Prisons: tear them down

Gross negligence in for-profit prison health care

By law, people in prison have a right to get the health care they need. In the late 1970s, the…

April 15, 2022

Struggle launched against new Cuyahoga County jail

Cleveland — Over the past four years the Cuyahoga County Jail has become especially notorious for deplorable conditions. These include…

April 13, 2022

Advocacy groups work to end sexual abuse at women’s prison

Sexual abuse of prisoners by guards happens daily in the U.S. – in jails, prisons and detention centers – but…

April 13, 2022

Forty-five year struggle wins a bit of justice

Houston On April 3, a plaza, a monument, a huge portrait, and a walking trail were all unveiled and dedicated…

April 12, 2022

<span class="streamer2">WWP Prisoners Solidarity Committee demands</span> <br />Ban shackling!

Members of the Prisoners Solidarity Committee of Workers World Party investigated the use of shackles on prisoners while hospitalized and…

April 8, 2022

Prison ‘health care’ system is broken

By Sam Smith Note: This writer is incarcerated at Old Colony Correctional Center in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. I feel like in…

April 8, 2022

Mumia and his mighty pebbles

Dear Editor: Some years back Prison Radio quoted a progressive judge as saying that we had reached: “the twilight of…

April 6, 2022

Groups back progressive law for Rikers Island prisoners

When an incarcerated worker is doing time in a prison and finally makes parole, it is usually a cause for…

March 29, 2022

Black Trans Lives Matter! The right to self-defense

By Leslie Feinberg  This is part of an article published Dec. 7, 2012, in Workers World, in a series of…

March 25, 2022

Rodney Reed: ​​Justice delayed is justice denied

Houston — On any day of the week, prisons are hell. Texas prisons are no exception. And for prisoners on…

March 23, 2022