Prisons
Sacrifices for capital: The millions who vanish into the abyss of mass incarceration
May 8, 2023New book shows how the disappearance of millions of people deemed obstacles to capital accumulation enables the intensification of exploitation.
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‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’: Human connection a shield against fascism
April 10, 2023PASADENA, Calif. — Thrust together at an Argentine federal correctional complex, the notorious Devoto prison in Buenos Aires, two men of polar opposite persuasions occupy a common claustrophobic cell. The time is the Dirty War period...
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Poor People’s Campaign: West Virginia prisoner deaths the ‘tip of the spear’
February 28, 2023Unexplained deaths in the state’s jails are only a tiny part of an enormous injustice in America.
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Solitary strike: Texas prisoners refuse food to protest harsh confinement practices
January 11, 2023Hundreds of prisoners may participate in the protest beginning Tuesday, the first day of the state’s legislative session. Texas often keeps prisoners in solitary confinement for years or decades.
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Indiana inmates appeal to People’s World and its readers for help
December 21, 2022Aging facilities, medical neglect, and more plague those incarcerated at Indiana’s Westville Correctional Facility.
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