Decades of torture, hundreds of men, weeks of starvation – and still we...
Paul Redd (PR) Interview with Paul Redd and Ruben Jitu Williams by Editor Nube Brown This is my interview with two incredible men who represent hundreds of others who have survived the torture of...
View ArticleMumia on the death penalty – and in conversation with Cornel West
From trees to needles: an address to the ‘Lynching Then, Lynching Now, The Roots of Racism and the Death Penalty in America’ national tour by Mumia Abu-Jamal Friends, brothers, sisters: Ona Move! The...
View ArticleCalifornia SHU prisoners begin hunger strike July 1
Minister of Information JR’s Morning Mix show on the hunger strike broadcast on KPFA 94.1 FM June 29 at 8-9 a.m. http://archives.kpfa.org/data/20110629-Wed0800.mp3 Note from revolutionary journalist...
View ArticleHunger strike in the supermax: Pelican Bay prisoners protest conditions in...
by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella As Americans prepare to celebrate Independence Day, inmates in solitary confinement at California’s Pelican Bay State Prison are standing up for their rights in the...
View ArticleMy husband, my hero: The story of a prisoner labeled ‘worst of the worst’
by Kendra Castaneda What if you were a ward of the state of California as a youth in foster care, left with a family of known gang members, then at age 17 your foster care services were illegally...
View Article25 Ohio supermax prisoners start a hunger strike
by Ben Turk On Monday, April 30, at least 25 prisoners at Ohio State Penitentiary (OSP) began a hunger strike. They are demanding that the warden meet and negotiate with them for improved conditions in...
View Article‘Condemned’ by Keith LaMar (Bomani Shakur)
Review by Denis O’Hearn When I was asked to write a review of Keith LaMar’s “Condemned,” I wondered if I was the best person to do it. First of all, I wrote the foreword to the book. Plus, as you’ll...
View ArticleJudge approves expanding class action suit against solitary confinement to...
by Katherine Proctor, Courthouse News San Francisco (CN) – A federal judge tentatively granted a motion by the Center for Constitutional Rights to file a supplementary complaint to its class action on...
View ArticleNY prison authorities punish Jalil Muntaqim for teaching young prisoners to...
by Seth Galinsky “Jalil Muntaqim” – Art: Kevin “Rashid” Johnson, 1859887, Clements Unit, 9601 Spur 591, Amarillo TX 79107 New York – Former Black Panther Jalil Muntaqim (Anthony Bottom) was transferred...
View ArticleLosing direction: The abysmal history of mental health care at Pelican Bay...
by Mariposa McCall From 2010-2011, while working as a contract psychiatrist for the California Department of Corrections and rehabilitation (CDCr) providing supportive therapy and medication management...
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