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Harms Committedharmscommitted
2026-02-23

"[D]uplicate time."

"McEwen was among the 22 people the Department of Corrections released, then reincarcerated."

"This is the very type of abuse of executive power that the state of Oregon claims to be fighting at the federal level."
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Author: Jake Thomas
Publication: Street Roots
February 21, 2026
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streetroots.org/arts-and-enter

John Colagioiajcolag
2026-02-23
News & Opinionssglerman95814
2026-02-22

How Works

In the United States, we have seen normalization of policies with the rapid development of racialized mass , which occurred in my lifetime. More recently, in the United States, we have seen the normalization of mass shootings.

What normalization does is transform the morally extraordinary into the ordinary. It makes us able to tolerate what was once by making it seem as if this is the way things have always been. ~ Jason Stanley

News & Opinionssglerman95814@mstdn.social
2026-02-22

How #Fascism Works

In the United States, we have seen normalization of #extreme policies with the rapid development of racialized mass #incarceration, which occurred in my lifetime. More recently, in the United States, we have seen the normalization of mass shootings.

What normalization does is transform the morally extraordinary into the ordinary. It makes us able to tolerate what was once #intolerable by making it seem as if this is the way things have always been. ~ Jason Stanley

Harms Committedharmscommitted
2026-02-22

"The soul of this country was founded upon white power, white greed, and white violence."

"Our bodies and psyches are a record."

"I am not surprised by the likes of Trump; he is a product of a vicious poison."
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Authors: George Yancy & Jeanelle K. Hope
Publication: Truthout
February 21, 2026
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truthout.org/articles/the-blac

Harms Committedharmscommitted
2026-02-22

"Illinois is supposed to be a sanctuary state."

"[L]oophole that allows jails to hold immigrants with criminal violations in federal custody."

"17 counties in Illinois still have contracts to detain immigrants for ICE."
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Author: Brian Dolinar
Publication: Truthout
February 21, 2026
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truthout.org/articles/loophole

Harms Committedharmscommitted
2026-02-21

"[W]hen you lock up a journalist, they’re likely to report what they see."

"Their solution, however, was not to change their practices, but to tape up the windows of Held's cell so he couldn't see out."
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Author: Jeremy Busby
Publications: Truthout & The Appeal
February 20, 2026
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truthout.org/articles/journali

Harms Committedharmscommitted
2026-02-21

"Prison guards at an immigration detention facility in southern Texas have reportedly been raiding the cells of families to confiscate and destroy children's letters and drawings depicting the inhumane conditions of their imprisonment."
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Author: Chris Walker
Publication: Truthout
February 20, 2026
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truthout.org/articles/guards-s

Harms Committedharmscommitted
2026-02-21

"[E]arly dismissal tactic."

"[A]ssistant attorney general argued that the physical descriptions of the three men were 'too vague.'"

"New York Focus conducted its own search — and quickly found a former employee matching Footman's descriptions."
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Author: Chris Gelardi @chrisgelardi
Publications: New York Focus & Hell Gate @index
February 20, 2026
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nysfocus.com/2026/02/20/adult-

Harms Committedharmscommitted
2026-02-21

"San Francisco is moving forward with plans to open a controversial sobering center, despite warnings that courts would likely consider the city liable for operating an unlicensed detention center."

"[A]uthority of the sheriff's office."
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Author: Leah Harris
Publication: Filter
February 20, 2026
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filtermag.org/sf-reset-soberin

Fred Nurkf2r3e5d4.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy
2026-02-21

Let kids eat cake, not go to prison. Here's a great program that shows how it's done, which no doubt costs less than the 1 million per child per year to be in prison in Australia. #Australia #prison #incarceration #inequality #FirstNations

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Harms Committedharmscommitted
2026-02-20

DHS is "covertly planning ICE expansions in dozens of states."

"Texas is their biggest target."

8+ "Texas cities have been identified as places ICE is looking to expand by acquiring new offices or warehouses to use as detention centers."
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Author: Juliana Lightsey
Publication: The Barbed Wire
February 19, 2026
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thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/19/i

Harms Committedharmscommitted
2026-02-20

"Tony and I stood at the gate and cried."

"Unless I ended up back in prison, we knew we'd never see each other again."

In Tennessee, "no one formerly incarcerated can be approved to visit anyone currently incarcerated unless they are immediate family."
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Author: Jeff Noland
Publication: Filter
February 19, 2026
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filtermag.org/prison-visits-fe

Harms Committedharmscommitted
2026-02-20

"Mamdani released a plan Thursday to end nearly five years of emergency orders that have suspended basic jail rules at Rikers Island."

"But some reforms — including limits on solitary confinement — won't take effect for nearly a year."
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Author: Reuven Blau
Publication: The City @THECITY
February 19, 2026
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thecity.nyc/2026/02/19/mamdani

Harms Committedharmscommitted
2026-02-20

"A Russian court is continuing to hold an international advocate for Indigenous peoples on terrorism charges despite international calls to release her immediately."

"[D]ecided to continue holding Egereva until at least March 15."
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Author: Anita Hofschneider
Publication: Grist
February 19, 2026
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grist.org/indigenous/two-month

Harms Committedharmscommitted
2026-02-20

"Each time a woman's true crime media is published or aired, the letters and emails begin anew."

"Women convicted of crimes become involuntary performers in a spectacle that attracts precisely the men most likely to dehumanize them."
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Authors: Kwaneta Harris & Leigh Goodmark
Publication: Truthout
February 19, 2026
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truthout.org/articles/incarcer

Harms Committedharmscommitted
2026-02-20

"This is a statement from a United States citizen who was arrested by federal agents while observing a violent federal operation in south Minneapolis."

"I write this hoping you understand ICE for what it is, an existential threat."
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Author: Niko Georgiades
Publication: Unicorn Riot @UnicornRiot
February 19, 2026
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unicornriot.ninja/2026/im-a-u-

Harms Committedharmscommitted
2026-02-20

"[F]ederal prison system will stop providing gender-affirming medical or social transition care to almost any transgender people, under a new policy released by the Bureau of Prisons Thursday."

"[W]ill affect more than 1,000 people."
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Author: Beth Schwartzapfel
Publication: The Marshall Project
February 19, 2026
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themarshallproject.org/2026/02

The ProgressiveTheProgressive@federated.press
2026-02-19

Emily Galvin Almanza’s new book, The Price of Mercy, insightfully catalogues the failings of the criminal justice system.
@GalvinAlmanza
#criminaljustice #incarceration
progressive.org/magazine/how-t

Harms Committedharmscommitted
2026-02-19

"Five Native American men being held in maximum security at Rhode Island's Adult Correctional Institutions in Cranston claim state prison officials have repeatedly denied their ability to practice their religion."

"This has got to stop."
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Author: Christopher Shea
Publication: Rhode Island Current
February 18, 2026
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rhodeislandcurrent.com/2026/02

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