Prisons: tear them down

Pennsylvania prison censors Workers World call for May Day strike

Workers World Party and its editorial staff received notices on Feb. 22, March 31 and April 5 from the Pennsylvania…

April 28, 2017

Celebrating the life of ‘people’s lawyer’ Lynne Stewart

Hundreds of people gathered on April 22 at St. Peter’s Church in New York City to celebrate the life of…

April 27, 2017

Banks and for-profit prisons grow rich on deportations

While millions of migrant and refugee families struggle under a climate of fear fueled by widespread deportations, private for-profit prison…

April 27, 2017

Atlanta ‘Concert for the Incarcerated’ held

Hundreds of immigrant detainees and many more people, often imprisoned for minor drug and “quality of life” offenses and unable…

April 27, 2017

Overturn Mumia’s wrongful sentence

On April 24, Mumia Abu-Jamal’s 63rd birthday, supporters gathered outside of a state court in Philadelphia to demand the overturn…

April 27, 2017

Immigrant prisoners strike

Tacoma, Washington — Some 750 immigrant prisoners held a united hunger strike against inhumane conditions at the Tacoma Northwest Detention…

April 21, 2017

Uniece Fennel’s death—an act of state violence

This statement was issued April 3 by Durham, N.C., organizations. On March 23, we, as a community and family, lost…

April 20, 2017

On April 24 – Pack the court to win freedom for Mumia Abu-Jamal

A court hearing on Mumia Abu-Jamal’s new Post-Conviction Relief Act petition will be held in the Pennsylvania Court of Common…

April 18, 2017

Torture hoods used in U.S. prisons

Asphyxia: (1) stopping of the pulse (2) lack of oxygen, (3) excess carbon dioxide in the body that results in…

April 13, 2017

DOC promises hep C drugs for Mumia Abu-Jamal

Political prisoner and revolutionary activist Mumia Abu-Jamal was notified March 31 by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections that he would…

April 6, 2017