Direct Call to Action These prisoners have risked their lives as outspoken organizers to improve the conditions of Ohio State prisons and advocate for prisoners human rights. They are being threatened with being moved out of state away from their loved ones in retaliation for their political activity. The act of doing so is a […]
For decades, negative stigmas, and predominantly negative narratives about returning citizens have stifled our community’s growth. Many are hesitant, or downright refuse, to accept formerly incarcerated people as equal members of our society, refusing to offer them jobs, housing, funding, transport or access to the many programs that would contribute to their success, and the […]
Revolutionary greetings to all freedom fighters and supporters for prisoners human rights: On a southern plantation (prison) JLS was founded in 2015 amongst a group of Jailhouse Lawyers who were already in unity as a cadre based upon the studies of George L. Jackson. This original group of comrades make up the current central committee. […]
After decades of over sentencing and mass incarceration plaguing Michiganians, community members are taking the problem of Michigan’s criminal legal system back into their hands, the way it always should have been. At this point the state of Michigan’s Department of Corrections is so far behind that of so many states in the process of […]
This past Tuesday was election day and as we cast our ballots across the country, people are fighting to expand ballot access to those millions of citizens impacted by felony disenfranchisement nationwide. This isn’t a fight that just started and it isn’t one that will be ending anytime soon. In 2016, 40,000 people in Maryland had their voting rights […]
On Wednesday, October 10th, at 11:00a EST dozens of community members, including family of incarcerated people, their allies, activists and elected officials came together to advocate for critical reforms that Michigan’s Department of Corrections is in desperate need of. Attendees were asked to display an image of their incarcerated loved one on either a T-shirt, […]
The third round of the presidential debates were hosted by ABC News and Univision (with Spanish translation) at Texas Southern University, an HBCU in the deep south. This was the first of the debates that all of the qualified candidates fit onto one stage and that would be held on one night. The qualifications that […]
This week was called by Jailhouse Lawyers Speak (JLS) to be Unchain the Vote Week focused on bringing attention to the unconstitutional, dehumanizing act of felony disenfranchisement that plagues 48 of the 50 United States. During this week outside organizers hosted and attended events in solidarity with inside organizers’ call. One of the events I […]
Last week Jailhouse Lawyers Speak put out a call to those in solidarity in recognition of Burn Day on this upcoming Friday the 13th. Traditionally Friday the 13th is a day of bad luck omens and misfortune, I’ve never been superstitious but I do agree this this Friday is an unfortunate day as the 25th […]
FRIDAY THE 13th: BURN DAY FOR BIDEN’S CRIME BILL” September 9th will mark the 48th anniversary of the Attica uprising, the 3 year anniversary of the 2016 National Prison strike, and the end date [August 21st – September 9th] of the 2018 National Prison Strike. The 2018 Prison Strike presented a set of 10 National […]