prisoners’ rights
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Analysis
How the ‘war on gangs’ feeds mass incarceration
Why gang databases and raids are not a solution.
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Guest statements
Jailhouse Lawyers Speak: One year since Lee Prison massacre that sparked nationwide strike
This statement was issued by Jailhouse Lawyers Speak, an organization of incarcerated activists fighting the brutal, racist prison system, to…
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Militant Journalism
Challenging South Carolina prison officials’ lies
On January 8, members of the Party For Socialism and Liberation secured a meeting with Bryan Sterling, the director of…
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Analysis
New Mexico prisons: less than 1% of inmates with hepatitis C treated
Universal healthcare demands should extend to the millions of working class people trapped in the prison-camps-for-the-unemployed known as the U.S.…
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Analysis
Say her name: The wrongful death of Lamekia Dockery
She died in jail due to medical neglect despite her cries for help.
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Militant Journalism
Families, community mobilize to bring heat back to freezing NYC jail
Eyewitness report from the occupation of the MDC to demand restoration of heat, light and other necessities for prisoners.
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Militant Journalism
Reduced services from gov’t shutdown prompt prisoner hunger strike
On Jan. 20, about a dozen protesters gathered outside of Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in Manhattan to stand in solidarity…
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Militant Journalism
Stop the deportation of Ale Pablos!
On Dec. 12, a federal immigration court ordered the deportation of nationally known reproductive rights and immigrant rights activist Alejandra…
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Analysis
Women behind bars: The punishment is the crime
When mass incarceration and police terror in Black and brown communities is talked about from a women’s perspective, the conversation…
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Analysis
Campaign demands Cyntoia Brown’s freedom
There is an urgent need for all to join in a broad campaign for Cyntoia Brown.
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