Who’s running the Virginia prison system?
The Virginia prison system, under officials like Dotson and Robinson, is accused of corruption, racist practices, and abuse, particularly at Red Onion State Prison.
43 years later, Mumia is still a political prisoner
43-year imprisonment of Mumia Abu-Jamal, a former Black Panther and journalist, highlights legal injustices, and the ongoing fight for his release.
Hunter Biden’s case isn’t special – it’s just rarely applied to White America
The criminalization of Black Americans through the Black Codes and their modern equivalents demands reparations.
It’s time for justice: Why Leonard Peltier must be granted clemency
Leonard Peltier’s 2024 parole denial highlights systemic injustice and calls for clemency to correct decades of wrongdoing.
Rashid: Striking abuses of militarized guards in Virginia prisons
Human rights violations by militarized prison guards in the Virginia prison system, highlighting specific incidents of brutality and negligence.
Jhacorey Wyatt may be sentenced for the wrong crime
Four jurors have gone back on their guilty verdicts for 28-year-old Jhacorey Wyatt. The DA wants 26 years. Advocates are arguing that Wyatt should get time served.
‘We the People’ includes we the incarcerated
Voting rights for incarcerated individuals should be restored to uphold democratic principles and reduce recidivism.
Kern Valley State Prison under fire for race-based lockdown targeting Black prisoners
Kern Valley State Prison faces backlash for a racially discriminatory lockdown targeting Black inmates, sparking outrage and calls for accountability.
How do you incarcerate culture?
Prison hunger strikes targeted solitary confinement and cultural criminalization.
Join the fight against the 13th Amendment and its modern implications
Sept. 27 at 11:30 a.m. join an impromptu rally at the headquarters of the CDCR to call for review and repeal of Penal Code 4571.
Mellon’s $125 million ‘Imagining Freedom’ ignores incarcerated artists
A closer look at philanthropy’s role in mass incarceration
by Donald ‘C-Note’ Hooker
In a bold move, the Mellon Foundation recently announced its $125 million “Imagining...
Black August: A story of African freedom fighters
The concept, Black August, grew out of the need to expose the glorious and heroic deeds of those Afrikan women and men who recognized and struggled against the injustices heaped upon people of color on a daily basis in America.
Imprisoned workers sue Alabama to abolish involuntary servitude
A notorious prison system, Alabama’s is the most overcrowded in the country, operating at over 168% capacity
Return Kwame Shakur to general population
Kwame is being unjustly held in RHU (solitary confinement) as retaliation and harassment for his affiliation with community improvement organizations.
Kwame ‘Beans’ Shakur: Call to Action for National Unification
In every state across Turtle Island, we have outside people doing Revolutionary Nationalism and abolitionist work. In every single prison we have Political Prisoners and Politicized individuals doing the work and resisting their captivity. PLM is to unite those people.
Spotlight on Virginia prisons: Why Virginia’s remote prisons need to be publicly exposed and...
Red Onion State Prison officials want to keep what happens in these dens of racism and corruption secret and go to every extreme to silence those who aim to expose them.
Assassination attempts against Mumia Abu-Jamal
The medical community must acknowledge the underlying oppressive violence that our community, our loved ones are suffering. It is state violence that is so important.
Sekou Odinga, Black liberation fighter, passes at 79
“Sekou Odinga lived to manifest ... the need to resist in order to overcome white supremacy and capitalist-imperialism, the scourge of the planet. Long Live the warrior spirit of Sekou Odinga.” - Jalil Muntaqim
Blue lies matter: How courts protect abusive cops and prison guards
Police and guard abuse is not and has never been about a few bad apples doing wrong. The entire legal system is structured to enable and protect abusers so they suffer no consequences for their offenses.
Help Amber Jackson prepare for freedom
I plan to pleasantly surprise anyone in my path. I go back to the Board of Parole Hearings in 2024 and I fully expect my release.