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Johnson’s 2026 Budget Sets Aside Just $82.5M to Resolve Police Misconduct Lawsuits, Even Though Chicago Has Already Spent $90M

WTTW · 265 days ago

A Cuban man deported by the U.S. to Africa is on a hunger strike in prison, his lawyer says

PBS · 266 days ago

Civil Rights Groups Reach Settlement in Police Violence Case on Behalf of Peaceful Protesters

Legal Defense Fund · 268 days ago

NYPD’s controversial Strategic Response Group leashed as police brutality settlement goes into effect

New York Amsterdam News · 272 days ago

Chicago to Pay $35.6M to Settle 6 Police Misconduct Cases

WTTW · 272 days ago

Nonprofits file FOIA request regarding Trump administration’s decommissioning of national police accountability database

Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center · 274 days ago

Applications open for Johns Hopkins Police Accountability Board

Johns Hopkins University · 275 days ago

Second excessive force lawsuit filed against Maine State Police troopers

Maine Public · 285 days ago

Viral Video Spurs Lawsuit Alleging Jacksonville Police Brutality Against Black Student

Know Your Rights Camp · 285 days ago

Historic $17 Million Settlement Reached in Solano County Police Brutality Case

Davis Vanguard · 288 days ago

Repeated Police Misconduct by 272 Officers Has Cost Chicago Taxpayers $295M Since 2019: Analysis

WTTW · 289 days ago

NY prison staffing and morale are low 6 months after strike

WSHU · 294 days ago

Staff vacancies surge in N.Y. following prison strike

Corrections1 · 302 days ago

CPD misconduct lawsuits: Chicago Finance Committee approves $90M settlement in 176 cases related to police Sgt. Ronald Watts

ABC7 Chicago · 303 days ago

They challenged California over solitary confinement and broke a supermax prison

Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting · 305 days ago

New York prison con­di­tions still see issues 6 months since cor­rection officer strike

Spectrum News · 309 days ago

Prison Staffing Woes Leave Thousands Stuck in County Jails

New York Focus · 316 days ago

L.A. filmmaker settles police brutality lawsuit after confrontation with livestreamer

Los Angeles Times · 321 days ago

'I thought it was the end of my life': Inside Israel's attack on Iran's Evin Prison

BBC · 323 days ago

Police investigate sabotage claims by UK activists against ‘fossil fuel finance’

The Guardian · 329 days ago

State-by-State Analysis Shows Uneven Progress on U.S. Police Accountability Reforms

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health · 331 days ago

Stefanik Calls For Gov. Kathy Hochul to Come Clean on Prison Strikes

Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (.gov) · 336 days ago

ACLU Wins $3.76 Million Victory in Case against Denver Police Officers

ACLU of Colorado · 342 days ago

New York Guard Soldiers, Airmen on Duty for Prison Guard Strike

nationalguard.mil · 350 days ago