Joe Piette

¡Liberación Sí! ¡Traslados No! Liberation Yes! Transfers No!

After years of protests, York Prison, near Philadelphia, will no longer be housing ICE detainees after Aug. 12. But instead…

July 16, 2021

Hunger strikers in Pennsylvania solitary win demands

Philadelphia Prisoners in solitary confinement who went on a hunger strike June 23 in the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix…

July 15, 2021

Anishinaabe people, allies resist Enbridge Line 3 pipeline

Philadelphia People marched from Philadelphia’s City Hall to a Wells Fargo Bank office May 7 to demand the bank stop funding…

May 10, 2021

At Pennsylvania governor’s home — Release Russell Maroon Shoatz! Now!

Mt. Wolf, Pa.   Activists converged on Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf’s home in Mount Wolf, Pa., May 2 to demand…

May 6, 2021

Protest for incarcerated loved ones

Our incarcerated loved ones are being treated inhumanely, and their voices are not being heard. Over 4,700 people are locked…

May 5, 2021

Global movement demands freedom for Mumia

Mumia Abu-Jamal has fought for international solidarity since he wrote for The Black Panther newspaper as a 14-year-old in 1968.…

May 3, 2021

Prison officials punish Bryant Arroyo for free speech

Bryant Arroyo, an incarcerated worker at Pennsylvania SCI Frackville, was placed in isolated custody for several days — in other…

April 23, 2021

Philadelphia: Protect Squirrel Hill from gentrification

Protect Squirrel Hill, a coalition of neighbors in the Squirrel Hill area of West Philadelphia, rallied April 3 against a…

April 7, 2021

Community demands Sanctuary Schools in Philadelphia, a ‘sanctuary city’

"Philadelphia has declared itself a ‘sanctuary city,’ but how can it be a sanctuary city without its schools being sanctuaries…

March 3, 2021

Mental health effects of COVID lockdown in prison: Interview from inside SCI Albion

This telephone interview with Demitrius Grant, imprisoned at SCI Albion near Erie, Pa., was conducted by Joe Piette for Workers…

February 26, 2021