Incarcerated People Airlifted To Hospital Following Violent Attack By Alabama Prison Guards
Loved ones staged a protest outside the hospital where Alabama prisoners were airlifted following an attack by guards.
Alabama Prisoners Face Solitary, Violence For Organizing Boycott And Work Stoppage
Alabama prisoners face violence and isolation for organizing a boycott and work stoppage. One is on a hunger strike to protest the state’s retaliation.
Incarcerated Activist Sues Alabama Prison Officials After Facing Retaliation For Exposing Gambling Ring
Kinetik Justice Amun has sued the Alabama Department of Corrections, who he claims engaged in retaliation against him by placing him in solitary confinement.
Alabama Prisoners On Hunger Strike Demand Justice Department End Brutal And Inhumane Treatment
Four Alabama prisoners began a hunger strike at the Limestone Correctional Facility in protest against corruption, abuse, and a lack of accountability for inhumane conditions in the state prison system. The hunger strike is a response to a call to action from a coalition of prisoner rights groups, including the
Alabama Prisoners Associated With Anti-Violence Program Put In Solitary, Launch Hunger Strike
Eight Alabama prisoners in solitary confinement have gone on hunger strike. They’re part of Free Alabama Movement and/or linked to anti-violence program that was shut down by Alabama Department of Corrections.
Prison Strike Leader Beaten By Officers Fears For Life After Retaliation
Kinetik Justice Amun, one of the incarcerated leaders of the Free Alabama Movement who was a prison national strike organizer, fears for his life after he was brutally beaten and maced by officers at Limestone Correctional Facility on December 2, 2016. According to It’s Going Down, Kinetik was handcuffed and escorted
Alabama Prison Officials Retaliate Against Prison Strike Leader By Cutting Water To Cell
Advocates say prison officials at the Kilby Correctional Facility in Alabama turned off the water to Kinetik Justice Amun’s solitary cell after he initiated a hunger strike. Officials then transferred him to the Limestone Correctional Facility, which has a “behavioral modification program” known among prisoners as a “hot bay” dorm in which prisoners
Free Alabama Movement Links Prison Slavery To Lack Of Access To Education, Rehabilitation
One of the groups leading the prison strike argues a lack of educational and rehabilitative opportunities is central to exploiting prison labor.
Video Of Alabama Prisoner Is Rare Example Of Free Expression From Incarcerated Person
Wheeler’s testimony is a rare example of a prisoner’s stories and experiences shared without the monitoring or interference of prison administrators.
Resistance Continues As Historic Prison Strike Enters Fourth Week
UPDATE: The prison strikes raging across the country are about more than just slave labor practices. Prisoners are also taking action against other abuses they face, such as the lack of adequate medical and mental healthcare. On Friday morning, Free Alabama Movement’s Kinetik Justice Amun posted a video to Twitter, which provides a