Prisons: tear them down

LEROY JONES: Pleas for love, trust and prison abolition

Nevada prisoner Leroy Jones is desperately fighting to clear his name. Regardless of the outcome of his appeals, while he…

October 25, 2018

‘Texas says death row, we say hell no!’

Austin, Texas — Death row families, death row exonerees, activists and abolitionists gathered at the Texas Capitol today in a…

October 25, 2018

The evidence is there: Release Mumia now!

On Oct. 29, Mumia Abu-Jamal’s appeal will be back in court in Philadelphia for yet another hearing.  This will be…

October 24, 2018

In Philadelphia, a protest of draconian state prison policies

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf is backing draconian measures to restrict mail, books and periodicals available to prisoners. On Oct. 10,…

October 13, 2018

‘Man power’

Taken from a Sept. 23 audio recording on prisonradio.org. It has been over a generation since the U.S. Senate hearings…

October 10, 2018

Inmates in Pennsylvania launch boycott of prison profiteers

“I am going to boycott the third-party correspondence system,” Bryant Arroyo, an activist and organizer currently detained at SCI Frackville…

September 25, 2018

South Carolina prisoners: Society turns people into criminals

Jared Ware conducted this interview after an April 15 rebellion at Lee Correctional Institution, a South Carolina maximum security prison.…

September 22, 2018

Atlanta meeting says ‘Tear down prison walls!’

The multiorganization Atlanta Prison Strike Solidarity Committee gathered together some three dozen people on Sept. 9 in downtown Atlanta for…

September 18, 2018

In Baltimore, solidarity with National Prison Strike

Baltimore — A new short video premiered here on Sept. 12 in solidarity with the National Prison Strike. The video…

September 13, 2018

Jailers lock down striking prisoners

Thousands of prisoners across Pennsylvania have been confined to their cells since Aug. 29. That’s when the state’s Department of…

September 12, 2018