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Martin Sostre (1923-2015) was a political prisoner, jailhouse lawyer, and Black anarchist of Puerto Rican descent.
Black people are disproportionately convicted of felonies across New York State.
The prison system links corporate interests, the military industrial complex, and policing into a web of oppression impacting more than 2 milli
Black legislators in New York are defending their legislation which reduces the use of cash bail.
The mass incarceration state was built to lock up as many Black people as possible and discussion of even modest reforms is shut down.
A Freedom of Information Act request shines a light on how much private corporations and government agencies have been exploiting prison labor
Black people give great attention to certain court cases in hopes of receiving justice when the system is designed to be unjust.
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