Prisons: tear them down

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

New legal filing in Mumia’s case

The following statement was issued Jan. 4 regarding new legal filings by attorneys for Mumia Abu-Jamal. By Johanna Fernández Campaign…

January 4, 2022

Give an incarcerated person a gift of Workers World!

“Inmates need Workers World papers. When you’re locked up, you need an intellectual light to shine through the darkness of…

December 30, 2021

‘We have to become emancipators’

These slightly edited remarks were made by recently freed political prisoner, Jalil Muntaqim, during a Dec. 9 webinar to mark…

December 21, 2021

In a Pennsylvania prison, a COVID-19 related death 

A 52-year-old man, Melvin James Anderson IV, died while incarcerated in the Chester County Correctional Complex and Youth Center in…

December 20, 2021

Justice for Fanta, freedom for Hasein and AJ!

Delaware County, Pennsylvania A march for Fanta Bility, the 8-year-old girl murdered by Sharon Hill police in Delaware County, Pennsylvania,…

December 15, 2021

For 40 years, activists globally continue to demand: Free Mumia Now!

Human rights and community activists in six countries held online and in-person events to mark the date 40 years ago,…

December 15, 2021