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Supporting positive changes in society for a world with less and less incarceration, and highlighting human rights abuses in prisons. Also on: https://mas.to/@prisonwatch
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Kenny Zulu Whitmore/ Warrior For His People Has Been Down For 50 Years... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecql... #KennyZuluWhitmore #freezulu #innocence

Great news! Joe Biden Grants Clemency To Leonard Peltier www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-bi...

I wrote a long piece at @inkstickmedia.com about the situation for refugees on Greece's Chios island, the way the journey they take has become more dangerous & violent since 2015, & how border violence/deterrence has failed to stop people from risking the crossing: inkstickmedia.com/after-greece...

Survivors of prison sexual abuse scandal ask Biden for clemency: ‘Give us a chance’ Incarcerated women seek relief after exposing harassment, retaliation and assault by staff www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... #prison #clemency

Editorial: Parole consideration for those sentenced to life behind bars 35 years ago? It’s the right thing to do www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

‘It’s torture’: brutal heat broils Texas prisons, killing dozens of inmates Legal action aims to force criminal justice department to air condition prisons, where 85,000 are at risk of heat illnesses www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti... #prison

The prisoner swap carried out on Thursday in Turkey is the most far-reaching exchange between Russia and the West in decades. Here’s a closer look at some of the people who were released.

La Shae Henderson, a former public defender running for judge in Los Angeles, wants to see the principles of youth justice apply to adults. She wants to focus on rehabilitation and restorative practices, telling Bolts it “would prevent more recidivism.” boltsmag.org/judge-electi...

Alabama just executed Keith Gavin. In his final moments, it also betrayed his last requests. boltsmag.org/alabama-exec...

This is nothing new, when will prisons be held accountable for their horrible lack of respect for humans and human rights? As inmates swelter, California prisons remain unprepared for extreme heat www.latimes.com/environment/... #prison #humanrights #heatstroke

CCWP Calls for Immediate Public Health Investigation Into Preventable Heatstroke Death at CCWF Women’s Prison #pressrelease #California #heatstroke #CCWP #Chowchilla #womenprisoners #prison #humanrights

Could Britain solve its prisons crisis by going Dutch? After the UK prisons minister praised the system in the Netherlands, experts there say the reality is more complex www.theguardian.com/society/arti... #prison

Beyond Life Without Parole in the US: 2nd Chances Make Communities Stronger New Website Shines a Light on Contributions of People Released www.hrw.org/news/2024/06... #LWOP #USA

Murder conviction of Missouri woman overturned after 43 years in prison Prison term of Sandra ‘Sandy’ Hemme, 63, longest-known wrongful conviction of a woman in US history www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...

Minnesota became the latest state to eliminate prison gerrymandering last month. A new law will end the practice of counting incarcerated people where prisons are located, which skews political power within the state. boltsmag.org/minnesota-en...

FCI Dublin, where women were sexually abused by guards, medical staff, and even the warden, was finally closed this year. But the vast majority of women were transferred to other facilities that also have a history of abuse by guards. boltsmag.org/federal-pris...

In Virginia, parole is almost non-existent: So far this year the state has granted parole in just 1.3 percent of cases. boltsmag.org/virginia-par...

Prison labor began during slavery & exploded as incarceration rates soared, disproportionately affecting poc. As laws have changed to make it easier for private companies to tap into the swelling captive workforce, it has grown into a multibillion-dollar industry that operates with little oversight

Inside The New Legal Push To End Calif.'s Death Penalty www.law360.com/articles/182...

L.A. County puts 66 probation officers on leave for misconduct, including sexual abuse, excessive force www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied an appeal from California corrections officials who sought immunity from lawsuits claiming they acted with deliberate indifference when they caused a deadly COVID-19 outbreak at SanQuentin www.marinij.com/2024/05/13/s...

Plz sign: Hold BOP Accountable for FCI Dublin Human Rights Violations! www.change.org/p/hold-bop-a... #fbop #humanrights

Michigan is the first state with a law that mandates automatic voter registration for people when they exist prison. boltsmag.org/michigan-aut...

More FCI Dublin women complain of retaliation, including having rifles pointed at them www.ktvu.com/news/more-fc... #womeninprison #humanrights #fbop

Colorado advocates are eager to work on setting up polling places in local jails, where people typically retain the right to vote but face big hurdles. “This is not a favor we’d be doing for these citizens. This is a right that they are entitled to.”

Ein türkisches Gericht verurteilt linke prokurdische PolitikerInnen zu extremen Haftstrafen.Demirtaş und Yüksekdağ führten lange die HDP.

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Kurdish political prisoners begin hunger strike in Evin Prison over transfer kurdistanhumanrights.org/en/news/2024...

Türkiye: Kurdish Politicians Convicted in Unjust Mass Trial @hrw t.co/8PH4LFddSd

I was wrongly imprisoned for 17 years. Then the state released me into a legal maze Andrew Malkinson www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #injustice#innocence#UK

Officials have responded to an overcrowding crisis in Houston by sending more people to far-flung, for-profit lockups. Local advocates want the jail to prioritize reducing its population instead.

Martin Myers tried and failed to steal a cigarette. Why has he spent 18 years in prison for it? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

“To Be Free Is to Free Others”: Formerly Incarcerated Women Urge Decarceration The fight to free women and end mass incarceration is long and ongoing, but these activists aren’t giving up. truthout.org/articles/to-...

At Least 107 migrants freed from captivity in southeast Libya, spokesman says

The U.S. has retrieved 11 American citizens, five of whom were minors, who had been stranded for years in desert camps and detention centers in Syria run by a Kurdish-led militia that battled the Islamic State, according to officials.

“Fear is one thing,” Brittney Griner writes in “Coming Home,” her new memoir, describing the moment when an inspector seized her passport and told her to wait. “But uncertainty, the unknown, a free fall into mystery — that’s much stronger than fear; it’s terror.” Read our review.

As an incarcerated person, I feel connected to the people of Gaza, Carla J. Simmons writes. The violence against oppressed people in both Gaza & U.S. prisons is a direct result of imperialism & the brutal policing used to maintain power & corruption. prismreports.org/2024/05/07/a...

‘They’ve destroyed us because of some tweets’: why has Saudi Arabia targeted three sisters? www.theguardian.com/global-devel... #humanrights #womensrights

US senators demand answers on closure plan for California women's prison where inmates were sexually abused 8 FCI Dublin inmates sued the Bureau of Prisons, alleging the agency had failed to root out sexual abuse at the CA facility www.foxnews.com/us/us-senato...

More than 100 inmates escape after rain damages Nigerian prison

Iraq hangs 11 convicted of terrorism in latest mass executions, security officials say

FCI Dublin prison closure: Women describe horrific journey across U.S. Dozens of women have shared horrific-sounding bus rides 2 prisons across the country as the Bureau of Prisons abruptly shut down FCI Dublin www.ktvu.com/news/fci-dub... #prison #California #FCIDublin #Federalprisons #humanrights

Chaotic Dublin prison closure leads to fighting, crying, cutting, inmates say. “I understand that we’re criminals,” one inmate says. “But we’re still human beings.” www.mercurynews.com/2024/04/23/c... #women #prisoners #Federalprisons

Fact sheet issued by Prisoners' Institutions on the eve of "Palestinian Prisoner's Day" on April 17, 2024 www.addameer.org/media/5320 #prisoners

She repeatedly reported a #prison guard’s sexual abuse. It took years for officials to believe her Exclusive: Nilda Palacios fought to prove a #California sergeant had assaulted and stalked her – by the time her claims were ‘sustained’, he’d quietly resigned www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Prison Jobs: Working Hard, Hardly Paid In this episode, Uncuffed gets down to business about prison jobs and involuntary servitude www.kalw.org/podcast/uncu... #prison #California

Another Dublin Women's Prison Officer Sentenced for Sexual Abuse www.kqed.org/news/1198096... #California

LWOP Walk for Life 2024 is organized by the incarcerated members of the 2nd Chance 2 Society for LWOPs group at Valley State Prison (VSP). 100% of net proceeds will be donated to Shriners Children'sTM Northern Ca. donate.lovetotherescue.org/fundraiser/5... #LifewithoutParole #prisoners #California