No New Beds
By Micah Herskind, Priscilla Grim and October Krausch, In These Times. How one coalition is challenging the construction of mega-jails in Georgia. New jail construction is quietly booming across the…
Bleeding Behind Bars Is Extra Grim When Prisons Fail to Offer Menstrual Products
By Victoria Law & Brian Dolinar This article was originally published by Truthout Twenty-two states have laws requiring prisons to provide free menstrual products, but not all of them do.…
Federal Judge Upholds Infamously Brutal Farm Labor at Angola Prison
By Mike Ludwig This article was originally published by Truthout The judge’s ruling rejected a request to end the prison’s use of grueling farm labor as a disciplinary measure. In…
The Daughter the Criminal Legal System Failed, and the Mother Who Never Did
Burying your child is a nightmare from which no parent ever fully wakes. Burying your child who died in prison is something worse than a nightmare Kwaneta Harris for Prism…
From Stockton to Palestine: Interconnected Struggles and Prisoner Solidarity Against Israel’s Execution Policy
Kevin Cooper Our human rights are not negotiable. They never have been, and never will be. Each and every human being has a universal right to life, no matter what…
Bay Area to Mark Palestinian Prisoners’ Day with Testimonies, Music, and Calls for Freedom
Joshua Scheer On Saturday, April 18, organizers in Oakland will gather for a powerful community commemoration marking the 52nd annual Palestinian Prisoners’ Day—a global day of solidarity with Palestinians held…
Cooking for My Incarcerated Community Affirms Our Shared Humanity
Sharing meals anchors us both to our lives outside the prison walls and to each other in one of the most toxic environments anywhere. Ron Guier for Wagging Nonviolence My…
Trans People Behind Bars Share How They Are Navigating the Dangers of Visibility
Gabriel Arkles for Truthout/TheAppeal oday is International Trans Day of Visibility, a day to celebrate the resilience and accomplishments of transgender people worldwide. The extraordinary accomplishments — in law, art,…
As California Limits Water Use, People in Prison Face Punishment for Showering
By Steve Brooks & Olivia Heffernan , Originally Published on Truthout As droughts, extreme heat, and other climate disasters increasingly plague California, people throughout the state have been subject to…
Weaponized Compliance: Tear Gas in Women’s Prisons
By Kwaneta Harris / Prism The first time they gassed us, I was reading in my cell. It was 2009, and I had just arrived in prison. There was no…
Both Prisons and the Public Rely On Incarcerated Writers
New York tried and failed to limit art and writing behind bars. The attempt should remind us all of the public and personal benefits of encouraging creative expression inside.
It’s Known as “Death by Incarceration.” These People Want to End It.
More people are serving life sentences without parole in Pennsylvania than almost anywhere else in America. An increasingly vocal movement is trying to change that.
UN Expert Demands Immediate Shutting Down of Guantanamo Prison, Apology to Inmates
UN special rapporteur Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, the first such expert who was allowed to visit the infamous Guantanamo Bay prison in over 20 years, noted that US’ treatment of detainees…
New Research Examines Restrictions On Incarcerated Journalists In US Prisons
A briefing from the Prison Policy Initiative documents many of the restrictions that prisons in the United States impose to prevent journalism from incarcerated individuals.
A Texas Prison Guard Placed a Woman in Isolation for Talking About Abortion
Legal experts told The Nation it’s not illegal. But that didn’t stop one guard from moving a woman to extreme isolation after sharing sexual health information.