In 2025 12,819 people were released from cook county between 12am and 8am: 2025 Overnight RELEASE DATA

12,819 people were released from cook county between 12am and 8am in 2025, consistently released into…

WHILE U.S. PRISONS BAN MAIL TO “PREVENT DRUG OVERDOSES,” ODOC REVEALS IT FOUND 393 POUNDS OF DRUGS ENTERING ITS PRISON SYSTEM AFTER BANNING PHYSICAL MAIL

IMAGES FROM OKLAHOMA DOC’s DRUG FINDS   Oklahoma Department of Corrections digitized mail in September 2024…

ICE and the UTILIZATION of IRIS SCANNING

published 10/18/25 In 1996, Lancaster County Prison became the first in the nation to install an…

The Deportation Industrial Complex Massive Funding Growth and How Its Spreading Into Policing and Prisons

published on 10/11/25 “The One Big Beautiful Bill” triples ICE funding and nearly doubles border patrol…

HOW IDOC KILLED JASON STEPHENS AND LATRELL EDWARDS

Amongst historic neglect and abuse, people in prisons continue to result in self harm to get…

JUSTICE FOR JASON STEPHENS

IDOC WHAT HAPPENED TO JASON STEPHENS?LEFT IN HIS CELL ENGULFED IN FLAMES MAN DIES IN HOSPITAL …

THE PRISON SYSTEM IS A HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS SELF IMMOLATION IN ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

UPDATED 4/14/25   THIS WILL BE AN ONGOING BLOG AND COURSE OF ACTION AS SEVERAL OF…

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For The Discourse is a free publication made specifically for all people affected by state violence. …