Prisoners in solitary confinement petition United Nations: ‘CDCR destroys our...
by Mary Ratcliff Families of prisoners have come out of the shadows since last year’s hunger strikes and taken on much of the work of recruiting the 400 prisoners who signed the U.N. petition. – Photo:...
View ArticleMy husband, my hero: The story of a prisoner labeled ‘worst of the worst’
by Kendra Castaneda Robbie Riva played on the varsity football team at Millikan High School in Long Beach in 2000, one year prior to his false arrest. What if you were a ward of the state of California...
View Article‘Systemic failures persist’ in California prison mental health care, judge rules
By Sal Rodriguez California Gov. Jerry Brown’s bid to end federal control over the state prison system’s mental health system was denied in federal court on Friday, April 5, in a sharply worded ruling...
View ArticleCalifornians praise court order to immediately reduce prison population
Call for Legislature to cancel planned prison expansion and step up to the plate on sentencing reform by Emily Harris Sacramento – Earlier today, Gov. Brown was ordered by the federal three-judge panel...
View ArticleMediators talk with prisoners as hunger strike reaches one month mark,...
by Isaac Ontiveros, Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Coalition Oakland, Aug. 8, 2013 – Today marks one month for prisoners on hunger strike throughout the California prison system. Earlier today, the...
View ArticleA lesson of the Irish hunger strike
by Tom Hayden The 10 Irish republicans who died on hunger strike in 1981 Word from within is that California’s prison hunger strikers have been studying the Irish hunger strike of 1981 led by Bobby...
View ArticleHolding Brown accountable: 60-hour fast held outside Gov. Brown’s condo in...
Adapted from a report by one of the Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity team members: California Gov. Jerry Brown having ignored the just completed 60-day hunger strike that kicked off with 30,000...
View ArticleMario Woods supporters prepare protest for Mayor Lee’s inauguration
by Brittany Hopkins Before Mayor Ed Lee even announced the itinerary for his 2016 inauguration celebration yesterday, plans were already underway to crash the party. San Francisco City Hall – Photo:...
View ArticleGov. Brown vetoes bill that prevents California jails from eliminating...
by Zaineb Mohammed Sacramento – On Sept. 27, California Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed Senate Bill 1157, which would have protected in-person visitation in California’s county jails, saying in his veto...
View ArticleCuster died for their sins
by Kevin Cooper Gen. George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876) paid the ultimate price for the sins of certain white people of his time who committed damn near every type of crime against humanity upon the...
View ArticleBaba Jahahara: Black August 2017
If Black lives truly matter … then Afrikans deserve reparations! by Jahahara Amen-RA Alkebulan-Maat Greetings of IMANI (FAITH) Esteemed G-o-ds, May our Divine Creator of and in All – and Beloved...
View ArticleI AM WE!
by Keith ‘Comrade Malik’ Washington and Comrade Ben Ammi Beth Olugbala, NABPP-PC, Texas Region “George Jackson Lives” was the cover story of the Black Panther newspaper on Aug. 28, 1971. Revolutionary...
View Article‘Soledad Brother’ John Clutchette granted parole – will California Gov. Jerry...
John Clutchette in the 1980s An interview with law professor Angela A. Allen-Bell by Angola 3 News On Jan. 12, 2018, the California Board of Parole Hearings granted parole to an elderly inmate named...
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