Winner of the Frieze L.A. art fair’s Impact Prize uses quilting to reveal the reality of life in prison: "If my artwork is able to give people an understanding of what an individual goes through while in prison -- it definitely means a lot."
Exclusive: retired FBI agent Coleen Rowley calls for clemency for Indigenous activist who has been in prison for nearly 50 years
While the Panthers have become a staple of pop culture, veteran members of the group remain invisible.
In March, the New York Parole Board granted parole for Herman Bell. A judge in New York has suspended the release of Bell.
This week, members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus sent a letter to President Obama, with a copy to Attorney General Loretta Lynch, asking him to immediately commute the sentence of political prisoner Oscar López Rivera, a decorated Vietnam War veteran.
On March 30, Mr. Abu-Jamal collapsed in the prison infirmary at SCI Mahanoy from diabetic shock before being hospitalized in the ICU at Schuylkill Medical Center. Despite his serious condition, he was transferred back to the prison just two days later. The medical attention given to Mr. Abu-Jamal thus far has been administered without adequate information and has raised questions of medical neglect.
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