mass incarceration
Debtors prisons: In Mississippi, judges can lock you up for owing money
January 13, 2022Most states have gotten rid of such programs, but not Mississippi. Judges here sentence hundreds of people a year to four restitution centers around the state.
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Arkansas jail uses inmates to test fake COVID cure ivermectin
September 28, 2021Last month, people detained in a Fayetteville, Arkansas jail became the unwitting subjects of an unsafe experiment—like many incarcerated people before them.
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Abolition Writing: A People’s World workshop on writing to end mass incarceration
September 13, 2021September 17, 2021 - 7pm ET
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No right to read: Profiteering corporations creep into prison libraries
December 22, 2020Exclusive-access contracts are leaving incarcerated persons and their families no choice but to pay exorbitant private company fees to access books and communicate with one another.
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Amending the 13th Amendment: Lawmakers aim to end legalized prison slavery
December 4, 2020Sen. Jeff Merkley: 13th Amendment “continued the process of a white power class mistreating Black Americans, creating generations of poverty, family breakup, and mass incarceration."
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