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No Escape
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Recently, a group of human rights researchers, responding to letters from Fayette prisoners, found a slew of environmental dangers and threats to the lives, health and well-being of hundreds of prisoners, guards and other staff… Full Transcript
Chained As Children
Mumia Abu-Jamal
In 2012 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that mandatory life sentences for juveniles was a violation of the Constitution’s Eighth Amendment prohibition against “cruel and unusual punishments.” Ever since then almost a dozen states have… Full Transcript
Abolitionist Law Center Files Lawsuit Over Censorship
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
Freedom of thought, speech and association carry life or death consequences. Let’s fight against censorship, for censorship is a tool used by government to suppress the voices of people who take the bold stand to… Full Transcript
Intolerable
Lorenzo Cat Johnson
by Lorenzo Cat Johnson I would like to start by thanking everyone who have helped me in any shape or form in proving my innocence. As noted by the infamous Third Circuit Court of Appeals,… Full Transcript
The State Correctional Institution at Frackville is a small facility located in the Pennsylvania, Pocono Mountain region. Opened in 1987, this facility originally housed problematic prisoners. Currently, SCI Frankville houses about 1,140 prisoners and is… Full Transcript