prisoner rights
San Quentin vigil says incarceration has become a death sentence
July 27, 2020The coronavirus infection spread rapidly through San Quentin. According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation [CDCR], as of the date of the vigil, there were 928 active cases and eleven prisoners had died.
Read moreCrime doesn’t pay but prison does, even amidst a pandemic
May 12, 2020As factories and other businesses remain shuttered across America, people in prisons in at least 40 states continue going to work.
Read moreCoronavirus threatens to spread ‘like wildfire’ through U.S. prisons
April 10, 2020Rights advocates say that unless the prison population is drastically reduced the contagion will get out to the general public.
Read moreStoried national civil rights group re-founded at Chicago gathering
November 27, 2019Angela Davis helps launch the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, aims to end police violence
Read morePrison documentary Stateville Calling: What if rehabilitation was a human right?
September 4, 2019The hour-long documentary follows the current battle to pass legislation reinstating parole in Illinois, which the state hasn’t had since 1978.
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