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Supporters Rally Behind Political Prisoners Who Stopped White Supremacist Attack
Activists converged on Anderson, Indiana, to demand the release of two Black men who stood up to racist prison guards.
Mothers of Imprisoned Sons Struggle Emotionally and Financially With No Support
Right now in the US, more than a million mothers are pouring energy and money into trying to care for incarcerated sons.
Nothing Can Truly Prepare You for Your First Time Behind Bars
A new book offers an inside look at incarceration at Rikers Island, from intake to release.
Trump’s Border Czar Recently Consulted for Immigrant Detention Center Operator
Tom Homan disclosed consulting fees from GEO Group, one of the largest immigrant jail operators in the US.
Prisons Allow Private Companies to Cut Off Communication With Loved Ones
Some states are allowing private companies to decide which people in prison are allowed to contact their family members.
“Bending the Bars” Rap Album Fights Damaging Stereotypes of Incarcerated People
“Bending the Bars” rips away bipartisan propaganda by letting incarcerated artists speak their truth.
I Wrote This From Solitary Confinement. I Refuse to Let It Break Me.
“The hole” is a prison within a prison, where I’m just another number without a name.
DOJ Charges New Jersey Congresswoman With Assault Following ICE Jail Visit
The baseless charges “should send a chill down the spine of every American," said Rep. Greg Casar.
Now Free, Columbia Student Mohsen Mahdawi Discusses His Experience in ICE Jail
He says there’s an “interconnectedness between injustices,” as family members have been incarcerated in Israeli jails.
Having Survived Solitary, I Refuse to Conflate the Imaginable With the Possible
White supremacy might limit what we can easily imagine, but through writing, we can shape more liberatory futures.