Policing & Incarceration

March 29, 2024
Ramón Garibaldo Valdéz

Kristina Shull’s book Detention Empire shines a light on the links between U.S. repressive counterinsurgency abroad and debilitating immigrant detention policies at home.

February 9, 2024
Michele Bertelli

President Daniel Noboa’s tough stance on crime managed to reduce rates of violence and instability. But militarization is not enough.

December 8, 2023
Joseph Hiller

Formerly incarcerated women lead the struggle to rethink Colombia's broken prison system. What promise does a new restorative justice law hold?

September 29, 2023
Jorge Núñez

Protection rackets and political influencers feed an insecurity crisis and promote racist narratives ahead of the country’s October 15 presidential runoff.

August 12, 2023
Juan Cruz Ferre

Protests in northern Argentina continue against controversial constitutional reforms that criminalize protest and clear the way for lithium extraction at the expense of Indigenous rights.

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