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Leonard Peltier's Written Statement to Boarding School Tribunal - BOARDING SCHOOL STATEMENT BY LEONARD PELTIER TO BE READ INTO THE RECORD SPECIFICALLY FOR THE BLUE SKIES FOUNDATION TRIBUNAL HELD IN ONEIDA WISCONSIN ON OCTO...
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Prison Policy Initiative

Private Prisons, Private Records - The Prison Policy Initiative Research Clearinghouse was updated with a link to Private Prisons, Private Records by Boston University School of Law
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San Francisco Bay View

2015 Summer Math and Science Honors (SMASH) Academy at the UC Berkeley and Stanford campuses – apply now - Friend, We are currently recruiting scholars for the 2015 Summer Math and Science Honors (SMASH) Academy at the UC Berkeley and Stanford campuses. Now is...
4 hours ago
Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity

The way forward to End Solitary Confinement Torture: Where’s the army? - Jan. 25, 2015 by Todd Ashker On the subject of SHU and Ad-Seg constituting torture, for those of us who may not be familiar with the specifics and in light...
14 hours ago
California Prison Watch

The way forward to end solitary confinement torture: Where’s the army? - January 25, 2015 by Todd Ashker, in: SF Bay View On the subject of SHU and Ad-Seg constituting torture, for those of us who may not be familiar with the sp...
1 day ago
Prison Culture

Marissa Alexander Did Not Die… - Marissa Alexander didn’t die. In spite of her husband threatening to kill her & the state of Florida relentlessly pursuing social death, Marissa walked out...
1 day ago
Arizona Prison Watch

"No Man's Land" and short-staffing at ASPC-Lewis: Appeals court keeps Cortez case alive. - *The following ruling is important, so follow those links and read the complaint and decision. And please be sure you have an attorney who knows prison la...
1 day ago
FLASHPOINTS

Tuesday January 27th 2015 - Today on Flashpoints: We’ll have a round table speak out on the federal conviction of African-American CIA whistle blower, Jeffrey Sterling. Also, a recent...
1 day ago
Sketchy Thoughts

Fire the Cops! A Book Review -
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Nevada Cure

Nevada Cure for People on Parole & Probation in Nevada - Attention all NV-CURE Members and Supporters: According to information received by NV-CURE, People in Nevada who are on parole or probation are being advis...
2 days ago
Solitary Watch

In California Prisons, Hundreds Have Been Removed from Solitary Confinement———and Thousands Remain - It has been over three years since the first statewide hunger strike in protest of the California prison systems’ use of solitary confinement. The hunger s...
2 days ago
SEANSWAIN.ORG

Mother Earth News - THANK YOU! I received notification on 22JAN that I received a gifft subscription to Mother Earth News from R. Gray. Thank you! Other must-reads I am fortun...
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Between the Bars: Human Stories from Prison

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PRISON RADIO

FAIR Covers “Muzzle Mumia Act” - Listen to the interview here. Daniel Denvir on “Silencing Mumia Act” by Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR). “A proposed Pennsylvania law aimed at si...
3 days ago
Russell Maroon Shoats

After Ferguson: Looking Forward and Looking Back - By The Dreamer Copyright 2014 @ Pampata Ever since the police killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri – closely followed by the killing of Eric Garner i...
4 days ago
Sundiata Acoli Speaks - SundiataAcoli.Org - Sundiata Acoli Freedom Campaign (SAFC)

A Herstory of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement - A Herstory of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement by Alicia Garza October 7, 2014 By Guest Contributor http://thefeministwire.com/2014/10/blacklivesmatter-2/ By...
4 days ago
Abolitionist Law Center

Summer Legal Internships with the Abolitionist Law Center - Legal Internships with the Abolitionist Law Center: We are now accepting internship applications This summer the Abolitionist Law Center is offering legal ...
1 week ago
Zaharibu.org: Michael Reed Dorrough (Zaharibu) is Innocent

I am no closer to going to general population than i was 26 years ago - It is very obvious here that they have no intention of releasing certain people to general population – they are issuing rules violation reports and findin...
1 week ago
Angola 3 News

Urgent UK Action Needed: Governor Jindal in London on Monday --Stop Him From Speaking Now - To all A3 supporters, please pick up the telephone and make 2 calls now. Governor Bobby Jindal will be in London on Monday speaking at the House of Common...
1 week ago
NCTT-Cor-SHU

Free California Movement: Abolish the ‘legal’ slavery provision of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution - The NCTT-COR-SHU is geared up to launch a grassroots campaign, in conjunction with other human rights activists on the inside and outside to abolish the ‘l...
2 weeks ago
Prisoner Activist

NYC Doubles Down on Solitary Confinement with Latest Rikers “Reforms” - Originally posted on Prison Protest: The AP reports that the NYC Board of Correction (BOC) will vote this coming Tuesday on changes to solitary confinement ...
2 weeks ago
4strugglemag

Rest in Power, Phil Africa - We are saddened to learn of the passing of MOVE 9 political prisoner Phil Africa. In his own words: LONG LIVE JOHN AFRICA! On the MOVE! My name is Phil A...
2 weeks ago
Mississippi Prison Watch

Jeffrey Havard fights wrongful conviction and death sentence from Mississippi’s death row - *This comes from the Save Jeff Havard website:* Dec. 16, 2014 The future is uncertain for Jeffery Havard, who currently sits wrongfully convicted in solitar...
4 weeks ago
Florida Prison Watch

After inmate deaths, Department of Justice to probe Florida prison system - This is from the Miami Herald, Dec 13, 2014: By Julie K. Brown Bernadette Gregory was getting out of prison in eight months and planning her wedding when ...
4 weeks ago
OccupyWallSt News

9 Notes On The Future of Revolution—Esquire Interviews Micah White - Esquire names Micah White one of the most influential under 35 year olds alive today. Here's an excerpt from Micah's interview with Esquire: *I’m not sat...
4 weeks ago
Indiana Prison Watch

Indiana Prison Watch now part of Midwestprisonwatch - We have bundled a few Prison Watch blogs, including Indiana, into the Midwest Prison Watch. We have moved all postings there, so please join us at: Midwest...
5 weeks ago
Wisconsin Prison Watch

Wisconsin Prison Watch now part of Midwest Prison Watch - We have bundled a few Prison Watch blogs, including Wisconsin, into the Midwest Prison Watch. we have moved all postings there, so please join us at: Midwe...
5 weeks ago
Michigan Prison Watch

Michigan Prison Watch is now part of Midwest Prison Watch - We have bundled a few Prison Watch blogs, including Michigan, into the Midwest Prison Watch. we have moved all postings there, so please join us at: Midwes...
5 weeks ago
Illinois Prison Watch

IL Prison Watch is now part of Midwest Prison Watch - We have bundled a few Prison Watch blogs, including Illinois, into the Midwest Prison Watch. we have moved all postings there, so please join us at: Midwes...
5 weeks ago
Chagos Gulag Watch

Let the Chagossians return to their paradise islands - Whatever your appreciation of John Prescott, he is right on the case of Chagos these days: Last year I wrote about one of the worst cases of forced repatr...
5 weeks ago
North Carolina Prison Watch

Under Fire for Negligence, North Carolina Prisons Chief Seeks New Funding for Mental Health Treatment - Reblogged from: SolitaryWatch, by Lisa Dawson, Dec. 15, 2014: North Carolina corrections chief David Guice wants more than $20 million to improve the treatm...
1 month ago
International Prison Watch Network

Committee against Torture: Concluding observations on the third to fifth periodic report s of United States of America - *These are citations from the UN Committee against Torture (CAT) report on torture occurring in the USA and the extra-territorial areas it exerts power ove...
1 month ago
Justice for Lucasville Prisoners

Pack the Courthouse on Dec. 2nd! Support Keith LaMar! - Keith LaMar (aka Bomani Shakur) was placed on death row after the State framed him for crimes he can prove he did not commit during the 1993 Lucasville Pri...
1 month ago
Ohio Prison Watch

Pack the Courthouse on Dec. 2nd! Support Keith LaMar! - Keith LaMar (aka Bomani Shakur) was placed on death row after the State framed him for crimes he can prove he did not commit during the 1993 Lucasville Priso...
1 month ago
New York Prison Watch

New York City Mayor: We Need to Address Mentally Ill Inmates in Jail - Reblogged from: The Epoch Times | November 20, 2014 Written By Annie Wu for The Epoch TimesNEW YORK—At a Thursday press briefing on the Department of Corre...
2 months ago
Pennsylvania Prison Watch

The case of the Dallas 6: Torture and retaliation against prisoner whistleblowers - *by Shandre Delaney* *SF Bay View, November 13th, 2014* Imagine sitting in a windowless 6-foot-by-9-foot room the size of a bathroom for 23 hours a day, un...
2 months ago
Alabama Prison Watch

“Let’s just shut down” – An Interview with Spokesperson Ray of Free Alabama Movement - By Annabelle Parker, October 2014 *Q: How did you come about starting the Free Alabama Movement, what was the thing or issue that triggered it? And were yo...
3 months ago
Nevada Prison Watch

Nevada Jurisprudence and Prison Report - Vol. 4 no. 3 Summer 2014 - Received by Email: Nevada Jurisprudence and Prison Report “Veritas in Caritatis” Vol. 4, No 3, Summer Issue 2014 THEME: “Audi alterum p...
3 months ago
Think Outside the Box — New York Campaign for Alternatives to Isolated Confinement

VOICES: A Mouse and a Murderer - By William Blake. Reprinted from Solitary Watch. William Blake is in solitary confinement at Elmira Correctional Facility in upstate New York. In 1987, whi...
3 months ago
Human Rights Coalition

What Have You Done For Us Lately? * PA Politicians and Mass Incarceration * Sat Oct 25, 2pm 1901 W.Girard - Start: 10/25/2014 14:00 Start: 10/25/2014 14:00
3 months ago
Free Greg Curry

New flyer (zine) out for Greg Curry - This is a zine, made by Lucasville Amnesty (Ben Turk) for Greg Curry. It can be downloaded here. There are unfortunately no print copies left we are told. ...
3 months ago
Mutope Duguma

I'm Just Asking - How can we the People of this nation/world end the suffering of countless men and women held inside; man-made, 'manufactured' torture chambers called: soli...
3 months ago
Voices From the Cracks

Thoughts from Outside: Back Against a Wall - its a thin line between wrong and rite traped in the time of the party life . Given no choices i had to fight my mom and dad were to young to raise me rite...
4 months ago
Free Zulu

Terrorism, COINTELPRO, and the Black Panther Party -- An interview with law professor Angela A. Allen-Bell - *This article was sent to us by Angola3News: * *Terrorism, COINTELPRO, and the Black Panther Party* *--An interview with law professor Angela A. Allen-Bell...
4 months ago
Federal Prison Watch

Thomas Silverstein Civil Case Documents and great Amicus Curiae Brief to the Court not enough to convince Court - *This is from Thomas Silverstein's website, which can also be found by going to Thomassilverstein.com:* A message from Tommy: To: All my friends & supporte...
4 months ago
Prison Watch for Imprisoned Women

Please sign for Avis and Charmaine in Pennsylvania! - *Please sign and share these important Petitions: * For Avis Lee: in prison in Pennsylvania since 1980, to get her parole. For Charmaine Pfender: in prison...
5 months ago
Prisonwatch Penpals

Ralph Arnold (Ohio) - Ralph Arnold #388-487 OSP 878 coitsville-Hubbard Rd Youngstown, OH 44505 USA Hello ladies and future friends, May all your life wishes come true. Speaking ...
5 months ago
Rashid

If North Korean Prisons Constitute Crimes Against Humanity, so too do Amerika’s - Based on its 400 page report on prison conditions in North Korea (NK), a special United Nations (UN) commission created under the auspices of the United ...
5 months ago
Louisiana Prison Watch

In rush to find lethal injection drug, prison officials turned to a hospital - This was published in The Lens, on Aug. 6th 2014: By Della Hasselle, Contributor In January, as the date of Christopher Sepulvado’s execution approached, t...
5 months ago
Transform Now Plowshares

Appeal filed for Transform Now Plowshares seeks reversal of convictions - Two years after Megan Rice, Greg Boertje-Obed and Michael Walli entered the Y12 Nuclear Weapons Complex in Oak Ridge, TN to issue an indictment against the...
5 months ago
New Jersey Prison Watch

From a New NJ Blog: Decarcerate NJ: Panel Discussion on Mass Incarceration July 30 2014 - *Open letter to Newark Organizations and Individuals Engaged in or Concerned About the Struggles for Justice*: June 23, 2014 In the last 2 weeks, Newark re...
6 months ago
Texas Prison Watch

Summer Heat Kills Inmates in Prisons, and That Needs to Change - From: University of Texas - Austin June 26, 2014 By Ariel Dulitzky, Director of the Human Rights Clinic; Alex Goeman & Samantha Chen, Students of the Huma...
7 months ago
Unlock NYU | Education is Key

Politicians Pull the Real ‘Con’ in ‘Kids Before Cons’ Act - Each semester, in my course on prisons and education I ask my undergraduate students to play a little game with me called “step into the circle.” We use th...
7 months ago
nysprisonerjustice.org

Power Day of Action on May 5th - May 5, 2014: NEW YORK AGAINST MASS INCARCERATION, DAY OF ACTION, ALBANY. Comradeship, exuberance, passion, and determination, together with love for those ...
8 months ago
New Mexico Prison Watch

Solitary Confinement in New Mexico - A 3 part series on solitary confinement in New Mexico, by KUNM: Part 1 By: Marisa Demarco, Aired: Monday, April 28, 2014 In real life, human rights advocat...
8 months ago
Campaign for Hugo Pinell

Hugo Pinell's Parole turned down again for 5 years - Greetings All: It's with great sadness, but renewed hope, that we announce the results of of our brother Yogi's May 2nd Board hearing. His attorney, Keith ...
8 months ago
Justice for Paul A. Redd Jr

Paul Redd was moved out of Pelican Bay SHU finally! - Paul wrote to say he was being transferred out of Pelican Bay SHU finally! Paul A. Redd Jr B-72683 CSATF P.O. Box 5248 Corcoran, CA 93212
8 months ago
Maryland Prison Watch

“Mind Blowing Because I’m a Kid” - This was reblogged from SolitaryWatch. *The following comes from Joe (pseudonym), a minor who has been incarcerated since last summer, held in solitary con...
9 months ago
Immigrant Detention and Mistreatment Watch

USA: 750 immigration detainees on hunger strike - *A story from the site of AP* TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Immigrant-rights activists rallied outside the Northwest Detention Center on Saturday, while at least 75...
10 months ago
Alaska Prison Watch

Inside Alaska's Prisons - A three-part series on the prison system in Alaska, by Corey Allen-Young, on KTUU (Feb. 2014): Part One: At Goose Creek Correctional Center, staff are all ...
10 months ago
Colorado Prison Watch

Prisoners at Colorado's high-security prison sue for outdoor exercise - Reblogged from: The Denver Post, written by Kirk Mitchell POSTED: 12/17/2013 04:46:53 PM MST Three inmates at Colorado State Penitentiary have sued the stat...
1 year ago
Missouri Prison Watch

Missouri prisoners in solitary confinement follow California’s lead, begin hunger strike - From: SF Bay View, Nov. 17th 2013 *by Shyheim El-Mumin* I am a prisoner being held captive here in the state of Missouri at the Potosi Correctional Center’...
1 year ago
Maine Prison Watch

A rare look inside the Maine State Prison’s ‘supermax’ - From: The Portland Phoenix Nov 8th 2013 By Lance Tapley "An almost-clean version of hell" There was a stain of what looked like blood on the floor of the ...
1 year ago
Jalil Muntaqim - Behind the Walls

- *Blog #22:* The 13th Amendment—Prison Slavery and Mass Incarceration The Thirteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution reads as follows: Section 1. Slave...
1 year ago
Campaign for Justice for Marritte Funches

Hunger strike in 8th week: Don’t let them die - Published in: SF Bay View, Sept. 1, 2013 Off top, salute to my rilla ones out in them streets and the prisons, comrades unknown but most appreciated. Your ...
1 year ago
Oregon Prison Watch

Taken Hostage: And My Captors Expect Me To Do What? - *This was emailed by Ed Mead via an emaillist: Here are the demands of Oregon prisoners who will be going striking starting on July 8th. The handwritten do...
1 year ago
Utah Prison Watch

ACLU of Utah files federal lawsuit over use of tear gas in prison’s mental health unit - From: Salt Lake Tribune, June 3rd 2013: ACLU of Utah says gas used in mental-health unit to subdue prisoner spread to enclosed cells. By Brooke Adams The S...
1 year ago
Wyoming Prison Watch

Medical care tops inmate grievances - *This comes from: Wyoming Tribule-Eagle:* *May 27 2013* *Complaints about health care in state prisons and jails increased, according to a recently release...
1 year ago
Solidarity with Virginia Prison Hunger Strikers

Another Brief Wallens Ridge Hunger Strike Update: - A legal privileged phone call was made on Friday with the Hunger Strike leader. He said that on Tuesday he was isolated by the C/O's, stripped of his clo...
1 year ago
Virginia Prison Watch

Hunger Strike Begins at Wallens Ridge State Prison - *From: Solidarity with Virginia Prison Hunger Strikers* April 16, 2013 On Monday, April the 15th it was brought to the attention of the Solidarity with Vi...
1 year ago
Kentucky Prison Watch

Trapped: The Story of the Mentally Ill in Prison - *This is an article from: Slate*, April 1st 2013, By David Rosenberg When photographer Jenn Ackerman spent her first day at the Kentucky State Reformatory ...
1 year ago
Rhode Island Prison Watch

Judge Rules That Retaliation Lawsuit Against Department of Corrections Can Proceed - *A press release by the ACLU: * March 1, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: (212) 549-2666; media@aclu.org A federal judge yesterday refused to dismiss an...
1 year ago
Montana Prison Watch

National interfaith anti-torture group supports Montana State House bill to limit solitary confinement of juveniles and the mentally ill - *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:* February 22, 2013 *CONTACT: *Samantha Friedman, Rabinowitz/Dorf Communications Office: (202) 265-3000 or cell: (202) 215-9260 or ...
1 year ago
Tennessee Prison Watch

Comments of The Sentencing Project on Restoring Voting Rights in Tennessee - From: The Sentencing Project, Feb 20-21st, 2013: Tennessee is among the most punitive states in the nation in denying voting rights to citizens who have c...
1 year ago
Washington State Prison Watch

AT&T to pay Washington prisoners’ families $45 million in telephone class action settlement - From the Seattle Times, Feb. 3 2013 Posted by Jonathan Martin AT&T has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit involving collect calls made from Washingto...
1 year ago
Vermont Prison Watch

Vermont: One Tiny State’s Movement to Ban Private Prisons - By: Jonathan Leavitt, From: Toward Freedom Thursday, 24 January 2013 Vermont, the most progressive state in America, spent over $14 million last year to lo...
2 years ago
Delaware Prison Watch

Delaware Complies with Prison Reforms - Jan. 1st 2013, From: WBOC: *DOVER,* Del. - The U.S. Justice Department says the state of Delaware has instituted reforms at its state prisons and the U.S. ...
2 years ago
Oklahoma Prison Watch

Oklahoma prisons: 99.2% filled - *Oklahoma prisons: Situation normal, all filled up* Jan. 28th 2013 From: *Tulsa World.* The Legislature needs to grant Department of Corrections Director J...
2 years ago
Kansas Prison Watch

Mentally ill in Kansas prisons more than double since 2006 - From the Topeca-Capital Journal Jan. 26, 2013 Brownback reallocates $10M for mental health initiative *By Tim Carpenter* Republican Sen. Steve Fitzgerald i...
2 years ago
Hawai'i Prison Watch

Governor plans to re-open Big Isle prison by 2014 - *This comes from: Hawai'i News Now* Jan. 23rd 2013 Lisa Kubota HILO (HawaiiNewsNow) - Governor Neil Abercrombie announced in his State of the State speech...
2 years ago
North Dakota Prison Watch

North Dakota's oil boom also brings boom in prison population - From: Twin Cities Pioneer Press, Jan. 25th 2013 BISMARCK, N.D. -- North Dakota's soaring oil production has led to record population in the state. And tha...
2 years ago
Iowa Prison Watch

Iowa’s falling prison population not necessarily a good thing - From: Iowa Watchdog Jan. 18th 2013 By Graham Gillette | Special Contributor to Iowa Watchdog DES MOINES — John Baldwin, director of the Iowa Department of...
2 years ago
Arkansas Prison Watch

Inside the Prison Journal of West Memphis Three’s Damien Echols - From: The Daily Beast Dec. 31st 2012 In the new documentary ‘West of Memphis,’ Damien Echols tells the story of how he was wrongly convicted of a heinous ...
2 years ago
Georgia Prison Watch

Within week, 2 die at Hays State Prison in Trion, Ga. - *From: Chattanooga Times Free Press, Dec 28th 2012* Dec 28, 2012 (Menafn - Chattanooga Times Free Press - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTE...
2 years ago
George Skatzes is Innocent

Re-Examining Lucasville: Essay 6 - This is the sixth essay in Staughton Lynd's new Lucasville Re-Examined Essays series, leading up to the 20th Aniversary Conference of the Lucasville Uprisi...
2 years ago
National Public Service Council To Abolish Private Prisons

Banking On Bondage Private Prisons & Mass Incarceration - This report has been a project of the ACLU National Prison Project and Center for Justice and was authored by David Shapiro (Staff Attorney, National Priso...
3 years ago
South Carolina Prison Watch

Marie Deans saved lives that society scorned - Marie Deans saved lives that society scorned Advocate for death row inmates passed away in March May. 16, 2011 By Colman McCarthy Facing certain death, 34...
3 years ago
Prisoner's Soul -- Tom Lagana

Books on Consignment - Prison Ministries - What if we sent your group 36 "Serving Time, Serving Others" and 24 "Chicken Soup for the Prisoner's Soul" -- That's how full boxes ship. Then your group c...
3 years ago
Massachusetts Prison Watch

the Desaparecidos of 9/11 - A friend passed these lyrics on to me today in remembrance of those most forgotten from the tragedy on 9/11/2001. Grief was spoken in our country in ma...
4 years ago
New Hampshire Prison Watch

Corrections officer union head told he'll be charged - July 15, 2010 By Nancy West The Union Leader MANCHESTER, N.H. — The president of the state corrections officer union says he has been notified he will be a...
4 years ago
Connecticut Prison Watch

Comix from Inside: Connecticut artist featured - On the Real Cost of Prisons website, imprisoned artists are featured who have made comix about prison life and criticism of the Prison Industrial Complex. ...
4 years ago
Nebraska Prison Watch

Prison guards suspended after Facebook posts about using force - Source. JournalStar.com By CORY MATTESON / Lincoln Journal Star | Posted: Thursday, February 25, 2010 Three prison guards have been suspended over a conv...
4 years ago
Minnesota Prison Watch

Prisoners of the system - Of all the social justice issues we hear about in the media, few seem to be getting less coverage than the American prison system. Many justice groups like...
4 years ago
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