Posts Tagged: prisoners’ rights
Say her name: The wrongful death of Lamekia Dockery
Mar 03, 2019
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She died in jail due to medical neglect despite her cries for help.
Families, community mobilize to bring heat back to freezing NYC jail
Feb 09, 2019
Eyewitness report from the occupation of the MDC to demand restoration of heat, light and other necessities for prisoners.
Reduced services from gov’t shutdown prompt prisoner hunger strike
Jan 22, 2019
On Jan. 20, about a dozen protesters gathered outside of Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in Manhattan to stand in solidarity with the hunger st...
Stop the deportation of Ale Pablos!
Jan 07, 2019
On Dec. 12, a federal immigration court ordered the deportation of nationally known reproductive rights and immigrant rights activist Alejandra Pablos...
Women behind bars: The punishment is the crime
Jan 03, 2019
When mass incarceration and police terror in Black and brown communities is talked about from a women’s perspective, the conversation tends to shift...
Campaign demands Cyntoia Brown’s freedom
Dec 14, 2018
There is an urgent need for all to join in a broad campaign for Cyntoia Brown.
Waco protests challenge local prison system
Nov 02, 2018
Prisons in the United States are a capitalist solution to capitalist problems.
Negligencia medical mata a presos en EEUU
Sep 25, 2018
Kelly Coltrain, de 27 años, es la última víctima no sólo del complejo de encarcelamiento masivo, sino también de la negligencia médica, el maltr...
PSL: Standing in solidarity with National Prison Strike
Sep 19, 2018
A round-up of PSL actions in solidarity with the National Prison Strike.
Mass incarceration’s terrible toll on prisoners’ families
Sep 17, 2018
The cost and impact of mass incarceration on the families of prisoners is rarely quantified or even discussed.
New Book
Women Fight Back: The Centuries-Long Struggle for Liberation
(Liberation Media, 2017)
Tracing the historical evolution of a movement that has thoroughly transformed society, and is in need of militant revival today.