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Human Outbreak Response
Humanity Not Cages: Demanding a Just and Humane Response to Outbreak
25 Mar 2020
With 2.3 million people in the United States in prison or jail on any given day, an outbreak in these facilities poses a threat to the entire country.
Noelle Hanrahan
Prisoners and Coronavirus
18 Mar 2020
Prisoners and guards are at much greater risk than the general population. “Prison health care systems are not prepared to deal with this epidemic.”
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
NYC to Celebrate Release of Last Move 9 Prisoner
10 Mar 2020
“We want to show our appreciation and love for what this 73 year-old man has gone through,” said Gwen DeBrow, one of the organizers of a reception for Delbert Africa, who was relea
Linn Washington Jr
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Smacks Abu-Jamal Again
04 Mar 2020
The Justices used extraordinary authority to delay Mumia’s appeal of his murder conviction.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Last Surviving Member of the Move 9 is Released
02 Mar 2020
Delbert Africa, imprisoned along with eight other members of the Move organization in 1978 in the death of a Philadelphia policeman, is finally free to “tell his story,” said Mumia Abu Jama
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
“Respectable” Black Women Fought Mass Incarceration
02 Mar 2020
Back in the days when 90 percent of southern prison inmates were Black, socially conservative Black clubwomen fought for prison reform, believing that “putting Black women in jail was hurting the B
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
One Dollar Bail, But Still in Jail
25 Feb 2020
Despite the abolition of bail for many offenses in New York State, thousands of people remain lockup up because of hurdles created by bureaucracy and hostile jail personnel, said Amanda Law
Alice Speri
New York Schools Gang Unit Pushes the Criminalization of Children
19 Feb 2020
A school handbook paints a picture of youth criminality that is steeped in law enforcement lingo and appears to have been written by police rather than educators.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Mumia Marks Release of Chuck Africa
18 Feb 2020
The nation’s best known political prisoner, Mumia Abu Jamal, was jubilant at the release of Chuck Africa, at 59 the last of the Move 9 members to leave prison after conviction in t
Adofo Minka
Prison Reform and the State: The Impending Confrontation in Mississippi
12 Feb 2020
The recent prison reform rallies at the Mississippi Capitol were more akin to being for a Middle Passage with more efficient plumbing.