Boston August 19 "Millions for Prisoners" Reportback
Last weekend, an estimated 40,000 people gathered in Boston to opposite white supremacists and fascists, and support prisoners' demands for an end to prison slavery and suffering.
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Unjustifiable Justice – Retaliation against whistleblowers in the Texas judicial system
Comrade Kado exposes an attempt at retaliation by prison staff
On Dec. 6, 1865, Black bodies were nationalized – and our prison movement was born
A statement of strategy for 2018 from the Free Alabama Movement.
A Day in Hell – Enduring Texas' Criminal Injustice System
A Day in Hell – Enduring Texas' Criminal Injustice System
By Noah “Comrade Kado” Coffin
Coalition of Black Trade Unionists Supports Industrial Workers of the World
The recent work by the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) has caught the attention of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU), bringing their support to the effort to unionize incarcerated workers. At their recent convention in late May the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists voted to support the IWW in the struggle, growing the prisoner unionization movement that has, until now, been overlooked by trade unions. The CBTU brings with it support for the implementation of collective bargaining and a minimum wage for prisoners, which can be viewed as a step toward prison abolition in regards to near-slave labor which prisoners currently perform.
Exploited, Abused, Neglected - Mental Illness and Solitary Confinement in Texas Prisons
Imagine spending 23 hours each day alone in a 6x9 ft space. Crowd into it a toilet/sink combo, rusty iron set of bunk beds, and overhead lockers... layers of peeling paint in multiple colors, showing the years of neglect, black mould, roaches, rats, along with spiders and bugs I can't even identify – then you'll have some idea of what home looks like to many people here in Texas' Eastham Unit.
Report Back from Corcoran Phone Zap for Heat Relief
Thanks to all who participated in Friday’s phonezap action to bring heat relief to the brothers in Corcoran!
We got reports all day from people who were calling and emailing Corcoran officials and there’s no doubt the prison bosses felt the pressure. We’ve got word back already via a family member of someone inside:
Corcoran Prisoners Need Heatwave Relief!
During this heatwave in California, families in touch with their loved ones inside Corcoran are urgently asking for help. Triple-digit weather has been affecting the area and prisoners are being confined to their hot cells, and denied access to fans and medical accommodations. They are also being denied their programs, because guards refuse to withstand the heat to supervise them.
Nebraska prisoners denied due process, placed in housing unit more inhumane than solitary confinement
Since March 2017, prisoners in Tecumseh Correctional Institution have been forcibly and illegally moved to a housing unit more restrictive than solitary confinement. The creation of Unit 2B was spontaneous and reactionary after a riot at the facility early in the month. It is strategically called a “close management” unit, thereby evading the regulatory oversight of being classified as solitary confinement. The conditions of 2B include 1 hour out of cell each day, and 40 minutes in the yard each week. Prisoners are double-celled, having to spend 23 hours each day in close quarters with another prisoner.
Rashid Johnson Has Been Moved, Location Now Known
Supporters have received word that Kevin “Rashid” Johnson was picked up by Virginia officials and removed from Clements Unit on Thursday, June 23rd. He is no longer being held by Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
