Prisons: tear them down

Injustice prevails despite mass prisoner release in Cleveland

Cleveland Since March 14 the Cuyahoga County jail, located in downtown Cleveland, has released hundreds of prisoners to reduce the…

March 26, 2020

Rikers prisoners strike: Free ‘em all, shut down prisons!

While the history of captivity remains a stain on this society, those directly affected by these conditions point to things…

March 24, 2020

With COVID-19 a prison sentence = death sentence

Prisons are concentration camps for the poor -- disproportionately Black, Brown, Indigenous, migrant, disabled and, increasingly, elderly. Prisons are especially…

March 24, 2020

Anti-war hero Chelsea Manning released from prison

Chelsea Manning, a hero to antiwar activists, was finally released March 12 from prison after years of on-and-off incarceration for…

March 18, 2020

Demonstrators call for freedom for Mumia, slam state’s efforts to delay justice

Flanked by a large white “Bird of Freedom” wearing a “Free Mumia” sign, dozens of activists from Philadelphia and New…

March 4, 2020

Pennsylvania Department of Corrections refuses to distribute Workers World to prisoners

This article is based on a March 2 national press release. For the second time in less than three months,…

March 3, 2020

State makes last-ditch effort to deny Mumia justice

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has a long and openly biased history when it comes to justice for political prisoner Mumia…

March 2, 2020

The anti-war presidential candidate

Eugene V. Debs ran for president in 1920 from a prison cell where he had been thrown because of his…

February 24, 2020

Anatomy of a hunger strike: A prisoner speaks

By: Demetrius Grant/ Joe Piette, editor ‘I went on a hunger strike because of the unconstitutional, inhumane and repressive conditions.’…

February 11, 2020

Released at last: Welcome home, Move 9 member Chuck Africa!

Philadelphia Imprisoned since he was only 18, Charles Sims Africa was finally released from Pennsylvania’s SCI Fayette on Feb. 7. …

February 10, 2020