Anyone relying on mainstream media wouldn’t know it, but the US prison system is shaking up right now. No one knows how big the initial strike was yet, but the information is slowly leaking out between the cracks in the prisons’ machinery of obscurity and isolation. Here are some speculative numbers we can share with confidence at this time:
Prisoner Resistance
Work stoppages, hunger strikes and other acts of rebellion by prisoners for justice.
Let the Crops Rot in the Field
After a period of over 40 years of an accelerated rate of incarceration, the issue of Mass Incarceration and Prison Slavery have now reached its crescendo.
Holman Has Erupted Again
Holman Has Erupted Again...
August 1, 2016 @3:30pm
Several prisoners and at least 1 CO were injured in an altercation which lead to this recent barricade of prisoners at Holman prison.
Cert Team en route. Prisoners are barricaded in C Dorm which houses 114 prisoners.
Call and write the Alabama Department of Corrections:
Letter on the March 11th Lockdown, Stillwater Prison, MN
Salutations to my fellow soldiers of our rights,
I would like to share some vital information that may be pertinent to anyone who is interested in fighting for the working/lower class of America. This is a clear example of unity. It is proof that if we all come together we can be a force to be reckoned with.
Waupun Prisoners Refuse Food to Protest Solitary Confinement
Waupun, WI- Prisoners at Waupun Correctional Institute (WCI) have vowed to protest conditions by refusing to eat, starting on June 10th. They insist that solitary confinement is torture and demand that Wisconsin cease the practice. “This aim is not to facilitate death, but to facilitate human dignity and humanitarian accountability,” said Cesar Deleon, one of the protesting prisoners.
Texas Prison Strikes to Wind Down After Achieving Results: IWW Prisoners Union Continues to Grow
The Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee announces that the Texas prison strikes initiated by IWW members have achieved their desired short-term results and that the first phase of planned long-term strategic strike actions is drawing to an end. The strike actions began on April 4, 2016 and spread to at least a half-dozen locations.
Life As A Slave: Conditions and Pre-Emptive Retaliation, McConnell Unit Texas
Here is a first person interview with a mother of a person inside McConnell Unit, a prison in Beeville Texas. She details daily life and retaliation prisoners are facing for considering joining the strike.
Tipping Point in Texas Prison Strikes? New Wave of Lockdowns, Threats
Since April 4th, prisoners in at least 4 Texas prisons have been on strike for better conditions and an end to slavery and human rights abuses. This strike is but the latest in a nationwide mass movement inside prisons for dignity and freedom. Minimum wage in Texas prisons is 00/hr. Access to medical care requires a $100 medical copay.
#EyesOnTexas! Across the Nation Families and Activists Stand with Texas Prison Strikers
From Austin to Houston, Phoenix to the Bronx, Kansas City to Alabama to Milwaukee, Providence, Denver, Tuscan, Minneapolis, Arkansas, and beyond, family, friends and loved ones of Texas prisoners are gathering for a National Day of Action an Education today, Saturday April 9th.
