Mass Black Incarceration

Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
South Carolina Wants to Silence Inmates at Troubled Prison
24 Apr 2018
“Brothers are going to find a way to communicate with the outside, and they will no longer tolerate the kind of human rights abuses that previous generations experienced,” said longtime prisoner ri
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Let Herman Bell’s Parole Stand!
10 Apr 2018
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo have been pressuring the state parole board to reverse its pending releas
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Every Murdered Black Person Deserves Protest
10 Apr 2018
“We should hear about these killings every day, because they happen every day,” said Margaret Kimberley, editor and senior colu
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Mass Incarceration With No End?
20 Mar 2018
Although US incarceration rates have been going down in recent years, at the current pace it would take 75 years to cut the prison population in half, according to Nazgol Ghandnoosh
Rachel Wolkenstein
New Legal Action is a Path to Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Freedom, But a Re-ignited International Mobilization is Critical for Victory
07 Mar 2018
“It will take international mobilization of the masses, centrally labor and its allies, minorities, immigrants and youth to turn the tide and win Mumia’s freedom.”
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Beware the Dangers of Reformism
05 Mar 2018
Reformers often wind up legitimizing and strengthening police power, said Dylan Rodriguez, professor of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of California at Riverside.
Abayomi Azikiwe
Mass Incarceration for Profit: The 13th Amendment and National Oppression in the U.S.
28 Feb 2018
“Why was it necessary to include language in the Amendment which maintained involuntary servitude within the prison system?”
Kyle Fraser , Black Agenda Radio producer
The Underground Struggle Continues
19 Feb 2018
Shannon Jones and her comrades in Bronxites for NYPD Accountability have taken the struggle against police repression underground, into the subway system, where they encourage folk
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Sentencing Reform Bill Moves Forward on Capital Hill
19 Feb 2018
The Senate Judiciary Committee’s passage of a drug sentencing bill is a significant step forward for criminal justice reform, said Kara Gotsch, of The Sentencing Project, especiall
Illinois Deaths in Custody Project
Making Visible the Lives and Deaths of People in Custody
14 Feb 2018
“Poor people should not be confined in a death machine.”