Prisons
COVID behind bars: Infected prisoners work for next to nothing
February 1, 2021People's World features a report from the scene.
Read moreNo 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.
Read morePrisoners and the formerly incarcerated demand the right to vote
October 14, 2020Disenfranchisement of voters is a part of our country’s racist history and will take a lot of work to be dismantled.
Read morePrivate prison companies shower campaign cash on Trump and Republicans
August 14, 2020The fortunes of private prison companies have become increasingly intertwined with Republican political success.
Read moreSan 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.
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