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Category Archives: Prison Conditions
National Occupy Day in Support of Prisoners: Feb. 20th
A proposal passed yesterday by the General Assembly of Occupy Oakland is to generate a national day of action that will call attention to prisons across America. While presidential candidates take to their stumps, one might be unaware that America … Continue reading
Posted in Actions, Political Prisoners, Prison Conditions
Tagged action, National, Oakland, Occupy, Prison, San Quentin, Social Justice Day, United Nations, World Day of Social Justice
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Out of L.A.- FICPM Will Register 1 Million Voters Opposed to Mass Incarceration
When a young woman from Arizona asked how she could get her voting rights restored, she heard a blunt reply: “We don’t need you to get your rights restored. We need you to get together with other folks and work … Continue reading
Troy, Hunger Strikes, and Law School: The Movement for Self Empowerment
These are busy times in the era of mass incarceration. The execution of Troy Davis sparked the largest public opposition to the death penalty in American history. Vigils and protests arose throughout the nation, horrified that someone can be put … Continue reading
Posted in Innocence, Prison Conditions, Rehabilitation
Tagged education, Hunger strike, movement, Prison, reentry, Troy Davis
From Narragansett Bay to Pelican Bay, People Stand in Solidarity for Human Rights
On July 1st, 2011, prisoners in the Security Housing Unit (SHU) in Pelican Bay State Prison, CA went on indefinite hunger strike to protest conditions that have been characterized by the UN as “inhumane and degrading.” Over nearly three weeks … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Political Prisoners, Prison Conditions, Rehabilitation, Uncategorized
Tagged Activism, California, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Criminal justice, Direct Action for Rights and Equality, Human rights, Hunger strike, Mumia Abu Jamal, Pelican Bay State Prison, Prison, Prison-Industrial Complex, Solitary confinement, United States, United States War Department
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Prison Town Economics 101: Pelican Bay (Crescent City, CA)
With prisoners in Pelican Bay willing to die rather than endure what is being done to them in the name of “the People of California”, we should pause to consider some basic math. The following example is a broad illustration … Continue reading
Dying for Human Rights: Prisoners Begin Hunger Strike Tomorrow
What exactly is a hunger strike? It is when someone, or a group of people, will choose death over their current living conditions. But not an unknown pointless death; instead, they will commit a long, grueling, public death designed to … Continue reading
Posted in Actions, Commentary, Prison Conditions
Tagged action, California, Crime and Justice, Georgia, Health, Human rights, Hunger strike, Klamath National Forest, Pelican Bay State Prison, Prison, Prison-Industrial Complex, SHU, solidarity, Special Handling Unit, United States, United States Supreme Court, Uprising
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Governor Chaffee Signs Two Laws Supporting Civil and Human Rights in RI
Governor Lincoln Chaffee recently signed two important prison reform bills: the Healthy Pregnancies Act, (to unshackle pregnant prisoners), and another which would create a task force to develop procedures for recording interrogations in serious cases. Neither are radical changes to existing … Continue reading
How I Expect California to NOT Release Prisoners… If We Let Them
By now, every activist is aware that the US Supreme Court “ordered California to reduce its prison population to 137.5%of design capacity within two years. Finding that the prison population would have to be reduced if capacity could not be … Continue reading
Unshackled Pregnancies: Idaho, Nevada, Rhode Island…
UPDATE: By a vote of 48-16, the Rhode Island House of Representatives passed H 5257, echoing passage of the same bill by the Senate several weeks ago. The bill should end up on Governor Lincoln Chaffee’s desk within a few … Continue reading
Posted in Courts, Prison Conditions, Prisoner Health
Tagged ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union, Brian Sandoval, California, Crime and Justice, Criminal justice, Direct Action for Rights and Equality, Health, Human rights, Idaho, legislation, Lincoln Chafee, Nevada, pregnant prisoners, Prison, Prison-Industrial Complex, Rhode Island, Tina Reynolds, United States, unshackling, women
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Dead Under the “Custody and Care” of…
There are many ways to die in the “custody and care” of the criminal justice system. We see it seemingly every day in America. Whether it is an NYPD shooting or an Orleans Parish Prison (OPP) shanking, clearly the government … Continue reading →