Prisons: tear them down

April 11: 30th anniversary of Lucasville prison uprising

April 11, 2023, marks the 30th anniversary of the heroic uprising at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio.…

April 13, 2023

Man dies in Georgia detention center – protest planned

Salvador Vargas, a 61-year-old Mexican man and incarcerated migrant, died April 4 at a hospital in Columbus, Georgia. He had…

April 12, 2023

Prisoners and family members demand care not jails

Dublin, California In what was an incredibly moving ceremony and protest, former prisoners, family members, clergy, prison abolitionists and community…

April 6, 2023

Denial of Mumia’s appeal: An affront to basic justice and the law

Philadelphia Mumia Abu-Jamal, his family and his supporters around the world had every reason and right to hope that all…

April 3, 2023

Transgender and legendary

Letter from Miley Selena Fletcher S.C.I. Forest, Marien Ville, Pennsylvania Note: Miley Fletcher is a trans woman incarcerated at S.C.I.…

March 31, 2023

Call for June 3 action for prison reform

Calling all activists, protesters and supporters to join us in refusing to move on June 3, until prison and education…

March 29, 2023

Phone zap for Ohio State Penitentiary hunger strikers

Ohio prison activists issued the statement below. People incarcerated at the Ohio State Penitentiary began a protest in mid-March and…

March 20, 2023

The wages of deregulation

Note: This lightly edited commentary first appeared on Prison Radio on March 3: A train races through the cool wintry…

March 16, 2023

Family members and activists protest murderous West Virginia jails

Charleston, West Virginia Two rallies were held in southern West Virginia to raise awareness of the high number of deaths…

March 14, 2023

What the Justice Department won’t say: ABOLISH THE POLICE!

After a two-year investigation of Louisville, Kentucky, police — prompted by the murder of Breonna Taylor on March 13, 2020…

March 14, 2023