The Holy Land Foundation was founded in 1989. Rooted in Palestinian self-determination, the charity provided an incredible amount of material support to Palestinian people, combating the brutality of life under occupation. Read more via Scalawag: Palestinian Political Prisoner Shukri Abu Baker's Poetry Book Debuts in Houston.| Scalawag
These links illustrate both the ideological and practical ties between the two bodies, as both serve as means to increase the militarization of policing via the weaponization of surveillance technology. Read more via Scalawag: ICE and the IDF: The Transnational Nexus of State Control.| Scalawag
Yes, we may be incarcerated, but we are still humans, and that should be reason enough for fair medical care. Read more via Scalawag: The reality of mental health care in prison.| Scalawag
As a surfeit of emotions overwhelms me at once as I count one hundred and ninety-seven steps. The officers are waiting for me with wolfish grins. I know that something is not right. Read more via Scalawag: The Gauntlet: Fight Night in a Texas Prison.| Scalawag
Why is the carceral state storing recordings of typical strip-frisks without incident involved? Read more via Scalawag: A new directive permits prison guards to record strip searches using body cameras.| Scalawag
The coercive nature of jobs within the immigrant detention industrial complex—whether at privately-run ICE facilities in economically disinvested areas or with ICE itself—is not so different from the coercion that drives people to join the military. Read more via Scalawag: ICE and the military use the same playbook—exploiting impoverished communities.| Scalawag
Aint Sh*t changed... so let's stop pretending that what is happening has not always been Read more via Scalawag: Ain't Sh*t Changed.| Scalawag
The Texas Rangers police force was founded in 1823 to enforce colonial rule in a "for whites only” government. Read more via Scalawag: The Colonial History of Texas Rangers.| Scalawag
Xinachtli has served 30 years of a 50-year sentence for disarming a cop. Twenty-three of those years have been in solitary confinement.| Scalawag