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The Military Logic of Punishing Chelsea Manning’s Suicide Attempt
The state's control over the body is paramount.
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There Oughta Be a Law… Should Prison Really Be the US Way?
We are living in a country where the solution to just about any social problem is to create a law against it, and then punish those who break it.
Prison Revolutionaries of the ’60s Generation: Role Models for Contemporary Strikers
Former prison activists Albert Woodfox, Robert King and Sekou Kambui continue to inspire current prison struggles.
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“We’re Freedom Fighters”: The Story of the Nationwide Prison Labor Strike
Are people incarcerated for their labor or to erase them from the landscapes being gentrified for the privileged?
Lawyer for Imprisoned Whistleblower Chelsea Manning: Ongoing Pattern of Abuse Led to Hunger Strike
Chase Strangio, lawyer for imprisoned Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning, speaks about the hunger strike she launched Friday to protest her prison conditions.
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Attica: How the Suppression of an Uprising Fed the Prison Industry
Those who ordered the slaughter at Attica prison intentionally sent the US down the path of mass incarceration.
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How Prisoners Are Organizing a Nationwide Strike From Behind Bars
The Free Alabama Movement issued a call to action, with an estimated 40 prisons in 24 states expected to participate.
California May Abolish the Death Penalty
California voters will get a chance to abolish the state's expensive and flawed death penalty system.
Abu Zubaydah: Torture’s “Poster Child”
The ugly legacy of Bush's torture program continues as the “poster child” for waterboarding, Abu Zubaydah, makes an appeal.
DOJ Report on Baltimore Echoes Centuries-Old Limits on Black Freedom
The recently released report from the DOJ on the Baltimore Police Department is sobering, but not surprising.