Are Prisons Necessary? - Peter Kropotkin (www.panarchy.org)
Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin (December 9, 1842 – February 8, 1921) was a Russian anarchist and geographer known as a proponent of anarchist communism.
Australia is throwing whistle blower in prison for uncovering war crimes in Afghanistan (www.youtube.com)
Advocacy groups say Texas inmates are 'being cooked to death' in state prisons without air conditioning (www.usatoday.com)
Cops tried to arrest a whole neighborhood. This is what happened when the community fought back. (therealnews.com)
Red Army Faction militant arrested in Germany after decades on run (www.theguardian.com)
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Oops, all bad apples (sh.itjust.works)
A Prosecutor Asked Texas to Kill Melissa Lucio. Now He Wants Her Freed. (theintercept.com)
The purpose of a system is what it does. The police do not protect us. (slrpnk.net)
Alexey Navalny has died in a Russian penal colony in the far north (en.wikipedia.org)
I feared he would be martyred, when he returned to Russia after getting poisoned by the FSB and helping Bellingcat track down the agents who poisoned him (nobody in power did anything about them). Back then, his life was saved by a pilot deciding to make an emergency landing and a doctor suspecting a neurotoxin....
Locked away at 18, Robert DuBoise hugs his mom outside the prison after DNA freed him at 57 (slrpnk.net)
‘FUCK the LAPD' Shirt Maker's Entire Shop Sold Out After Cops Threaten Him (www.404media.co)
Stopping the Cop Cities Countrywide (crimethinc.com)
Since April 2021, protesters in Atlanta, Georgia have been fighting to defend Weelaunee Forest, where politicians and profiteers are attempting to build a police training compound known as Cop City. This movement has spread around the country, identifying and attacking the roots of state and corporate support for the project;...
Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands (apnews.com)
The Little-Known Reason Counties Keep Building Bigger Jails: Architecture Firms (theintercept.com)
Picturing the Crisis - A new book uses art to make the horrors of mass incarceration as visual, and visceral, as possible. (blog.pmpress.org)
The US might restrict social media in prisons and inmates are worried: ‘I may lose my voice soon’ (www.theguardian.com)
Updates from Belarus ABC – June 11th (june11.noblogs.org)
Trinity Road Cop Shop – GoodBye and Good Riddance (thebristolian.net)
June 11th: An International Day of Solidarity with Marius Mason and Long-term Anarchist Prisoners (phlanticap.noblogs.org)
'Prisoners are the Compass of Our Struggle'—Palestinian Prisoners Day amid Gaza Genocide (www.palestinechronicle.com)
April 17 marks Palestinian Prisoner’s Day, established by the Palestinian National Council in 1974 as a day to honor the thousands of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli occupation prisons and to support their legitimate right to freedom. The date was chosen because it commemorates the release of prisoner Mahmoud Bakr Hijazi...
Sending climate protesters to prison shows the law is an ass (www.prospectmagazine.co.uk)
Executions: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (yt.artemislena.eu)
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How Much Do Prison Jobs Pay? The Reality of Labor Behind Bars in the U.S. | Inside Story (youtu.be)
Incarcerated people are literally paid pennies per hour. This is slavery
Jails banned in-person visits in order to maximize revenue from voice and video calls as part of a "quid pro quo kickback scheme" with prison phone companies (arstechnica.com)
Crossposted from: lemmy.ml/post/13937769...