Prisons: tear them down

Voices from criminal injustice system: ‘I am Troy Davis’

New York A sold-out crowd at Rattlesticks Theater in the West Village on Dec. 8 heard readings from the book…

December 18, 2019

‘December in Chicago’

By Mumia Abu-Jamal This slightly edited version is taken from a Dec. 8 audio commentary on prisonradio.org. It was an…

December 11, 2019

Mumia Abu-Jamal’s message: ‘It’s not about me, it’s about us’

Philadelphia Over 100 activists and community members from across the country came together in Philadelphia Dec. 7 for an event…

December 9, 2019

New stage in the struggle to FREE MUMIA!

Political prisoner and world-renowned journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal and his supporters are closer than ever to winning his release, 38 years…

December 3, 2019

30 years after the Camp Hill Uprising: Repression in Pennylvania’s prison system

On Oct. 25, 1989, a three-day uprising took place at Pennsylvania’s State Correctional Institution Camp Hill in response to overcrowding…

December 3, 2019

Please provide a #GivingTuesday gift donation to a prisoner

"Inmates need Workers World papers. When you’re locked up, you need an intellectual light to shine through the darkness of…

December 3, 2019

Death, destitution and activism in SCI Frackville

Frackville, Pa. More than 60 men at Frackville State Correctional Institution here joined together to say goodbye to Cleveland Butler.…

November 30, 2019

Defend Malcolm Jenkins against Phila. Fraternal Order of Police

For decades the Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) has functioned like an organized racist mob, running rampant over oppressed…

November 27, 2019

Hundreds converge to demand end to “Death by Incarceration”

A sentence of life without parole condemns those who receive it to die in prison. Pennsylvania has more than 5,300…

November 2, 2019

‘Forgiveness and mercy’ — for whom?

The writer of the following letter is imprisoned in Massachusetts. As the month of October began, an extraordinary event was…

October 24, 2019