Prisoners in multiple facilities in Michigan are engaged in a coordinated refusal to participate in prison meals. They are refusing to go to the chow hall, and instead living off of purchased food in their cells. They have many complaints, about the quality and quantity of the food and the facility. Contact the warden and […]
This is an interview with Phillip from Indiana Prisoner Solidarity (http://indianaprisonersolidarity.tumblr.com/). Recorded July 14, 2014 in Bloomington, IN
This audio was recorded by Kboo.fm. http://kboo.fm/content/prisonersupportinsideandoutsideincarcerationnotyetai Thu, 06/05/2014 With Coyote Sheff and Petey- Former prisoners Coyote Sheff was released from a Nevada state prison back in November of 2013. He never rested while in prison, starting an Anarchist Black Cross chapter at the prison he was in to actively sticking up for his comrades […]
This is an interview with Jenny Esquivel and Petey S. from Sacramento Prisoner Support. They’ve been working primarily with Eric McDavid and other long term anarchist and eco defender prisoners, but also connect with and support lots of other prisoners. They put out this extensive book on supporting prisoners in 2012. You can contact them […]
Volusia Regional Juvenile Detention Center, Daytona Beach, Florida July 15, 2018 Approximately 20 detainees (all teenagers) lock officers into a common room where televisions are pulled off walls, broken with trash cans, and officers are injured by weapons made by cafeteria tray handles. The detainees refuse to return to their cells. Keys are taken from […]
Marshall County Jail, Guntersville, Alabama July 11, 2018 Approximately 60 prisoners “physically engaged deputies and jail staff during a shakedown.” The riot occurs two days after a guard was arrested on charges of selling a contraband cell phone to a prisoner. Deputies call in for back up from neighboring counties and the situation is resolved […]
Bannock County Jail, Pocatello, Idaho July 11, 2018 Twenty-seven prisoners at the Bannock County Jail participate in an uprising in which they destroy sprinkler systems and stop up their sinks and toilets to flood their cells. According to the Bannock County Sheriff, Lorin Nielsen, the riot was caused by conditions of severe overcrowding. After one […]
Tipton Correctional Center, Tipton, Missouri July 4, 2018 Prisoners at the Tipton Correctional Center, in Tipton, Missouri refused to return to their cells after recreation on the Forth of July. They took control of two zones and damaged prison infrastructure in four of them. Prisoners broke out windows and destroyed shower stalls in the units. […]
Martin Correctional Institution, Indiantown, Florida June 19, 2018 In response to a call from the prisoner group SPARC for “community organizing and direct action” on Juneteenth, at least 50 prisoners at Martin Correctional Institution in Florida refused to go to work or to the dining hall and instead held prayer groups, according to the group […]
Eastern Correctional Institute, Somerset County, Maryland June 21, 2018 Prisoners at the Eastern Correctional Institute in Maryland staged a protest in which, according to a former correctional officer who spoke on condition of anonymity to WBOC in Maryland, at least 600 disobeyed orders and refused to go back to their cells in a protest against […]