Prisons: tear them down

COVID-19 and the prison abolition movement

The current spike in COVID-19 infections among the incarcerated in prisons, jails and detention centers is not only alarming and…

January 25, 2022

Danbury federal prison overrun by COVID-19 infections

With COVID-19 infections spiking in the outside general population, it is no wonder that it is running rampant in the…

January 18, 2022

Rikers prisoners strike against unsafe, unsanitary and inhumane conditions

In a desperate move in the midst of a raging COVID-19 infection, 200 prisoners at Rikers Island, New York City’s…

January 17, 2022

Solitary confinement on death row — a death before dying

“It is inhumane, and by its design it is driving men insane. Solitary confinement makes the criminal justice system the…

January 14, 2022

Enslavement, prisons – and the vote

Martin Luther King Day statement  Prisoners Solidarity Committee of Workers World Party What does voting mean to an incarcerated person?…

January 13, 2022

Comentario: Necesitamos la abolición de las prisiones, no la reforma

Casi 2,3 millones de personas encarceladas cada día en prisiones, cárceles y centros de detención de Estados Unidos, se enfrentan…

January 12, 2022

Letters from incarcerated readers: ‘A glimpse into my struggle’

Dear Workers World, I ran across an ad you all wrote about Russell Maroon Shoatz, and I became interested in…

January 12, 2022

40 years unjustly incarcerated/ Mumia petitions for new trial

Attorneys for imprisoned journalist and veteran Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal filed a petition Jan. 4 for a Post-Conviction Relief Appeal…

January 11, 2022

We need prison abolition, not reform

Nearly 2.3 million people, who are incarcerated every day in prisons, jails and detention centers in the United States, face…

January 6, 2022

Unvaccinated staff spread COVID-19 in California prisons

Oakland, California California state prisoners are experiencing a dangerous surge of COVID-19 infections, fueled by the omicron variant and the…

January 5, 2022