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Kyle Fraser , Black Agenda Radio producer
Real Prison Reform Requires Constitutional Revision
06 Nov 2018
Eliminating the portion of the 13thAmendment to the US Constitution that allow enslavement of prisoners is central to prison reform, said prison abolitionist and spoken word artist Max Part
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Bogus Excuse for PA Prison Lockdown
08 Oct 2018
Bogus Excuse for PA Prison Lockdown
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Slave Labor in U.S. Prisons
01 Oct 2018
Exploitation of prison labor is rampant across the nation, said Romarilyn Ralston, program coordinator for Project Rebound at California State University at Fullerton.
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Prison Strike Leaders Failed to Consult with Locals
01 Oct 2018
Veteran prisoner rights advocate Efia Nwangaza said leaders of the recent national prison strike should have paid more attention to local prisoner support groups.
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Mumia on Lockdown
17 Sep 2018
“It’s a war against the prisoners, but also a war against knowledge and, ultimately, the Constitution, itself,” said Mumia Abu Jamal, the nation’s best known political prisoner, ch
Kyle Fraser , Black Agenda Radio producer
Pennsylvania Funds Prison Repression, But Not Health Care
17 Sep 2018
Although a statewide lockdown is officially over, prisoner mail and visitation will be hugely disrupted for the next 90 days, said Johanna Fernandez, of the Campaign to Bring Mumia
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Evolving Tactics of the National Prison Strike
03 Sep 2018
The tactics of imprisoned activists have evolved since the prison strike of 2016, which was brutally repressed, especially in Georgia, said Bruce Terpstra, of the Incarcerated Work
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A Real Chance for Mumia Freedom
20 Aug 2018
“Those hearings that are coming up on August 30th could lead to a new trial for Mumia,” said Orie Lumumba, of Family and Concerned Friends of Mumia Abu Jamal.
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Underground Fugitives Foresaw US Decline and Repression
20 Aug 2018
The underground radicals of the 1960s and 70s were prescient in their political analysis, according to Stephen Dillon, author of Fugitive Life: The Queer Politics of the Prison
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Simmering Rebellion in South Carolina Prisons
16 Jul 2018
Despite a corporate media blackout on conditions behind prison walls, inmates find ways to protest the year-long lockdown that was punctuated, in April, by a rebellion that left seven dead, said