Picturing the Crisis - A new book uses art to make the horrors of mass incarceration as visual, and visceral, as possible. (blog.pmpress.org)
Locked away at 18, Robert DuBoise hugs his mom outside the prison after DNA freed him at 57 (slrpnk.net)
Oops, all bad apples (sh.itjust.works)
The US might restrict social media in prisons and inmates are worried: ‘I may lose my voice soon’ (www.theguardian.com)
Updates from Belarus ABC – June 11th (june11.noblogs.org)
‘FUCK the LAPD' Shirt Maker's Entire Shop Sold Out After Cops Threaten Him (www.404media.co)
Trinity Road Cop Shop – GoodBye and Good Riddance (thebristolian.net)
June 11th: An International Day of Solidarity with Marius Mason and Long-term Anarchist Prisoners (phlanticap.noblogs.org)
A Prosecutor Asked Texas to Kill Melissa Lucio. Now He Wants Her Freed. (theintercept.com)
Australia is throwing whistle blower in prison for uncovering war crimes in Afghanistan (www.youtube.com)
The purpose of a system is what it does. The police do not protect us. (slrpnk.net)
Advocacy groups say Texas inmates are 'being cooked to death' in state prisons without air conditioning (www.usatoday.com)
'Prisoners are the Compass of Our Struggle'—Palestinian Prisoners Day amid Gaza Genocide (www.palestinechronicle.com)
April 17 marks Palestinian Prisoner’s Day, established by the Palestinian National Council in 1974 as a day to honor the thousands of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli occupation prisons and to support their legitimate right to freedom. The date was chosen because it commemorates the release of prisoner Mahmoud Bakr Hijazi...
Sending climate protesters to prison shows the law is an ass (www.prospectmagazine.co.uk)
Executions: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (yt.artemislena.eu)
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How Much Do Prison Jobs Pay? The Reality of Labor Behind Bars in the U.S. | Inside Story (youtu.be)
Incarcerated people are literally paid pennies per hour. This is slavery
Jails banned in-person visits in order to maximize revenue from voice and video calls as part of a "quid pro quo kickback scheme" with prison phone companies (arstechnica.com)
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Cops tried to arrest a whole neighborhood. This is what happened when the community fought back. (therealnews.com)
“Everyone Will Die in Prison”: How Louisiana’s Plan to Lock People Up Longer Imperils Its Sickest Inmates (www.propublica.org)
Prison Abolition Art Collection (lemmy.world)
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