REPORT FROM DICK GREGORY AND LOUIS WOLF ON THE ONGOING VIGIL AT THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS HEADQUARTERS, WASHINGTON, DC, SEEKING COMPASSIONATE RELEASE FOR LYNNE STEWART

On Monday, June 17, as activists stood before the BOP headquarters on Monday, a guard emerged to ask why they were there. Upon hearing that Dick Gregory would be present at the vigil the following day, he responded enthusiastically: "My man, Dick Gregory!"

In November of 2012, Niara was sentenced to 25-50 years in prison after she plead guilty to robbing and killing a john of hers and setting his motel room on fire.  Niara, who also goes by Peaches, had to defend herself against transphobic violence in the prison system and has only been punished and put in solitary after fighting off men trying to abuse her, like many other gay and gender-variant people trapped men’s prisons.  Let’s make sure she can feel how much she is being supported from the outside!

JOIN THE MOVEMENT TO BAN THE BOX!!  TAKE THE PLEDGE TODAY

All of Us or None is a grassroots civil rights organizing initiative started by formerly-incarcerated people and our families.  We are building a movement to win full restoration of our civil and human rights, to eliminate the discrimination that people with past convictions face, and to fight for the human rights of all people in prison.

Subject: [Prisoners' Rights] WI Police use ID scanner at bars to nab criminals, but civil liberties raise concerns


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Jun. 1, 2013

 Please take action NOW -- ask Senators Steinberg (916-651-4006) and deLeon (916-651-4022) to remove SB 61 from the suspense calendar so the Senate can vote YES.Please forward this action alert to your networks. Call NOW.  

An Open Letter From Assata

Posted on May 3, 2013 by reed

My name is Assata Shakur, and I am a 20th century escaped slave. Because of government persecution, I was left with no other choice than to flee from the political repression, racism and violence that dominate the US government’s policy towards people of color. I am an ex-political prisoner, and I have been living in exile in Cuba since 1984.

Courts order Gov. Brown to Comply - Time to Increase the Pressure!

 April 14, 2013
Gitmo Is Killing Me
By SAMIR NAJI al HASAN MOQBEL

GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba

ONE man here weighs just 77 pounds. Another, 98. Last thing I knew, I weighed 132, but that was a month ago.

I’ve been on a hunger strike since Feb. 10 and have lost well over 30 pounds. I will not eat until they restore my dignity.

I’ve been detained at Guantánamo for 11 years and three months. I have never been charged with any crime. I have never received a trial.

PELICAN BAY SHU PRISONER REP SPEAKS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF JULY 8,2013.

April 2013

    Greetings to all those men and women of like minds and spirits who are going to volunteer and stand with us in Solidarity in the upcoming peaceful struggle to force positive changes to CDCR that will benefit all prisoners and all our outside families and friends.

Prison rape: Sexual torture

April 1, 20137

by Kenny Zulu Whitmore

Revolutionary greetings, my people.

Prison is a lonely, dark, cruel reality where you immediately become trapped in a time warp on one of the many modern day plantations that have sprung up like trees across America.