Prisons: tear them down

Uphill battle continues to stop multibillion dollar jail

Cleveland Cuyahoga County Council approved spending $38 million on Sept. 26 to purchase land in the suburb of Garfield Heights…

October 19, 2023

A letter to WW from Miley Fletcher

On Aug. 10, 2023, I was transferred out of [State Correctional Institution] Forest to SCI Greene. Before I left, my…

October 18, 2023

Banner drop demands justice for Jalen Randle

Houston Dozens of people stunned drivers Oct. 7 when they stretched a huge banner along the side of a bridge…

October 11, 2023

A plea from U.S. incarcerees: Stop killing us

Robert Divine, age 52, died Feb. 14, 2023; Steven Smith, age 38, died April 15, 2021; Courtney Salmon, age 31,…

October 3, 2023

It’s time to put Virginia’s prisons on trial!

News release from the tribunal’s organizers. On Oct. 7, 2023, the Virginia Prison Justice Network and The Virginia Defenders For…

September 29, 2023

Treatment of severe mental illness in the U.S. and Cuba – a comparison

Sue Harris is a psychologist who has worked in psychiatric hospitals and group homes and has been in private practice…

September 26, 2023

Survivors of 1971 rebellion demand: ‘Shut down Attica!’

New York City The Attica Brothers Foundation (ABF) organized an event at Trinity Church in New York City on Sept.…

September 25, 2023

Protesters demand an end to prison deaths and torture in Rhode Island

Providence, Rhode Island “What we did yesterday taught us that nothing is impossible. After all, what seemed impossible yesterday, was…

September 22, 2023

Tell Biden: Free Leonard Peltier!

The excerpted remarks were written by political prisoner Leonard Peltier (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians) for the 53rd annual…

September 22, 2023

Free Tiffany Gardner!

Cleveland Family, friends and community supporters of Tiffany Gardner gathered outside the “Justice Center” in downtown Cleveland Sept. 11.  In…

September 13, 2023