Ten years ago this month, nearly 29,000 people in California prisons staged a hunger strike to protest solitary confinement.
Survivors’ needs and opinions vary—and many have not found justice when they turn to the criminal legal system.
Unlike other states, Arizona offers minimal early release credits for the prisoners it sends to fight its wildfires.
Even when retaliation is likely, people speak out about the violence and abuse they experience and witness.
A wave of hunger strikes hit Alabama prisons as DOJ released a report calling the facilities “unconstitutional.”
Josie and Clint talk about prison abolition with Mariame Kaba.
One commissioner wants the state Department of Corrections to show proof that his county isn’t just using prisoners as ‘slaves.’
Most prison strikes are met with retaliation and abuse, but one recent work stoppage is starting to pay off.
‘Cold case’ playing cards were just introduced into Delaware prisons in hopes of producing tips on unsolved homicides—but critics warn that informants cultivated behind bars can be dangerously unreliable.
An imprisoned organizer with Jailhouse Lawyers Speak said prison officials are trying to identify those leading the strike.
Prisoners are striking to end death by incarceration, prison slavery and poor living conditions.
Ronald Brooks was helping plan a prison strike when he was abruptly transferred to a new prison hours away.
People incarcerated at Angola want opportunities for education instead of hard labor in the fields.