Parole Violations Are Driving Prison’s Revolving Door
by Shawn D. Bushway and David J. Harding / The Conversation – Prisoner’s Rights Rapper Meek Mill is back in prison in Pennsylvania for violating the terms of [...]
Prisoner’s Rights
Private Prisons in US Turn a Profit, Ruin Black Lives
by Val Reynoso / TeleSUR Mass Incarceration is a billion-dollar industry which exploits prisoners who are predominately Black and non-white Latinx people for profit. The U.S. [...]
The Freedom Plea: How Prosecutors Deny Exonerations by Dangling the Prison Keys
New evidence pointed to innocence in the cases of these four Baltimore men, yet prosecutors would only let them go if they agreed to controversial plea deals. by Megan Rose / [...]
Harvey’s Victims: Prisoners Drink Toilet Water in a Fight to Survive Under Lockdown
Inmates in Texas experience flooding and lack of food and water. They are drinking toilet water while under lockdown and two prisoners were reported dead. Left Voice [...]
Mexico: 400 Inmates Win Collective Protection Over Torture
by TeleSur – Global The decision forces authorities to reopen the files of the inmates and replace pretrial detention with release under bond. Nearly 400 inmates of [...]
Prison Strike against Forced Labor Kicks off in the US
by Shane Burley/ROAR Magazine It takes a few minutes for guards to notice that the chow line has stopped. The line of prisoner workers who cook and serve the food [...]
Activists Plan Rally in Solidarity with Nationwide Prisoner Strike Against Slavery this Saturday
by Love and Rage Staff/Upcoming Events Local activists with the Mohawk Valley Freedom School, Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and Black Rose Anarchist Federation [...]
“Strike Against Slavery!” – Nationwide Prisoner Work Stoppage set for September 9, 2016
by Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee/Press Release Prisoners from across the United States have just released this call to action for a nationally coordinated [...]
Former Black Panther, Political Prisoner and Member of George Jackson Brigade Mark Cook to Speak at MVCC
by MVCC Student Social Justice Club Former political prisoner, Black Panther and member of the George Jackson Brigade Mark Cook is stopping in Utica to give a lecture as part [...]
MV Freedom School: Ban the Box Campaign
by Mohawk Valley Freedom School/Press Releases On Thursday, September 24th, the Mohawk Valley Freedom School located at Cornerstone Community Church in Utica will be hosting [...]
