Many people are aware of the prison strike that began August 21 on the 47th anniversary of George Jackson’s assassination in 1971. Some of those following the strike are confused by the conflicting messages that are being sent out by states’ departments of corrections. It’s clear that prison officials are doing all that they can […]
This may be too radial for some of you but so was the idea of a world without slaves. The existence of prisons in our country points to a lack of concern for those groups of our population that are trapped within them: brown, black and poor people. We’ve seen through many examples over this […]
What are prisons for? Are they to help inmates become better people then who they were when they entered by preparing them for a productive life in society? Or are prisons for warehousing people to lock away and forget? Think about your response to that question, is the ideal hope or does your response actually […]
When inmates choose to participate in the strike, particularly the hunger strike component its essential that we at the very least we choose alternatives to purchasing from companies who participate in the prison industrial complex by exploiting prisoners’ labor by paying them pennies on the dollar for the work that they do. When prisoners choose […]
[left: Gang sentenced to 682 years behind bars in Johannesburg, CA; right top: Hidden Valley Kings gang members sentenced between 25-30 years in Charlotte, SC; right bottom: gang’s leaders received between 10 and 24 years in prison in Charlotte, SC] Gang enhancement laws differ from state to state, however they require that a person who’s […]
[featured image of a solidarity rally in Des Moines, Iowa outside of the Iowa Prison Industries office] As supporters of the national prison strike, we must remember that the call to end prison slavery isn’t the only of prisoners demands. In 2016 this was a major focus nationwide and this has continued to be a […]
On the first day of the prison strike we’ve already seen hundreds demonstrating on both sides of the wall. Particularly where I reside in the Pacific Northwest, there have been reports of over 200 individuals incarcerated in Tacoma’s Detention Center participating in the Nationwide prison strike through work stoppages. In support of those on the […]
(Seattle, USA) – August 18, 2018 – Prisoners within various institutions nationwide will be on coordinated work stoppages, sit-in strikes, commissary boycotts, and hunger strikes from August 21 – September 9, 2018, demanding “humane living conditions, access to rehabilitation, sentencing reform, and the end of modern day slavery.” Jailhouse Lawyers Speak (JLS) is a network […]
We’re less than a week away from the beginning of the strike and the more interviews I do with the media the more that I realize that the audience that I’m speaking to is growing wider and wider. This is why it’s important for me to me to address those that fit under one of […]
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