Prisons

Abolition Writing: A People’s World workshop on writing to end mass incarceration

September 13, 2021 By People’s World

September 17, 2021 - 7pm ET

Rural towns deserve more than just prison jobs

August 10, 2021 By Robert P. Alvarez

Rural prison towns need jobs. There are better ones than guarding people in cages.

KKK murder plot involving Florida prison guards exposed

August 10, 2021 By Jason Dearen

It was 11:30 a.m. on March 19, 2015, and the klansmen were celebrating what they thought was a successful murder in Florida. But the FBI had gotten wind of the plot.

Executive order on private prisons a step forward but not enough

July 22, 2021 By Waleed Ahmad

Private prisons foster grotesque and inhumane conditions and bilk the U.S. taxpayers at the same time.

Portuguese fascist prison novel speaks to the incarceration experience everywhere

June 10, 2021 By Dennis Broe

There is one thing that unites all of those in prison: “Whoever they are, they’re gonna wanna get out.”