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Mumia: Even Angela Davis Shocked by US Mass Incarceration
05 Nov 2019
Mumia Abu Jamal, the nation’s best known political prisoner, notes that even trailblazing prison abolition scholar Angela Davis, herself a former political prisoner, underestimated
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Prisoners Scapegoated While Rich Loot Society
14 Oct 2019
In an essay titled, “What Kind of Society Are We?” New York state prison inmate Donti Mitchell says citizens outside the walls should not be resentful that he is allowed to attend
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Halt – Don’t Expand – Mass Incarceration in New York
14 Oct 2019
The Black Alliance for Just Immigration supports the “No New Jails NYC” campaign to prevent the city from building 12 new prisons to replace the cells that will be lost when the infamous Rikers Isl
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The “Great Contradiction” of US Incarceration
10 Sep 2019
Donte Mitchell, a longtime prisoner of the State of New York, finds essential truths in the poem, “The Great Contradiction,” as it applies to the two million prisoners in US.
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Slavery is Model for US Prison Book-Banning
10 Sep 2019
Although First Amendment guarantees of freedom of expression apply to prisoners, the “catch is that these rights can be restricted in the interest of security,” said Professor Brittany Friedman, a
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Janet and Janine Africa “Free at Last”
15 Jul 2019
New York City is preparing a “Free At Last” celebration for MOVe organization survivors Janet and Janine Africa, who were recently released on parole after 41 years in prison.
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Mumia Says He’s Going Blind
09 Jul 2019
The nation’s best known political prisoner recently noticed “that I could no longer see a single face” among the “river of men passing by” in Pennsylvania’s Mahanoy prison.
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Jalil Muntaqim’s Family Awaits Him
02 Jul 2019
Billie Bottoms Brown, the 85 year-old mother of Black Panther political prisoner Anthony Bottoms, also known as Jalil Abdul Muntaqim, hopes to take her son on a sea cruise if he is
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Eddie Africa is Free
02 Jul 2019
MOVE activist Eddie Africa was released from a Pennsylvania prison after four decades of incarceration in the death of a Philadelphia policeman.
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Black Ex-Cop Throws the Book at Brutal Officers
06 May 2019
In his new book, Police Brutality Matters, Black former New York City police officer Joe Estedadvocates that all police crimes be handled by federal prosecutors, not local