Prisons: tear them down

Caste: Oppression through the legal system

By Wesley Massey Wesley Massey is currently incarcerated in State Correctional Institute Pine Grove in Pennsylvania. As I sit here…

August 12, 2021

Incarcerated and disabled: Keeping the struggle alive ‘behind the wall’

The following was excerpted from a July 29 webinar held by the Disability Justice and Rights Caucus of Workers World…

August 11, 2021

WW interviews Attica survivor, Che Nieves − Part 2: ‘I carried the legacy of struggle in prison’

The following edited interview with Che Nieves, a survivor of the 1971 Attica Prison Rebellion and a founding member of…

August 11, 2021

Protesting prison profiteers

Gathered outside the world headquarters of the Aramark corporation in Philadelphia Aug. 7, around 20 demonstrators denounced that company and…

August 9, 2021

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