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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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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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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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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28 Sep 2022

In Washington State, Incarcerated Organizers Build Community With Youth To Fight For Releases

At Washington’s Stafford Creek Corrections Center, a group of incarcerated organizers have built community with local youths to fight for sentencing reforms, grappling with what it means to organize through an abolitionist lens from inside.

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25 Jul 2022

Abolitionist Organizers Warn ‘Counter-Extremism’ Won’t Stop White Supremacist Violence

With right-wing mass shootings on the rise, increased surveillance represents a double-edged sword for communities of color most often targeted by such programs.

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27 Oct 2021

In San Quentin, COVID-19 Prevention No Match For Crowded And Poorly Ventilated Housing

Since COVID-19 wreaked havoc inside California’s prisons, conditions that helped the virus spread have been left unaddressed.

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29 Sep 2021

At San Quentin, Incarcerated People Organize For Safety As Prison Transfers Spread COVID-19

Adamu Chan remembers how it felt to be trapped in San Quentin as COVID-19 spread and how #StopSanQuentinOutbreak helped him get free.

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