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.
In American Prisons, You’re Nothing More Than a Number
Formerly incarcerated journalist and writer Keri Blakinger uses her past experiences to detail the inside of prisons and why so few people come out better on the other side.
The Troubling Case of Richard Glossip: After Unprecedented Bipartisan Support, Supreme Court Blocks His Ninth Execution Date
Glossip’s execution date was set for May 18, despite requests from Oklahoma’s Republican attorney general to vacate Glossip’s conviction.
Chris Hedges: Teaching Solzhenitsyn’s Gulag Archipelago in Prison
There are many disturbing similarities between the brutality imposed on Stalin’s victims and the injustices endured by the incarcerated in federal and state prisons.
John Kiriakou: American Gulag
Western journalists are providing breathless depictions of the harsh conditions facing U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner in Russia. Have none of them been inside a U.S. prison?
Corporations are Making Millions of Dollars From U.S. Prison Labor
A Freedom of Information Act request shines a light on how much private corporations and government agencies have been exploiting prison labor during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Why U.S. Prisons Don’t Want Prisoners to Read
As one of the many calculated cruelties that define the US prison-industrial complex, the long assault on prisoners’ ability to read books while incarcerated is sinister, inhumane, and must be…
Lee Camp: How to End the U.S. Prison State Quick and Easy
2.3 million people find themselves behind bars in the U.S. Here's the quick way to get that number down to... zero. (Give or take a few.)
Lee Camp: 13 Facts About American Prisons That Will Blow Your Mind
The U.S. prison system is a crime against humanity. Here are just some of the reasons why.
Threat to Journalism Remains Despite Rejection of Assange Extradition
Although the British judge who denied the U.S. government's request to extradite the WikiLeaks founder seemed to understand the dangerous abomination that is the U.S. prison system, she failed to…