Prisons

Cleveland car/pedestrian action demands prisoner release

Cleveland May 29 — Today a combination car/pedestrian protest in downtown Cleveland called for the Cuyahoga County Jail to release…

June 1, 2020

Car caravan: Free Our Youth! 

Philadelphia As states across the U.S. took steps to stop the spread of COVID-19 — closing schools and workplaces, canceling…

May 28, 2020

Car caravan: Free Our Youth! 

As states across the U.S. took steps to stop the spread of COVID-19 — closing schools and workplaces, canceling events…

May 21, 2020

Bolivian prisoners protest/ ‘We want to live!’

Incarcerated workers at the largest prison in Bolivia staged a mass uprising on May 11, demanding freedom and protesting dangerous…

May 21, 2020

Holding true to the abolitionist framework

Here is a slightly edited transcript of Amber-Rose Howard’s talk during the April 9 Workers World Party webinar. Howard is…

April 30, 2020

With some prisoners released, Atlanta activists protest to ‘Free Them All!’  

Georgia activist groups Women on the Rise and Southerners on New Ground (SONG) hosted a car caravan protest outside the…

April 16, 2020

Activists support Portland prison rebellion

By Anika Kear Portland, Ore. Honking horns, waving fists and flashing protest signs, activists drove to Portland’s Columbia River Correctional…

April 16, 2020

Pa. prisoner tells WW: “We’re on death row lockdown”

Workers World reporter Ted Kelly interviewed Bryant Arroyo, a lifer at Pennsylvania State Correctional Institute Frackville in central Pennsylvania on…

April 9, 2020

‘Silent plight’ carolers show solidarity with county jail inmates

Cleveland Question: Where are holiday carolers unwelcome this time of year? Answer: In the Cuyahoga County “Justice Center,” when they…

December 19, 2019

Prisoner hunger strikes help to win major victory to end solitary confinement

Oakland, Calif. -- The Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Coalition (PHSSC) held a press conference Sept. 1 to announce that a…

September 4, 2015