From Critical Resistance Dear Friends, Do you need tools to unpack current national discussions on political reforms? Confused that all sorts of folks are talking about the “crisis of mass incarceration” now? Anxious that police reform is becoming staple and friendly headline for your town’s newspaper? Looking for resources to use in your fall classes to […]
From MaskMagazine This article is going to be continuously updated. Click the above link for more up-to-date info. Perhaps you’ve heard things are heating up inside prisons and jails across the country today. After a call to action to end slavery in America by the Free Alabama Movement (FAM) with “Let the Crops Rot […]
ThinkProgress.org Protests Planned In Over 20 States To Expose ‘Slave-Like’ Conditions In U.S. Prisons Credit: Dylan Petrohilos/ThinkProgress Thousands of inmates in state and federal prisons in up to 24 states are planning an organized strike and protest on Friday — potentially the largest prison strike in U.S. history. Planned for the anniversary of the Attica Prison riot, the […]
From qz.com US prisoners are going on strike to protest a massive forced labor system Some call prison labor the “modern chain gang.” (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato) Share Written by Hanna Kozlowska 5 hours ago On Friday (Sept. 9) prison inmates across the US will participate in what organizers are touting as the “largest prison strike […]
From ThinkProgress.org ‘It’s Just Dressed Up Slavery’: America’s Shadow Workforce Rises Up Against Prison Labor Dismantling the myths that drive an exploitative multi-million-dollar industry. Louisiana Department of Corrections Sgt. Boo McKey watches a work crew head to the fields at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La. CREDIT: AP Photo/Bill Haber/Dylan Petrohilos/ThinkProgress As soon as […]
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September 8, 2016 1:34 PM Hundreds of inmates riot at Florida prison 1 of 5 An inmate uprising Wednesday night at Holmes Correctional Institution left several dorms damaged. By Julie K. Brown jbrown@MiamiHerald.com LinkedIn Google+ Pinterest Reddit Print Order Reprint of this Story A nationwide prison strike planned Friday has Florida’s jails and state prisons […]
From Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Please read and spread the below statement from people in solitary confinement in Santa Clara County, California, announcing their upcoming hunger strike to begin Oct 17, 2016 and clearly explaining their human and civil rights demands behind the strike. ACT IN SOLIDARITY by sharing the prisoners’ words, putting pressure on the Santa Clara County […]
Here is a state by state list of locations with attempted or possible strikes or protests occurring on the inside. It will be at least a week before we have a good idea of what all has actually occurred behind bars this weekend. Prison administrators do not understand nonviolent resistance, so they tend to respond […]
Source: PDXABC UAW Local 4123: Why We Are Endorsing the September 9 Nationwide Prison Strike Dear fellow workers, Our union, which represents more than 10,000 academic student employees including Teaching Associates, and Graduate Assistants across the California State University system, formally endorses the nationally coordinated prisoner work stoppage set for September 9, 2016. UAW Local […]