Prisons
Solitary confinement: Prisoners and advocates target an unjust practice
March 31, 2017Outcry against the inhumane punishment of solitary confinement is coming from both policy reform advocates as well as from movements of resistance inside prison walls.
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Sessions revives private prisons, slamming door on justice
March 6, 2017With Jeff Sessions as Attorney General, Trump’s divisive racial rhetoric is about to turn into policy.
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Landmark settlement ends long-term solitary confinement in Calif. prisons
September 3, 2015Some 2,858 inmates were reportedly held in solitary; some for 10, 20 or even 30 years, spending all but an hour or so of their day isolated in tiny cement-lined cells.
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A letter of hope to a nephew in prison
February 10, 2015It's encouraging that a good number of people are in favor of reforming the criminal "justice" system, including the prisons.
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We remember Rubin Hurricane Carter
May 6, 2014Brother Carter's struggle was our struggle, what they did to him they did to us because racism is the common thread that twines our lives together.
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