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Incarcerated People
Companies Are Using Pandemic to Squeeze Money From Incarcerated People Like Me
Being incarcerated should not make people like me and our families targets for extortion by phone companies.
To Understand COVID in Prisons, Listen to Incarcerated People
The media must push back against rosy reports from prison officials and demand to speak directly with the prisoners.
“Gladiator Fights” Expose Prisons to Be Genocidal Machines
In “gladiator fights,” guards pit known rivals against each other in the prison yard.
1970s Activism Laid Foundation for Today’s Prison Abolitionist Feminism
Grassroots feminist activism in the 1970s resisted the inclusion of imprisonment and policing in their struggles.
After Florida Re-enfranchises 1.4 Million, Republicans Push New “Poll Tax”
Desmond Meade, president of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, discusses more.
Taking Away Voting Rights Does Nothing to Solve Violence
Maya Schenwar discusses voting rights, the current political landscape and her forthcoming book.
Being in Prison Should Not Take Away Your Right to Vote, Says Sanders
Sanders said at a town hall Monday that he believed in restoring voting rights for prisoners.
Why Federal Student Aid Should Be Restored for People in Prison
Here are four reasons to support the reinstatement of the Pell Grant for incarcerated people.
Fighting Kentucky’s Policy of Lifetime Disenfranchisement
Mantell Stevens is organizer with working to end Kentucky's policy of lifetime disenfranchisement.
Sentenced to Shut Up: To Protect Free Expression, Curb Prison Censorship
Prisons and jails saddle people with senseless restrictions on their ability to speak, write, and receive information.