Brian Dolinar

Brian Dolinar, Ph.D., is an independent journalist living in Urbana, Illinois. He works on issues of mass incarceration and immigration. His articles have appeared in Counterpunch, In These Times, Prison Legal News, The Progressive and Truthout. For more, see briandolinar.com.

‘It’s a Money Grab’: Billions in COVID Relief Going to Fund Police and Prisons

Less than two years after racial justice protests sparked calls to “defund the police,” states and jurisdictions are using pandemic aid to pad already bloated law enforcement budgets.

Brian Dolinar

Mar 23, 2022