carolina Prison https://prisonjournalismproject.org/2026/06/16/a-cat-program-in-a-medium-security-prison/

#prison #incarceration

"The context of this law lies in fulfilling political coalition demands with the far right."

"Palestinian blood has become the bargaining chip used to settle Israeli political demands."
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Title: Palestinian Prisoners Live on Hope. Israel's Death Penalty Aims to Destroy It.
Author: Hend Salama Abo Helow
Publication: Truthout
April 17, 2026
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#Israel #Gaza #WestBank #Palestine #Apartheid #Incarceration #DeathPenalty #Genocide #Torture
https://truthout.org/articles/palestinian-prisoners-live-on-hope-israels-death-penalty-aims-to-destroy-it/

"[P]rison system is 'everywhere' in Louisiana."

"If you take the plantation economic and power system and just scale it to a state level, that’s what Louisiana has done with incarcerated labor."
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Title: In New Orleans, Black Cowboy Tradition Collides With Prison Rodeo Spectacle
Author: Adam Mahoney
Publication: Capital B
April 17, 2026
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#Louisiana #USA #Labour #Incarceration #Slavery
https://capitalbnews.org/angola-prison-rodeo-new-orleans-black-cowboys/

"I'm being held in prison based on false positives, and that's the truth of it."

"He's not alone."

"6,000 false-positive test results across California's population in state custody."
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Title: California parole board denies incarcerated man a hearing based on 'potential false-positive' alcohol test
Author: Glen Stellmacher
Publication: Prism
April 16, 2026
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#California #USA #Parole #Incarceration #Drugs
https://prismreports.org/2026/04/16/california-parole-false-positive-drug-tests/