Hunger Strike at SCI Phoenix
At least 13 prisoners at SCI Phoenix, the Pennsylvania prison with the largest population, began a 10-day hunger strike in late June that ended on July 4. Their action was in response to the Intensive… Read More
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Running Down The Walls 2021
“Very few people in prison have voices that go beyond the wall. It’s my job to do the work for them because they have no one.”—Mumia Abu-Jamal This year, 40 years ago, Mumia Abu-Jamal was… Read More
Indigenous Activist and Artist: Leonard Peltier
Leonard Peltier is a 76-year-old Indigenous prisoner and member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) who’s been unjustly held in detention for over 45 years. Authorities claimed that he was responsible for the murder of… Read More
An Open-Air Prison!
Lack of free mobility, lack of access to prompt medical care, near-constant surveillance, and a lack of access to resources. These are fixtures of prisons in the U.S. and are also the reality of life… Read More
Free Sundiata Acoli
Sundiata Acoli, born in 1939, is a New Afrikan political prisoner of war, mathematician, and computer analyst. Sundiata has been incarcerated since 1973, when he and two comrades, Zayd and Assata Shakur, were ambushed at the New Jersey… Read More
A Life Worthy of Progress
Dear Friend, “My country’s justice system is designed to disrupt your sanity and annihilate your dignity from the very beginning.” – Heather Jarvis Twenty-nine-year-old Heather Jarvis is a mother, daughter, writer, and student currently serving her… Read More
Confidence In Your Conviction: What Krasner Needs to Do!
Dear Friend, What Larry Krasner the District Attorney of Philadelphia Needs To Do! We ask that you examine whether you have “confidence” in this conviction. Is the record that you are defending in court something… Read More
Survivors of Abuse
1 in 3 women has experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner. According to a study by the US Department of Justice, the most dangerous time for a battered woman is when she leaves. In Michigan, 75% of the women who are killed by their intimate partners are murdered after the relationship is over or as it ends. Read More
The Deadliest State
Dear Friend, PA has one of the largest populations of people sentenced to die in prison in the US — 5,467. As of January 31 2021, there are 521 people in Pennsylvania who were sentenced to… Read More
Step Into The Past
Dear Friend, With Biden and Harris officially sworn into office, millions of people were full of relief and excitement. As correspondent Mumia Abu-Jamal said, “An American president loses his hard-fought re-election bid and, within moments, the streets… Read More
A 60% Infection Rate
Dear Friend, Since the beginning of this pandemic Michigan’s grassroots organizations have been asking Governor Whitmer, and the appointed Director of the MDOC Heidi Washington, to handle this crisis with public health and human rights… Read More
