RAPP Campaign
Release Aging People in Prison Campaign
Jose Saldaña / On the Count — Saldaña talks from the RAPP office in Manhattan with Jamel Bellamy, Akil Shakur, and Andre Ward at the WBAI-FM radio station in Brooklyn, during a broadcast of On the Count: The Prison & Criminal Legal System Transformation Report. They remember the Attica rebellion and Attica brothers like Tyrone Larkins...
Shantel Destra / New York NOW — For the past several days, corrections officers at prisons across the state have been on strike. Officers are calling for a full repeal of the HALT act, which limits the use of solitary confinement in prisons. At the top of the week, Governor Kathy Hochul said that her administration has tried to negotiate, but would be moving forward with legal proceedings against the officers. By late Thursday, Hochul and the officers union came to a tentative agreement, which meant a 90-day pause on the HALT act. At this time, officers are reviewing the terms of that agreement...
susie day / CounterPunch+ — Art can open you up to see and understand whole new freeing dimensions of life. But most of us are purposely kept away from the reality of life inside prisons. Definitely, see the movie — but as you’re watching, keep in mind that it isn’t about prison so much as the wonder of the “rehabilitation” program....
