We are a union for the incarcerated fighting for prison abolition.
Latest Updates
For Immediate Release - Family Groups Lead Statewide Day of Action to Reunite Families Separated by Incarceration
"Other states that have been impacted worse by COVID-19 have managed to put up partitions, enforce social distancing, and have managed to make visits a priority. Why hasn't Kathleen Allison?" - Angela Cadena, Activist and organizer with We Are Their Voices
How the Pigs Abuse 'Gang' Labels
HOW THE PIGS ABUSE 'GANG' LABELS (SEPTEMBER 2020)
By Kevin "Rashid" Johnson
USING RACISM TO CREATE POLITICAL BOGEYMEN
Eyes on CSATF
Corcoran, CA - A culture of carelessness, abuse, and neglect is now putting people in the states’ largest prison at risk of COVID-19. On September 3, an entire housing unit section in the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility in Corcoran, California (SATF) F Yard Section 1, was cleared to make COVID-19 quarantine housing. Eyewitness testimonies from incarcerated people detail several ways in which this move was conducted with total disregard for health and safety practices. This is business as usual for SATF, which during this pandemic will likely result in widespread illness, injury, and death.
Comrade Malik's Black August Message
"Black Men born in the U.S. and fortunate enough to live past the age of 18 are conditioned to accept the inevitability of prison. For most of us, it simply is the next phase in a sequence of humiliations.
Featured Resources
The Fire Inside
From FireInside.noblogs.org
There is a fire seething in US prisons. September 9th of 2016 saw some of the largest prisoner rebellions in history. This August, prisoners are calling to fan the flames up again.
Freedom First!
Freedom First, a new zine by Firehawk and Ben examining the role of prisoner resistance in prison abolition efforts.
Prison Strike Poster by Melanie Cervantes
A prison strike poster designed by Melanie Cervantes, Xicanx artist and cultural worker and co-founder of Dignidad Rebelde.
Prison Strike 2018 Informational Video
Interviews with Cole Dorsey (IWOC), Chris Lockett (Planting Justice), Anthony Forest (Planting Justice), Darryl Aikens (Planting Justice) on why a prison strike is taking place this August.
