Abolition of police and prisons
- hammerandhope.org How to Survive Jail
Strategies from a Stop Cop City forest defender facing domestic terrorism and RICO charges.
- • 100%truthout.org UN Report: Israel Detaining 9,400 Palestinians, Subjecting Them to Torture, Sexual Assault
Israeli forces are arbitrarily imprisoning at least 9,400 Palestinians, including children, the UN found.
- • 100%www.latimes.com As inmates swelter, California prisons remain unprepared for extreme heat
California's prisons are uniquely unprepared for climate change because of remote locations, aging infrastructure and overcrowding, experts say.
- • 100%www.vice.com It’s Totally Legal to Yell ‘Fuck You’ at Cops. Why Are People Getting Arrested?
So why do people keep getting arrested?
- • 100%apnews.com Bodycam video reveals chaotic scene of deputy fatally shooting Sonya Massey, who called 911 for help
The video released Monday shows a tense moment in which former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson yells at Sonya Massey over moving a pot from the stove.
WARNING: Full body cam YouTube link
- • 100%www.invw.org Washington prisons delayed nearly a third of all inmate release dates last year, costing taxpayers millions - InvestigateWest
Inmates say late releases derail their efforts to find housing By Paul Kiefer / InvestigateWest...
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> >Today's "Wolff Responds", Professor Wolff discusses the prison system in the United Kingdom and the United States
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>Dave’s been in jail for 64 days. Due to immediate concerns for his safety, we can’t say more except to say his situation is grim. He has no access to natural light & restricted contact with his daughters. Help #FreeMcBride by donating to his fundraiser👇🏼🙏 > >https://chuffed.org/project/davidmcbride
- www.texasobserver.org Eye on Texas: The Wages of Inequality—Behind Bars
Because the state refuses to pay us for our labor, incarcerated women rely on money from the outside to get by.
- www.nfb.ca Hollow Water
This documentary profiles the tiny Ojibway community of Hollow Water on the shores of Lake Winnipeg as they deal with an epidemic of sexual abuse in their midst. …
This is an extremely difficult topic. I believe this is an amazing documentary, to the point I decided it is worth being posted in these two relevant communities: Documentaries & Abolition of police and prisons
>Details > >This documentary profiles the tiny Ojibway community of Hollow Water on the shores of Lake Winnipeg as they deal with an epidemic of sexual abuse in their midst. The offenders have left a legacy of denial and pain, addiction and suicide. The Manitoba justice system was unsuccessful in ending the cycle of abuse, so the community of Hollow Water took matters into their own hands. The offenders were brought home to face justice in a community healing and sentencing circle. Based on traditional practices, this unique model of justice reunites families and heals both victims and offenders. The film is a powerful tribute to one community's ability to heal and create change.
- • 100%truthout.org Police Violence Is Also Political Violence — and Deeply Normalized in the US
The threat of state-sanctioned violence is so constant in the US that it doesn’t even make the headlines.
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> > I told the truth about the Australian Defence Force’s unethical, harmful and highly politicised leadership which fostered a culture of impunity in Afghanistan. As my team and I continue to fight these unjust criminal charges, I am asking for your support! > > You can support David's appeal here: https://chuffed.org/project/davidmcbride > > ---- > (Edit) More information: > > David McBride sent to prison | The West Report https://michaelwest.com.au/david-mcbride-sent-to-prison-the-west-report/ > > What Fate for David McBride? - with lawyer Eddie Lloyd | Consortium News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czj540q8YDQ > > Michael West interviews McBride - https://michaelwest.com.au/david-mcbride-full-interview/ > > video by BoyBoy https://youtu.be/sYt4CxFfQUU?si=P_E2FLkKYMKRbHRT > > video by friendlyjordies https://youtu.be/jdYYIVoCvsM?si=Nhc2Uxnj0kadKUIu > > [Article] Afghan war crimes whistleblower David McBride sentenced to prison, by Michael West | May 14, 2024 https://michaelwest.com.au/whistleblower-david-mcbride-sentenced-to-jail/
- • 100%truthout.org Massachusetts’ Proposed Prison Moratorium Is a First Step Toward Abolition
A bill to halt the construction of new prisons and jails provides a way forward for decarceration.
- • 100%truthout.org I Watched My Neighbor Die a Preventable Death Due to Scorching Heat in Prison
Breathing was hard for all of us in the heat. I screamed for help when he collapsed but it didn’t come soon enough.
- • 100%www.bbc.com Thousands of prisoners to be released early to ease overcrowding
Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood warns of a "total breakdown of law and order" unless action is taken.
- • 100%truthout.org Several States Are Building New Women’s Prisons — Can They Be Stopped?
Organizers across the country are working to halt the expansion of the carceral system.
- • 100%theintercept.com There’s a Junk Science Crisis in Criminal Convictions. Sonia Sotomayor Calls It Out in Alabama Bite-Mark Case.
While the Supreme Court refused to hear the case of Charles McCrory, Sonia Sotomayor said states should act to help those imprisoned on debunked forensics.
- • 100%truthout.org Volunteers Play a Key Role in Breaking Down the Patterns That Enable Prisons
During my decades behind bars, I’ve watched community volunteers help fight the invisibilization that props prisons up.
- southsideweekly.com NU Graduate Dies at Stateville During Heat Wave
Advocates and people incarcerated at the prison have long called facility conditions there dire.
- • 100%truthout.org This Fourth of July, I’m in My 26th Year Behind Bars for Cannabis
A victim of the “war on drugs” reflects upon watching the fireworks from prison.
- • 100%theintercept.com Prosecute a Cop? You’ll Face Removal From Office
Police unions and GOP legislators are trying to get Minnesota district attorney Mary Moriarty removed from the case of a killer cop.
- alarmphone.org 20 days in Osama prison - Alarm Phone
Our activist’s network Alarm phone is regularly contacted by people searching their relatives, as there are no official structures existing for people on the move crossing the Mediterranean to Europe, which is highly criminalised. Many people get stopped and intercepted soon after departure from Lib...
- • 100%countervortex.org Israel high court responds to prison abuse revelations
Israel’s Supreme Court issued an order demanding the Benjamin Netanyahu government provide an update on conditions in the Sde Teiman detention facility, where the government has been holding Palestinian detainees from the war in Gaza. The order came in response... Read moreIsrael high court responds...
- • 100%atlpresscollective.com Charitable bail funds fight back against Georgia’s new bail law
The ACLU filed a federal lawsuit against Georgia SB 63 for threatening charitable bail funds and violating constitutional rights.
- invidious.fdn.fr Prisons: Universities of Crime, by Peter Kropotkin
Can be read at https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/petr-kropotkin-prisons-universities-of-crime Short piece by Kropotkin on the effects of the prison system. "Prisons are universities of crime, maintained by the state".
- • 100%black-ink.info Layan Kayed: The Prison as a Text
Translated by Roba Alsalibi Since its establishment in 1948, the Israeli settler-colonial state, like other settler-colonial contexts, has employed incarceration as a tool of subjugation against th…
- www.countingonjustice.com Counting on Justice
“The compelling narrative of Just Mercy meets the accessible, numbers-savvy approach of Weapons of Math Destruction.” COUNTING ON JUSTICE confronts America’s unfair…
I happened to stumble across this book when a friend recommended it to me. I hope you guys might be interested in it!
- shado-mag.com What is Abolition?
Our Knowledge Page on the global liberation project of abolition, its ongoing history and how you can join the movement
- • 100%indypendent.org The NYPD Drops the Mask
The NYPD has morphed from its typical defensive/aggressive media posture to something far more disturbing: a primary source of bluntly politicized misinformation, even conspiracy theory.
- • 100%yt.artemislena.eu TalkingStickTV - Ed Mead & Greg Lewis - U.S. Prison Industrial System
Interview with Ed Mead, editor of "Prison Focus" magazine and Gregory Lewis, long-time human rights activist, about the current state in U.S. prisons.
- • 100%www.washingtonpost.com Beaten by cops, this man is skeptical of police reform in Minneapolis
Jaleel Stallings was swept up in the chaos of protests over George Floyd’s murder. The outcome changed his life.