Text and poster submitted to FTP Early Thursday morning, prison abolitionists dropped a banner over New Circle Road in Lexington, KY. The banner stated “No Pride in Prisons,” incorporating the logo of Hal’s Rogers PRIDE initiative which, according to the initiative homepage, “promotes personal responsibility in a desirable environment in 42 counties in Southern and Eastern…
Press Release: Prison Riot and Facility Lockdowns in Florida Precede Rally Planned at Coleman Prison in Support of Nationwide Prisoner Strike
For Immediate Release 9/9/2016 Prison Riot and Facility Lockdowns Precedes Rally Planned at Coleman Prison in Support of Nationwide Prisoner Strike FLORIDA – Activists from across Florida have called for a demonstration at the largest federal prison in the country, FCC Coleman, to take place on Saturday, September 10, from 10 a.m. to noon, focused…
Rally to End Toxic Prison Slavery in Solidarity with September 9 Nationwide Prison Strike
Rally to End Toxic Prison Slavery in Solidarity with September 9 Nationwide Prison Strike From FightToxicPrisons.org Sept 9th is the 45th anniversary of the Attica Uprising in New York, where national attention was drawn to the problem of prisons in this country. This year there will public demonstrations in support of prisoners who have a…
Over 130 Organizations Challenge EPA to Consider Prisoners in Environmental Justice Action Plan
Over 130 Organizations Challenge EPA to Consider Prisoners in Environmental Justice Action Plan from PrisonEcology.org The Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC) submitted a public comment to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday that provides input on the agency’s final draft of the EJ 2020 Action Agenda, highlighting the lack of consideration for environmental justice among…
Fighting Toxic Prisons: Reflections and Next Steps from the June 11 Convergence in D.C.
Fighting Toxic Prisons: Reflections and Next Steps from the June 11 Convergence in D.C. First off, a huge “Thank You” to the folks that helped make the convergence last month happen. There are too many to list you all here, but you know who you are. Those of us who organized for the event over…
June 13th D.C. Action Photos!
Taking the Streets after the Fight Toxic Prisons Convergence On June 13th, 2016 over 50 activists with the Campaign to Fight Toxic Prisons took to the streets of D.C. to demand the Bureau of Prisons halt it’s plans to build two new Toxic prisons in Letcher County, Kentucky and Thomson, Illinois. The below photos chronicle our march,…
Fight Toxic Prisons march blockades Bureau of Prisons
Report back from FTP Convergence Day of Action Over the weekend of June 11th an incredible array of folks gathered in Washington, DC for the Convergence to Fight Toxic Prisons and Support Eco-prisoners. After two days of networking, strategizing and listening to the wisdom of black liberation fighters like Ramona Africa and Jihad Abdulmumit as…
Marius Masons Statement For “Fight Toxic Prisons” Convergence
Marius Masons Statement For “Fight Toxic Prisons” Convergence by Marius Mason / supportmariusmason.org Greetings to all the good folks who are coming together on this day to fight together against an important Environmental Justice issue. It inspires me to see that friends in the environmental movement and friends in the prison abolition movement are seeing…
‘Fight Toxic Prisons’ Convergence Challenges Department of Justice to Eradicate Environmental Health Hazards in U.S. Prisons
Former political prisoners will converge with environmental and prisoners’ rights activists in Washington D.C. under the banner of the #PrisonEcology movement.
Schedule for the Convergence Against Toxic Prisons & In Support of Eco-Prisoners
All events will be held at UDC David A. Clarke School of Law
Convergence In Support of Eco-Prisoners & Against Toxic Prisons
June 11 – 13, 2016 in Washington D.C. June 11 and 12th – Converge and Strategize June 13th – Mass Direct Action against the Bureau of Prisons FOR OVER A DECADE, June 11th has been a day of action in solidarity with environmentalists and anarchists imprisoned for their actions in defense of the Earth. The…
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