Fifty years after the official end of U.S. intervention in southeast Asia, “Vietnam vets are still the single largest population of war veterans in prison.
A commitment to the well-being of whole generations, from children to grandparents demand that we stop this forcible separation of families, and as we work to abolish systems, that we support one another, meeting needs together, loudly and proudly.
Since the end of the Civil War, the United States has found ways to disenfranchise Black voters. It started with literacy tests and poll taxes and threats of racist violence. Now, it’s through voter suppression laws and mass incarceration.
Wrist-Slaps for Racist Terrorists (1964), Stop Global Warming! (2009), An ‘October Surprise’ for the Ages (1924), Nothing New About ‘Lock ‘em Up!’ (1994), Integrated Schools – ‘Just Around the Corner’ (1969)
The right to participate in the conduct of public affairs, which includes the right to vote and to be elected, is at the very heart of democratic governments based on the will of the people, according to the United Nations.
Victoria Law’s new book is an accessible primer on abolitionist theory, told through intimate stories of prison life in the pandemic.
JD Vance's Donut Disaster; Trump's Really 'Not Weird'. Alabama Generates Billions by Trapping People in Prison. Big Effing Development in DC Case. What Happened When These 6 Dictators Took Over? KAOS | Limited Series.
Alabama is farming out incarcerated people to work at hundreds of companies, including McDonald’s & Wendy’s
Most prisons have no real plan for how to deal with the kind of misery climate change inflicts—and will inflict—on incarcerated people.
One of the most important battles of criminal justice today should be changing incarcerated laborers’ classification to legal workers. This would provide the same rights and benefits as non-inmate labor and allow prisoners to earn a “livable wage."
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