From Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity: Prisoners in the Pelican Bay Security Housing Unit (SHU) will resume their hunger strike against torturous conditions of imprisonment next Monday, Sept. 26th 2011. Read Tortured SHU Prisoners Speak Out: The Struggle Continues for more details on why they are resuming the strike. According to…
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Update: Troy Davis was executed at 11:08pm EDT. The world is watching the US’s barbaric behavior tonight in absolute horror. Rest in peace, Troy. The struggle to abolish the death penalty continues. “The struggle for justice doesn’t end with me. This struggle is for all the Troy Davises who came…
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Criminal InJustice† is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Criminal InJustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm CST. Go Directly To Jail: Do Not Pass Go, Do…
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“The struggle for justice doesn’t end with me. This struggle is for all the Troy Davises who came before me and all the ones who will come after me. I’m in good spirits and I’m prayerful and at peace. But I will not stop fighting until I’ve taken my last…
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The American Friends Service Committee (Arizona) was denied a temporary restraining order to halt the Arizona Department of Corrections from awarding contracts for new private prisons. The Dept. of Corrections has said it would award contracts immediately. AFSC has also filed an injunction to halt the award of contracts. The…
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Leonard Peltier has been in prison for decades for a crime he never committed. You can learn more about Leonard Peltier here, by watching the video below, and by reading the note from Ben Carnes below. The following is a note from Ben Carnes. Read it to find out what…
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Criminal InJustice† is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Criminal InJustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm CST. INCARCERATION NATION By Nancy A. Heitzeg aka soothsayer99 Again,…
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From People of Color Organize: Over the years long standing organizing efforts by class conscious prisoners in the Virgina state system’s two maximum security facilities (Red Onion and Wallens Ridge) have been met with systematic repression including beatings, assaults with electrical and chemical weapons, isolation in special segregation units, interdiction…
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