Prisons: tear them down

The price you pay as a trans woman in prison

By Miley Fletcher Miley Fletcher is a trans woman incarcerated at S.C.I. Forest in Pennsylvania, where 214 transgender prisoners are…

August 9, 2021

Daniel Hale is Biden’s latest political prisoner

Former U.S. Air Force intelligence analyst and whistleblower Daniel Hale was sentenced to 45 months in prison on July 27…

August 5, 2021

Free Dr. Mutulu Shakur!

Despite being imprisoned for 35 years, the revolutionary and aging Dr. Mutulu Shakur remains a steadfast beacon in resistance to…

August 4, 2021

Rodney Reed: Evidence of innocence finally heard

“Rodney [Reed] had a Jim Crow trial in a kangaroo court. There’s not a system of justice. This was a…

August 3, 2021

Shackling harms hospitalized incarcerated workers

An incarcerated person must be very sick before the prison administration will allow them to go to an outside hospital.…

August 2, 2021

Who is Ruchell Magee and why has he been in prison 58 years?

Ruchell Cinque Magee, a U.S. political prisoner who has served over 58 years in California prisons, was again denied parole…

July 27, 2021

Alex Saab: Arrest warrant in someone else’s name

From Orinoco Tribune The following slightly edited article first appeared in the Orinoco Tribune July 22, as Cape Verde Admits…

July 26, 2021

Black August: A tribute to freedom fighters

The following slightly edited article was first published in August 2013. Lilly ran as Workers World Party’s candidate for vice…

July 23, 2021

California reparations for forced sterilizations include prisoners

Oakland, Calif. It’s not often that incarcerated people win victories under capitalism. Incarcerated women, and transgender and gender-nonconforming people did…

July 21, 2021

Despite solitary and banning, resistance continues

Incarcerated people depend on their voices being heard outside the walls for their grievances against prison officials to be effective…

July 20, 2021