Prisons: tear them down

Titular Protocolos COVID-19: Receta para desastre en las prisiones de Pensilvania

Los trabajadores encarcelados en Pensilvania exigen que el secretario del Departamento de Correcciones, John Wetzel, revoque su desastrosa decisión de…

December 10, 2020

Scheduled federal executions infuriate activists

The outrage expressed by anti-death penalty activists was visceral as the news came out that Trump had authorized the federal…

December 9, 2020

Protesters call for release of incarcerated workers

Philadelphia Around 50 demonstrators gathered outside the Federal Detention Center at Seventh and Arch streets on Nov. 28 to demand…

December 4, 2020

Free Alabama Movement calls ‘economic blackout’ on prison system

Occupied Muscogee Creek, Choctaw, Cherokee, Shawnee, Yuchi lands The Free Alabama Movement, led primarily by Black men who are incarcerated…

December 4, 2020

Mumia Abu-Jamal on:  Lessons from the first abolition movement

This article is part of Abolition for the People, a series brought to you by a partnership between Kaepernick Publishing…

December 4, 2020

Harm reduction, not jails!

In addressing addiction, harm reduction comes in many forms. Some include drug decriminalization, safe injection sites, spreading of Narcan and…

December 3, 2020

How prisons contribute to opioid crisis

Prisons, which serve the purposes of the capitalist bourgeoisie, are filled to the brim with people who suffer from addiction…

December 2, 2020

COVID-19 in Oregon: Prison laundry workers at greatest risk

Portland, Ore. In November, three Oregon prisons — Two Rivers, Salem, and Snake River — reported the state’s highest rate…

November 30, 2020

Joann Little and the right to self-defense

The following remarks were given at the Sept. 24 webinar “Women and Gender Oppressed Prisoners: Survival and Resistance,” hosted by…

November 27, 2020

Protest demands health care is a right – Treat Tyejaun or free him!

Martinez, Calif.  Family members, friends, social workers, teachers and prisoners’ rights advocates converged on the Martinez Detention Facility in Martinez,…

November 25, 2020