Prisons: tear them down

Pennsylvania prisons: Breeding grounds for coronavirus

When the coronavirus first became a global pandemic in the spring of 2020, there were widespread demands, met with promises…

November 19, 2020

COVID-19 protocols: Recipe for disaster in Pennsylvania prisons

Incarcerated workers across Pennsylvania are demanding that Department of Corrections Secretary John Wetzel reverse his disastrous decision to begin mass…

November 18, 2020

Ramsey Prison terrorizes Texas incarcerated

“We’re already stressed out because of the virus. We’ve all had it, and now there are new threats that it’s…

November 18, 2020

Colin Kaepernick: ‘Free Mumia!’

During a virtual press conference Nov. 16 on the critical juncture in the fight to free political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal,…

November 17, 2020

A survivor speaks: ‘I had to defend myself’

This is a slightly edited version of a talk given at the webinar “Women and Oppressed Genders: Survival and Resistance”…

November 17, 2020

Kaepernick joins the call to ‘Free Mumia!’

Philadelphia A virtual press conference on the critical juncture in the fight to free political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal was held…

November 16, 2020

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