mass incarceration
A labor of love for People’s World: An appeal for the incarcerated community
March 20, 2026Donations and sustainer contributions help pay for things like the weekly print edition for our readers locked away behind bars. Can you help?
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California slave labor: Jailed pre-trial detainees work for private firm—for nothing
August 6, 2025They may be innocent until proven guilty, but if they were convicted, they’d actually get paid.
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The deadliest jail in Texas
April 1, 2025My friend and I were lucky to have survived sheriff’s custody in Tarrant County. Many people don’t.
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Capitalist judgment, racist justice: Leonard Peltier denied freedom again
July 18, 2024U.S. Parole Commission rejects Indigenous figure’s latest bid for liberty.
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Free Alabama Movement fights to abolish prison slavery
June 17, 2024Abolition activists rally at the prison gates to end corporate profiteering from inmate labor.
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