Unshowered and Hungry, Incarcerated People Wait Out Prison Guard Strike
Chris Gelardi & Sara G. Kielly / New York Focus — With nearly all of New York’s state prisons on lockdown, those on the inside struggle to get by...
Incarcerated NYers on the Prison Guard Wildcat Strike: ‘They Want to Go Back to the Good Old Days of Just Beating and Killing Guys’
Rebecca McCray / Hell Gate — "It happened because correction officers have been held accountable for their actions, and they feel threatened because they can be prosecuted for killing an incarcerated individual." ...
Hempstead rally pushes for New York parole bills
Kelsie Radziski / LI Herald — A rally was held in Hempstead on Dec. 4 to push for the passage of two bills statewide that would help imprisoned individuals seek justice through the parole system...
Sweeping Salazar, Souffrant Forrest Bill Targets Rogue Prisons and Jails
Chris Gelardi: New York Focus – State Senator Julia Salazar and Assemblymember Phara Souffrant Forrest announced the introduction of the “Rights Behind Bars” bill on Thursday...
Groups Call for Abolition of DBI in US; File Human Rights Complaint with UN
September 16, 2022: David M. Greenwald, The Davis Vanguard
RAPP CAMPAIGN RESPONDS TO CANADIAN SUPREME COURT STRIKING DOWN “LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE” SENTENCES
Today, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a ruling striking down any and all impositions of “life without parole” prison sentences (“LWOP”). The Court found such sentences to be “cruel …