Prisons: tear them down

Solitary confinement abuse sparks hunger strike in Louisiana’s Angola Prison

Angola State Prison was the 18,000-acre Angola Plantation before the Civil War, named after the African country from which many…

March 3, 2021

Buffalo demands mental health help, not death-by-cop

Buffalo, N.Y. — Activists demonstrated here Feb. 28 in solidarity with the family of Daniel Prude and the people of…

March 3, 2021

Protest demands freedom for Mumia, suffering COVID symptoms

Political prisoner and Black journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal began experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, including difficulty breathing, Feb 26. Hearing this news, his…

March 1, 2021

Mental health effects of COVID lockdown in prison: Interview from inside SCI Albion

This telephone interview with Demitrius Grant, imprisoned at SCI Albion near Erie, Pa., was conducted by Joe Piette for Workers…

February 26, 2021

FREEDOM HAS NEVER BEEN SO CLOSE

Join us Saturday, March 6, from 2-4 p.m. EST, for a Global Virtual Street Meeting for Mumia Abu-Jamal: FREEDOM HAS…

February 23, 2021

COVID inside: Release prisoners! Lisa Strawn interview, part 2

The global pandemic has disproportionately impacted incarcerated people in the U.S. In California, during the early days of the pandemic,…

February 23, 2021

Hungry, cold and victims of inhumanity behind Texas prison walls

Houston On an average day in Texas, prisons are hellholes run by racist officials and a Texas Department of Criminal…

February 22, 2021

India: Rail roko protest and growing state-sanctioned terror

Samyukta Kisan Morcha, the farmer unions’ umbrella body, launched a rail roko protest to halt train transit in many parts…

February 22, 2021

Letter from an incarcerated worker on the struggle in Alabama

The following letter from an incarcerated worker in the Pennsylvania prison system was sent by email on Feb. 17 to…

February 19, 2021

George Jackson on the role of prisons, 50 years after his death

This year will mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of George Jackson, an African American prison leader sentenced to…

February 19, 2021