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Loaded Gun Charlie Birch

This film unpicks the stigma around young men and their ‘dangerous’ dogs

‘It’s like having a loaded gun, but it hasn’t got a safety’: Charlie Birch’s ‘deeply personal’ short film and photo book share the story of a young ex-offender trying to rebuild his life with the help of his beloved dogs

Art & Photography

Jul 26, 2023

Elliot Hoste

The harrowing reality of life in solitary confinement

We speak to Damascus James, the editor of Texas Letters, an anthology of letters written by people incarcerated in Texas, about the battle to end solitary confinement in the state

Jul 12, 2023

Adele Walton

Victoria Law mass incarceration

Busting the myths around mass incarceration and its impact on women

Victoria Law’s new book, Prisons Make Us Safer: And 20 Other Myths About Mass Incarceration, sheds light on how women in prison have their concerns, priorities, and existences ignored – here, she discusses what abolition in action looks like

Apr 09, 2021

Brit Dawson

Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian is starting a podcast on criminal justice reform

The Spotify show will be co-hosted and co-produced by Kardashian, spotlighting her previous work and advocacy

Jun 18, 2020

Thom Waite

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Hank Willis Thomas

Hank Willis Thomas projects inmates’ statements onto US Justice Department

The guerrilla artwork covered the building’s facade with writings by incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people to highlight the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on US prisoners

Art & Photography

Jun 15, 2020

Günseli Yalcinkaya

Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian mourns the death of inmate she fought to save from death row

‘This is a tragic example of injustice in the system’

Mar 06, 2020

Daisy Schofield

The three women Kim Kardashian just helped free from prison

The stories of the three women Kim Kardashian just helped free from prison

After a campaign by the reality TV star, Judith Negron, Crystal Munoz, and Tynice Hall were granted clemency by Donald Trump

Mar 05, 2020

Brit Dawson

Kim Kardashian West: The Justice Project

Watch the trailer for Kim Kardashian West’s doc on criminal justice

Kim Kardashian West: The Justice Project follows four new cases in which the reality star advocates for their release

Jan 20, 2020

Lia Mappoura

A$AP Rocky

A$AP Rocky is designing uniforms for the Swedish prison he was detained in

After being released from Kronoberg prison following a highly publicised trial, the rapper is using fashion to help ‘give back’ to its inmates

Nov 20, 2019

Jessica Heron-Langton

Trans prisoners in the UK

What it’s like to be trans in the UK prison system

Amid fierce national debate about how to treat trans people in prisons, I visited Britain’s longest-standing transgender prisoner, Sarah Jane Baker

Nov 06, 2019

Amelia Abraham

Kim Kardashian visits DC prison with Dr Marc Howard

Kim Kardashian is working on a documentary about prison reform

The show will see her visiting prison to learn more about the US justice system

Jul 28, 2019

Thom Waite

Chelsea Manning for Dazed

Newly freed Chelsea Manning thanks her supporters: ‘it keeps me going’

The whistleblower and activist released a video statement after leaving prison on Friday

May 12, 2019

Thom Waite

Kim Kardashian has helped free another prisoner

Kim Kardashian has helped free another prisoner

The man from Miami served 22 years for a low-level drug offence

May 05, 2019

Thom Waite

Chelsea Manning - spring 2019

Heartfelt notes to Chelsea Manning: ‘Please stay strong in your struggle’

As the activist endures solitary confinement, friends and allies offer words of solidarity, love, and resistance

Mar 29, 2019

Anna Cafolla

3 Prison Riot

Why we must remember the Attica prison riot of 1971

39 were killed and many more brutalised in the historic uprising – may they rest in power

Feb 12, 2019

Comrade Alyssa

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