27 Nov 2023

In Washington State, Prison Closure Divides Abolitionist Community

When the Washington State DOC announced it would close the Washington State Reformatory, it caused a rift between incarcerated abolitionists. 

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19 Sep 2023

From Behind Enemy Lines, Prison Journalists Report On Conditions At Their Own Risk

Practicing journalism in prison is necessary, but incarcerated reporters face enormous risks and aggressive retaliation.

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26 Jun 2023

Rebuilding A Life After Years In A Cage

Rebuilding a life after years in a cage is a daunting task and some of those challenges are quantified and documented. But there are many more complicated, nuanced challenges that are less popularly known and harder to turn into data.

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19 Jun 2023

Redacted: Massachusetts Withholding Plans For New Women’s Prison

Massachusetts is refusing to share information about plans for a new women’s prison with concerned citizens through a controversial exemption to the state’s public records law.

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Illustration by Andrew Mulhearn
16 Jun 2023

In The South, ‘Georgia Prisoners Speak’ Organizes Against Incarceration From The Inside

Inside Georgia’s prisons, Georgia Prisoners Speak fights barriers to the outside and engages in abolitionist political education. 

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14 Jun 2023

Interview: Returning To General Population After San Quentin Closes Death Row

Jovan Strong speaks to Steven Anthony Jones about adjusting to life after Death Row.

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09 Mar 2023

Healthcare As Punishment: Seeking Medical Care In Washington Prisons

Prison health care is designed to avoid or withhold care for as long as possible, often to the point of causing serious harm.

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07 Mar 2023

On The Long Road To Organizing A Starbucks Union

In a word, the ongoing union organizing drive that has swept the coffee giant Starbucks can be described as ‘unprecedented.’

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28 Feb 2023

Georgia Prisoners May Lose Critical Lifelines As Prison Officials Overhaul Communications And Target Contraband Phones

As Georgia prison officials move towards fully digitizing communications with Securus and curtailing access to contraband cellphones, incarcerated people and their loved ones are speaking out.

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06 Feb 2023

Mutual Aid Inside: How Incarcerated Communities Survive Together

James Jones and Caren Holmes surveyed incarcerated people in the US and UK to collectivize our knowledge of mutual aid practices in prisons. 

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