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According to the New York Times, over a thousand prisoners have been stuck in a federal Brooklyn jail with freezing jail cells, limited power, and heat for at least as long as a week, making many of them sick. The Metropolitan Detention Center houses about 1,600 and is located near the waterfront in Sunset Park, […]

In the largest such demonstration in the history of the country, thousands of inmates are going on strike to point out the injustice of the system that leans on them for cheap, if not free, labor. In a public statement released earlier this year, members of the Free Alabama Movement called out the blatant connections […]

The three sons of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, along with “about 150” militiamen, have seized control of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters to protest the forthcoming imprisonment of two Oregon ranchers accused of arson, on the basis that the federal government has no authority in local crimes.

  According to a YouTube video, a member of the Boko Haram group who abducted 200 Nigerian girls last month has agreed to release the school girls in exchange for the release of prisoners.  The girls were kidnapped by members of Boko Haram while they were taking exams. The Nigerian government, as well as other governments including the […]

In 2013, a record number of inmates serving sentences for crimes they did not commit were freed. According to a report released by the National Registry of Exonerations, 87 convicted people were cleared of rape, murder or other serious offenses, exceeding the 81 cases the registry found in 2009. 

Thanks to the expansion of a prison program, inmates in California have the chance to gain valuable skills in the field of technology. “The Last Mile” trains inmates in San Quentin State Prison as well as Los Angeles Twin Towers Correctional Facility.

Don’t miss a free screening of the highly anticipated documentary Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners at the University of Chicago tonight at 6pm!

Actor Will Smith and Hip Hop star Jay-Z are reportedly teaming up to co-produce “Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners,” a documentary chronicling the former Black Panther’s incarceration and trial at the height of the Black Power Movement. Thoughts?

A new registry jointly compiled by the University of Michigan and Northwestern University Law Schools conveys that over 2,000 prisoners have been wrongly convicted of serious crimes since 1989. Tellingly, more than half of them are black.

Prisoners Near Death As 1,700 California Inmates Continue Hunger Strike To Protest Appalling Conditions Marie Diamond, Think Progress | July 13, 2011 A hunger strike started by prisoners at Pelican Bay to protest appalling conditions has spread across California as inmates at 13 prisons joined in solidarity. The number of inmates refusing food hit a peak […]

Last night I had the privilege of experiencing an event where the voices of people who are removed from our society in every way, physically and intellectually, were heard, listened to, and represented. “Until I Am Free: Voices of Youth Sentenced to Life without Parole” is a project, facilitated by Chicagoan poet, artist and youth […]

The man grabs her arm tightly and presses her against the gate, and in someone’s fantasy this, without context, might have been erotic. I want it to be—for her sake, I’d say if you asked—but I also want it for mine. I do not want to personally get involved in a violent dispute between strangers, […]