Prisons: tear them down

New Jersey releases 2,261 – but to what?

The State of New Jersey released 2,261 incarcerated workers from its state prisons on Nov. 4. This largest single-day release…

November 12, 2020

Sistas With Voices demand mass releases at San Quentin

San Rafael, Calif. Nov. 8 — Today, prisoner support groups and family members held a spirited demonstration at San Quentin…

November 11, 2020

Death behind jail walls

The number of deaths in local jails as documented by Reuters, along with data collected by The Marshall Project and…

November 10, 2020

Movement welcomes release of Ant Smith

Philadelphia Beloved community organizer and teacher Anthony (Ant) Smith was finally released from federal custody on Nov. 9.  “For the…

November 9, 2020

Philly celebrates Trump defeat, pledges to keep fighting

Philadelphia As soon as the news broke late on the morning of Nov. 7 that the 2020 U.S. presidential election…

November 9, 2020

Free Ant Smith – drop the bogus charges now!

Philadelphia Since George Floyd’s death last May sparked demonstrations against police brutality across the U.S., federal prosecutors have filed over…

November 4, 2020

Prison, COVID, and Disabilities

From a talk given at the Oct. 22 Workers World Webinar on “Voter Suppression & COVID & their Impact on…

November 4, 2020

Sign the petition! Hands off Jalil Muntaqim!

Finally, after 49 years in prison, Black revolutionary Jalil Muntaqim was released on parole Oct. 7. On Oct 18, he…

November 3, 2020

International calls for release of Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike

The International Association of Democratic Lawyers, in a resolution released late last month, called for the immediate release of Maher…

November 2, 2020

Support Pennsylvania prisoners on hunger strike for human rights

Incarcerated people in many U.S. states have been held in small prison cells for up to 23 hours a day…

October 29, 2020