Mass Black Incarceration

Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Mumia on Lockdown
17 Sep 2018
“It’s a war against the prisoners, but also a war against knowledge and, ultimately, the Constitution, itself,” said Mumia Abu Jamal, the nation’s best known political prisoner, ch
Kyle Fraser , Black Agenda Radio producer
Pennsylvania Funds Prison Repression, But Not Health Care
17 Sep 2018
Although a statewide lockdown is officially over, prisoner mail and visitation will be hugely disrupted for the next 90 days, said Johanna Fernandez, of the Campaign to Bring Mumia
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Evolving Tactics of the National Prison Strike
03 Sep 2018
The tactics of imprisoned activists have evolved since the prison strike of 2016, which was brutally repressed, especially in Georgia, said Bruce Terpstra, of the Incarcerated Work
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Prison Strike 2018
29 Aug 2018
Inmates in states across the nation are on strike against the world’s largest and most racist prison system. Hopefully, they won’[t be betrayed by quisling civil rights misleaders, as in 2010.
Jamiles Lartey
Memphis Cops Spy on Black Activists -- and Dare Anybody to Try and Stop Them
29 Aug 2018
Memphis cops blatantly flaunt their targeting of Black activists, despite a judge’s ruling that the cops have violated a federal consent decree by continuing political surveillance.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
A Real Chance for Mumia Freedom
20 Aug 2018
“Those hearings that are coming up on August 30th could lead to a new trial for Mumia,” said Orie Lumumba, of Family and Concerned Friends of Mumia Abu Jamal.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Underground Fugitives Foresaw US Decline and Repression
20 Aug 2018
The underground radicals of the 1960s and 70s were prescient in their political analysis, according to Stephen Dillon, author of Fugitive Life: The Queer Politics of the Prison
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Simmering Rebellion in South Carolina Prisons
16 Jul 2018
Despite a corporate media blackout on conditions behind prison walls, inmates find ways to protest the year-long lockdown that was punctuated, in April, by a rebellion that left seven dead, said
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
The “Bought-Off” Black Caucus
09 Jul 2018
“They won’t do anything for us and, in fact, they’ll vote alongside our enemies,” said BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley, referring to the Congressional Black Cauc
Josmar Trujillo
Papers Insist ‘We Need’ Secret Gang Databases—Just Like We ‘Needed’ Stop & Frisk
04 Jul 2018
“Police gang databases can lead to increased bail, harsher sentencing, erosion of presumption of innocence and even increased chances of deportation.”