corporatism Beto O'Rourke just hired a "senior advisor" who used to lobby for Keystone XL, Seaworld and private prisons Cory Doctorow
Kids Chicago is demanding that children on bail wear private-sector ankle-cuffs with mics that can record them without their consent Cory Doctorow
Business After boasting about running his company from prison, Martin Shkreli gets solitary confinement Cory Doctorow
Boing Boing Gadgets Florida inmates sue prisons for digitally confiscating the music they were sold Cory Doctorow
surveillance American prisoners coerced or tricked into providing voice-prints for use in eternal, secret, unchecked surveillance Cory Doctorow
law A data-driven look at the devastating efficacy of a far-right judge-education program Cory Doctorow
class war Unpacking the US's "low unemployment": stagnant wages, bad jobs, high incarceration, discouraged workers back in school Cory Doctorow
Business Canada Pension Plan is long on US private prisons and immigrant detention centers Cory Doctorow
california Good news: California ends cash bail! Bad news: It's been replaced with a black-box algorithm. Cory Doctorow
race Law and Order Republicans have suddenly discovered the undeniable injustice of "flipped" prosecution witnesses Cory Doctorow
usausausa Prisoners in 17 states are on strike, demanding an end to prison slavery and basic human justice Cory Doctorow
Copyfight Florida's prisons change tech providers, wipe out $11.2m worth of music purchased by prisoners Cory Doctorow
law Court orders carriers to remotely brick phones that have been smuggled into prisons Cory Doctorow
trump A young caged teen in a Texas immigration camp is teaching other kids to change caged toddlers' diapers Cory Doctorow
transparency Laramie County, Wyoming Sheriffs' department blocks public records requests for their prison phone monopoly deal Cory Doctorow