Mirinda Crissman

Build solidarity with prisoners: Fight for abolition!

This slightly edited talk was given at an Aug. 13 Workers World Party webinar, “From Black August to Black Lives…

August 21, 2020

Behind the walls

Voting rights for the incarcerated in Florida The Supreme Court upheld a ruling of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals…

July 31, 2020

News about life behind the walls

Cruel and unusual: Lack of air conditioning exacerbates medical conditions Across the hottest places in the U.S., caged humans often…

July 16, 2020

Resisting imprisonment

Prisoners are acting to protect themselves and each other in the middle of the global pandemic as they protest inhuman…

June 1, 2020

Prisons and class war

This is a slightly edited version of a talk given during the “What Road To Socialism?” webinar held by Workers…

May 18, 2020

Andrea Circle Bear and six centuries of genocide

Andrea Circle Bear, of the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation near Eagle Butte, S.D., was the 29th federal inmate to die…

May 14, 2020

U.S. global prison model: white supremacy on display

The United States has institutionalized white supremacist violence at home and abroad through its use of police and prisons. This…

May 13, 2020

Tear Down the Walls

Houston This article is based on remarks given by Crissman during a Workers World Party webinar on April 9: “Free…

April 17, 2020

Prisoners rebel during pandemic

Prioritizing prisons, police and punitive responses to social issues is a public health crisis. These approaches are only aggravated by…

April 14, 2020

Migrants in detention in Texas face COVID-19

Houston, Texas Migrants being held in detention in Texas have been facing abhorrent sanitary conditions in the detention facilities long…

April 7, 2020