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Prison Policy Initiative

Reducing Harms to Boys and Young Men of Color from Criminal Justice System - The Prison Policy Initiative Research Clearinghouse was updated with a link to Reducing Harms to Boys and Young Men of Color from Criminal Justice System I...
6 hours ago
Sketchy Thoughts

Appeal for Solidarity from Brandon Baxter (Cleveland 4) -
8 hours ago
Between the Bars: Human Stories from Prison

Dear Heavenly Father God, - [image: Dear Heavenly Father God,] Read more.
9 hours ago
San Francisco Bay View

One billion in potential contract dollars lost annually by businesses owned by women and people of color due to Proposition 209 - California’s minority and women business enterprises (MWBEs) have lost the potential equivalent of $1 billion in public contracts because of Proposition 20...
11 hours ago
CENSORED NEWS

Remembering Margene Bullcreek: The Goshute's Nerve Gas Neighbors - When Margene Bullcreek stood up to halt the nuclear dump on Skull Valley, her efforts led to new exposures of the nerve gas neighbors next door By Brend...
1 day ago
Prison Culture

Resisting the Blank Look of Defeat in the Second City - Last week, I stood beside a ‘peace’ table looking into the faces of some young Black men. I’m the featured speaker for a short Black history month program ...
1 day ago
Angola 3 News

A3 Newsletter: Cautious Optimism as A3 Supporters Pack the Courtroom for Albert Woodfox - *MEDIA COVERAGE:* *The Advocate* *II* *Times-Picayune* *Judge Brady Gives One Week for Final Briefs in Albert's Fight for Bail --A Release Decision is ...
2 days ago
Solitary Watch

Seven Days in Solitary [3/1/2015] - The following roundup features noteworthy news, reports and opinions on solitary confinement from the past week that have not been covered in other Solitar...
3 days ago
FLASHPOINTS

Friday February 27th 2015 - Today on Flashpoints: We’ll spend the entire hour talking about the future of US/Cuban relations and we’ll feature an update on Venezuela w/Gloria La Riva...
4 days ago
SEANSWAIN.ORG

SOCF Staff: Fascist Fuckweasels or Inept Morons? You Decide. - We’ve got news about Sean’s property and transfer to Lucasville as well as the ongiong legal battle. 1. Call in successful! – last week we called regional ...
5 days ago
Alabama Prison Watch

Support the Strike at St. Clair Correctional Facility in Alabama! - Support the Strike at St. Clair Correctional Facility in Alabama! Today, 48 hours before a peaceful work stoppage starts on Sunday, March 1, at St Clair Co...
5 days ago
Maryland Prison Watch

Groundbreaking report maps incarceration and spending, suggests more effective alternative investments - *From a Press Release:* *New Study: Maryland taxpayers spend $288 million a year to incarcerate people from Baltimore City* *Groundbreaking report maps in...
5 days ago
Russell Maroon Shoats

Blessed Are Those Who Struggle: Fundraiser and Memorial Dinner For Political Prisoners - Tues Feb 24th at The Rotunda Banquet Facility – 401 Walnut Street – Philly 7pm – 10p FREE Dinner & Amazing Program! Food and Music Free – Donations Greatl...
1 week ago
4strugglemag

A message from the editor - Dear 4sm readers, old and new, fellow political prisoners, revolutionaries, activists, allies, friends and supporters, 2015, will be a year of some necessa...
1 week ago
Arizona Prison Watch

Manfred Dehe: Corizon's deliberate indifference keeps killing... - *Yes, Parsons v Ryan has been settled. * * No, the prisoners havent stopped suffering yet.* --------from AZFAMILY.CO...
1 week ago
Nevada Cure

Agenda for Monthly Meeting of Nevada-Cure - The next Monthly Meeting will be on Feb. 25th, at 6:30 PM. Meeting Location: Conference Room Law Office of Gallian, Welker & Beckstrom, LC 540 E. St. Louis...
2 weeks ago
International Prison Watch Network

Vera Report about the overuse of jails: Incarceration's Front Door - On Feb. 11th, the Vera Institute of Justice published their report *Incarceration's Front Door: The Misuse of Jails in America*. "Local jails, which exist ...
2 weeks ago
South Carolina Prison Watch

Hundreds of South Carolina Inmates Sent to Solitary Confinement Over Facebook - This was reblogged from: Electronic Frontier Foundation Written by: Dave Maass, Feb 12, 2015 In the South Carolina prison system, accessing Facebook is an o...
2 weeks ago
Florida Prison Watch

Top inspector for Florida prisons under fire amid abuse reports - *From: Tampa Bay Times, Feb. 8, 2015* *By: Julie K. Brown and Mary Ellen Klas* *Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau* TALLAHASSEE — Sometime in August 2013, Depa...
2 weeks ago
Sundiata Acoli Speaks - SundiataAcoli.Org - Sundiata Acoli Freedom Campaign (SAFC)

The Human Rights Coalition Newsletters Archive - http://hrcoalition.org/movement The Movement newsletter archives HRC’s quarterly news magazine, The Movement, is a powerful source in public awareness that...
3 weeks ago
Abolitionist Law Center

MEDIA RELEASE: As Department of Corrections refuses to release information about prisoner health, human rights groups, LaBelle residents launch health survey of their own - February 10, 2015 – The Abolitionist Law Center (ALC) and the Human Rights Coalition (HRC) have launched a comprehensive health survey of prisoners at Stat...
3 weeks ago
Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity

In CA Prisons, Hundreds Have Been Removed from Solitary Confinement——and Thousands Remain - January 27, 2015 by Sal Rodriguez It has been over three years since the first statewide hunger strike in protest of the California prison systems’ use of ...
3 weeks ago
California Prison Watch

Mission Statement of the Free Speech Society - Reblogged from: SF Bay View, Feb 2nd 2015 by Abdul Olugbala Shakur, Mutope Duguma and Heshima Denham The Free Speech Society is a movement that is dedicate...
3 weeks ago
Mutope Duguma

Pattern of practice: Centuries of racist oppression culminating in mass incarceration - January 26, 2015 by Mutope Duguma Published in: SF Bay View In 1619, the first Africans were brought to North America by force to be slaves. From 1619 to 1...
4 weeks ago
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...
5 weeks 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 month 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...
1 month 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 ...
1 month 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...
2 months 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...
2 months 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...
2 months 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...
2 months 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...
2 months 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...
2 months 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...
2 months 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...
2 months 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...
3 months 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...
3 months 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...
3 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...
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...
4 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...
4 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
4 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. ...
4 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...
5 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 By Ang...
5 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...
6 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...
6 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 ...
6 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 ...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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...
7 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...
8 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...
8 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 ...
9 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...
9 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 ...
9 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
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...
11 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 ...
1 year 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...
2 years 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 ...
2 years 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...
2 years 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...
2 years 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
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...
4 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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