prisoners’ rights
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Militant Journalism
Illinois rallies to support women in prison
On July 30, more than two dozen activists from the Chicago area travelled by bus to the Logan Correctional Center…
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Breaking: David Wade prison guards violently retaliate against hunger strikers
Families report that brutal retaliation has escalated against hunger strikers
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Solidarity rally supports striking prisoners in Louisiana
Conditions inside David Wade Correctional Center are vile; inmates are regularly subjected to life-threatening levels of high heat and black…
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Analysis
Women prisoners in New Mexico suffer under inhumane conditions
Though well aware of significant problems, both Department of Corrections officials and the local press have long ignored the situation.
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Militant Journalism
‘Hunt’s Forgotten’ prisoners launch hunger strike at David Wade Correctional Center
Photo: The first full paragraph of a hand-written letter announcing the hunger strike at David Wade Correctional Center. To show…
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Sheriffs kill two in Racine, Wisconsin, county jail
Over the course of four days, two people have died while in the custody of the sheriff while being held…
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Analysis
Medical neglect kills prisoners in Washington state
Ignoring cancer symptoms in prisons works effectively as a death sentence for these inmates.
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Analysis
Supreme Court refuses to free prisoners convicted by Jim Crow-style juries
The Supreme Court ruling allows the mountain of jury verdicts produced under these Jim Crow laws to stand.
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Features
In memoriam: Romaine ‘Chip’ Fitzgerald lives on!
Feature image: Romaine “Chip” Fitzgerald. Photo: Freedom4chip.org. Used with permission. After 51 long years persisting in the corrupt California prison…
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Analysis
Keep up the fight for Mumia: ‘No’ to COVID medical neglect!
World renowned political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal has contracted COVID-19 in the unsanitary conditions of Pennsylvania’s prison system. People around the…
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