prisoner’s rights

The Freedom Plea: How Prosecutors Deny Exonerations by Dangling the Prison Keys

September 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

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

September 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

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

July 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

“Strike Against Slavery!” – Nationwide Prisoner Work Stoppage set for September 9, 2016

July 30, 2016 // 0 Comments

by Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee/Press Release Prisoners from across the United States have just released this call to action for a nationally coordinated [...]

Author, Civil Rights Activist Angela Davis to Lecture at Hamilton College

February 15, 2016 // 0 Comments

by Hamilton College Media Relations/Press Release Clinton, N.Y. – Author, scholar and civil rights activist Angela Davis will present a lecture, “Leadership in Race [...]

Steven Barnes: Guilty Until Proven Innocent

April 5, 2015 // 0 Comments

A short documentary by Stephanie Inserra Steven Barnes, from Marcy, NY, was sentenced 25-to-life for the rape and murder of Kimberly Simons in 1989. Almost twenty years [...]

January 5, 2015 // 0 Comments

by Incarcerated Flavors There will be an Incarcerated Flavors meeting on Tuesday January 6th at 6 PM and will be held at 500 Plant St. (Cornerstone Community Church) in [...]