As It Prepares For A Hurricane, South Carolina (Once Again) Does Not Evacuate A Prison Vaidya Gullapalli
The Appeal Podcast: What’s Changed Since The 2018 Prison Strike? With Jailhouse Lawyers Speak spokesperson and Right 2 Vote national coordinator Amani Sawari Adam H. Johnson
Federal Prisons Official Used Prison Labor For Work On His Church The Bureau of Prisons’ South Central regional director utilized incarcerated people from a Texas prison to work on a landscaping project at his church. Lauren Gill
Over 200 People Went On Hunger Strike After Months In Lockdown At California Prison Corcoran state prison has a history of abuse that includes forcing prisoners into ‘gladiator fights.’ Raven Rakia
A Prison Strike in Minnesota Actually Got Results Most prison strikes are met with retaliation and abuse, but one recent work stoppage is starting to pay off. Raven Rakia
Lawsuit Claims Delaware Prisoners Are Still Being Beaten, Stripped And Tortured Months After Uprising Meanwhile, the abysmal medical care that helped spark the riot persists. Raven Rakia
House of Cards ‘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. Lauren Gill
Activists Brace For Further Retaliation In The Wake Of The National Prison Strike As media attention wanes, “this is the most dangerous period with any prisoner action,” one organizer said. Bryce Covert
‘There’s An All-out Manhunt’: A Strike Organizer Speaks From Prison An imprisoned organizer with Jailhouse Lawyers Speak said prison officials are trying to identify those leading the strike. Raven Rakia
As National Prison Strike Continues, Incarcerated People Face Retaliation Now in its second week, a strike staged by prisoners over poor conditions, low wages, and other issues is resulting in consequences, including harsh conduct reports and placements in solitary confinement. Raven Rakia
Why Prisoners are Striking Today Prisoners are striking to end death by incarceration, prison slavery and poor living conditions. Raven Rakia