Hunger strikers protest perpetual solitary confinement
John Martinez The following letter from PBSP SHU prisoner John R. Martinez was written just before he and other SHU prisoners were set to begin their hunger strike. Edmund G. Brown, Governor State...
View ArticleWe can’t breathe! Thoughts on our Agreement to End Hostilities
by Kijani Tashiri Askari and Akili Castlin The Webster’s New Universal Unabridged Dictionary defines the word “hostility” as 1) a hostile state, condition or attitude; enmity; antagonism;...
View ArticleGood men, not worst of the worst
by Johnny Aguilar We are coming up on three years since the End of All Hostilities with all races has been implemented. I am feeling mighty proud for this historic mark in history that has no doubt...
View ArticlePsychological warfare in prison: Segregation is the soul breaker
by Ahjamu Baruti Note from a supporter: The article was written by a conscious-minded political prisoner and former inmate of Kinross Correctional during all the events described in “Michigan prisoners...
View ArticleFolsom hunger strike begins today, May 25 – your support is needed
by Anthony Estrada via a family member Supporters rally in front of CDCR headquarters in Sacramento on July 18, 2011, 10 days into the first mass hunger strike to end longterm solitary confinement led...
View ArticleHow many children in Alabama’s juvenile detention facilities are at risk of...
For this teenager alone in a cell in the Tuscaloosa County Juvenile Detention Center in Alabama, every cough or moan he hears must make him wonder if he and the other children will survive COVID-19....
View ArticleDMV adopts SF Supervisors’ policy to allow medical patients to use photo on file
Cancer patients and others whose medical treatment has caused changes in their appearance, such as hair loss, can now avoid the crowds at DMV and ask that their previous photo be used when they renew...
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