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Putting Prison-Based Gerrymandering On The Map… And How We Take It Off.
How did a man with a PowerPoint presentation turn into a piece of legislation I pushed on my legislators and allies? With his passion for social justice and intelligence to develop a core issue about democracy. I’m honoring that dedication … Continue reading
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California Prisoners on Lockdown in Mississippi
Another reminder that the holiday season is not a global love-fest: this report from All of Us or None: “I was contacted by a number of family members whose loved ones are incarcerated in Tutwiler, Mississippi. They informed me that … Continue reading
Forcing Drugs Into Your Children- The Final Straw?
This is what it comes down to: DCYF calling the police to seize children and force them to take anti-psychotics. Read your “1984″ and “Brave New World” my friends, and know where to draw the line in the sand. This … Continue reading
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Probation Violations- The Shadow Justice System and Need For Reform
With three times as many Americans on probation or parole, rather than in prison, it should be understood that this is the the most important place to focus one’s efforts when looking at sentencing guidelines and the costs of prisons. … Continue reading
Madison, WI: Why Tom Morello and The Left Should NOT Support The Machine
At the risk of alienating myself from my Left-leaning friends… I’m going to say it anyway: I’m deeply troubled that the Wisconsin state employees labor strife is considered the face of social uprising in America. It must be said that … Continue reading
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Tagged activists, correctional officers, firefighter, labor movement, madison, police, Private sector, Public sector, Scott Walker, teachers, tom morello, Trade union, United States, Wal-Mart, why not to support the protesters, Wisconsin, Work
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Formerly Incarcerated Convene to Establish First National Agenda
On February 28th to March 2nd, 2011, a group of activists who have first-hand experience regarding inhumanities of the American prison industrial complex will convene in Alabama to lay the groundwork for a national civil rights movement. This conference of … Continue reading
Posted in Drug Policy, Prison Conditions, Uncategorized, Voting Rights
Tagged Alabama, All of Us or None, Civil and political rights, Civil rights movement, Formerly incarcerated, Los Angeles, Martin Luther King, Prison, Prison-Industrial Complex, Tina Reynolds, TOPS, United States, voting rights
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Abu Ghraib Comes to Amerika
Torture Unit Under Construction at Virginia’s Red Onion State Prison October 30, 2010 by prisoner Kevin “Rashid” Johnson Virginia Justifies a Torture Unit This past summer a Black prisoner was strangled to death on a segregation exercise yard at Virginia’s remote … Continue reading
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Tagged Abu Ghraib, American prisons, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, Guantanamo, Guantánamo Bay, high security, Human Rights Watch, Iraq, Prison, prison writer, Secure Housing Unit, SHU, Supermax, torture, United States, United States armed forces, unprison, Virginia, Wallens Ridge
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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 →