Prisons: tear them down

‘No surrender, no retreat’

“We come here to honor them — to commemorate Black resistance both inside and outside the walls!” announced Dequi Kioni-Sadiki…

March 10, 2017

A visit with Bryant Arroyo, jailhouse environmentalist

Frackville, Pa. - Joe Piette of the International Action Center in Philadelphia and I, of the International Concerned Family and…

February 25, 2017

What’s a ‘jailhouse environmentalist’?

Taken from a Feb. 17, 2013, audio column on prisonradio.org Most of us have heard of jailhouse lawyers -- guys…

February 25, 2017

Philadelphia gathering confronts health and water crisis

A People’s Assembly to “Confront Toxic Water & Hep C Crisis Threatening Lives of Mumia Abu-Jamal, other Prisoners and our…

February 23, 2017

From a Michigan prison: An organizer speaks out

Gonzales was a participant in the September 2016 mass demonstration and protest by prisoners at Michigan’s Kinross Prison. He has…

February 18, 2017

Delaware: a haven for ruling class, racism

While the state of Delaware, where a prisoner rebellion has just been crushed in Smyrna, is not in the Deep…

February 7, 2017

Delaware prisoners cite abuse and Donald Trump as causes of rebellion

Smyrna, Delaware - The Vaughn “Correctional Center” in rural Smyrna, Del., made international news on Feb. 1 when prisoners set…

February 6, 2017

Chelsea Manning wins release

Over the strenuous objections of Pentagon chief Ash Carter, President Obama commuted the 35-year sentence of Chelsea Manning. She is…

January 25, 2017

Peltier clemency denied ‘but we will keep fighting’

The following email from the International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee was issued on Jan. 18. Brothers, sisters, friends and supporters:…

January 25, 2017

State says no to prisoners’ healthcare treatment — again

Taken from a Jan. 14 audio column at prisonradio.org. Several days ago, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections appealed the Jan.…

January 19, 2017