Prisons: tear them down

‘Reading Workers World saved my life’

Dear Brothers and Sisters, I am serving a life without parole sentence for defending myself. I lost my last appeal,…

August 5, 2022

During Black August, an Attica brother pays tribute to George Jackson − a commentary

By Che Nieves On behalf of the Attica Brothers, I want to take this opportunity to extend our commemoration to…

August 3, 2022

Pennsylvania county jails are a death trap

Philadelphia An unprecedented number of incarcerated people have died inside Pennsylvania’s county jails in the last two years, and the…

August 2, 2022

Uvalde: Lo que significa

Han pasado varias semanas desde los desgarradores eventos en la Escuela Primaria Robb en Uvalde, Texas. Semanas desde que 19…

July 27, 2022

How prison labor works in Arizona

The following article was excerpted from an Arizona Republic and KJZZ News July 22 investigative exposé revealing “what happens when…

July 26, 2022

From San Juan to NYC: protests against increased energy costs in Puerto Rico

On July 20 an alliance of Puerto Rican and multinational anti-imperialist organizations led by New York Boricua Resistance (NYBR) gathered…

July 25, 2022

Letters from behind the walls

Re: “Released after 46 years, Bradford Gamble exposes medical abuse,” WW Vol. 64 No. 12 (wwp.pub/gamble) I read what your…

July 22, 2022

My cancer − and the cancerous prison system

By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson On July 1, 2022, I was informed by a prison doctor here at Virginia’s Nottoway Correctional…

July 21, 2022

Women charge abuse at Georgia’s Stewart Detention Center

Atlanta July 17 — Once again, a privately-operated immigrant detention center in Georgia is the focus of abuse charges by…

July 20, 2022

Extreme weather and mass incarceration deaths

Houston Across the hottest places in the U.S., people in prisons, jails and detention centers often face unbearable and sometimes…

July 20, 2022