A demonstration began early this morning at the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) offices, located at 5007 NE 39th Ave, disrupting the activity of Department of Corrections (FDOC) which has a contract to lease out prisoners as unpaid slaves to do road work for the State.
A report from Fight Toxic Prisons on the recent victory to block the construction of a prison in Kentucky.
brown speaks of this in her book; that we can learn to be like water, ever adapting to conditions and becoming what we need to be to push us forward towards freedom.
The release of Janine, 63, and Janet, 68, marks a key moment in the history of the Move 9, the group of African American black power and environmental campaigners who were imprisoned after a police siege of their home in August 1978.
Although I did years of work in prisoner support groups before being imprisoned, it didn’t prepare me for how it feels to be incarcerated, how it affects your family and your life’s direction. Hansen’s book is the nearest thing to opening a window into the inner life of that experience.
On Saturday morning, we went to the Lynchburg Adult Detention Center to support our friend who was then locked inside and to stand in solidarity with ALL those who are victims of an unjust system.
Early Thursday morning, 22-year-old pipeline fighter Holden Dometrius locked himself to welding equipment at a Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) construction site, stopping work.
The 2019 Fight Toxic Prisons Convergence is taking place June 14-17 in Gainesville, Florida and will include speakers, panels, workshops, protests and cultural activities exploring the intersections of anti-prison and environmental struggles.
A few supporters were able to get over to Youngstown and in to visit Sean in mid February. Sean seems in good spirits and in good health.
After nearly 10 years at the federal prison in Ft. Worth, Texas, longtime “Green Scare” defendant, trans prisoner and Earth First!er Marius Mason has finally been transferred to a facility closer to family and friends.