An excellent statement from the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, FIERCE, Queers for Economic Justice, the Peter Cicchino Youth Project and the Audre Lorde Project, about how hate crimes legislation is a bad idea, as is incarceration as a solution to violence in our communities: SRLP announces non-support of the Gender …
Prison Round Trip $2.95 from left-wing books dot net (normally $4.95) Saddle-stitched pamphlet 31 pages Published by PM Press and Kersplebedeb in 2009 ISBN ISBN 978-1-60486-082-5 âPrison Round Tripâ was first published in German in 2003 as âEinmal Knast und zurĂŒck.â The essayâs author, Klaus Viehmann, had been released from …
This from the Human Rights Coalition=Fed Up!, this report on what is being called the “Inauguration Day Atrocity”, where six men were targeted for assault with chemical and electrocution weapons by guards calling them “niggers” in retaliation for these prisoners continuing to file grievances, pursue civil litigation, expose prison conditions …
More dog-bites-man news here – two judges in Pennsylvania set up a kickback scheme whereby they would get paid for sending kids to private kiddie prisons. One imagines they’ll get in trouble for having gotten caught, but we’ll see: Monday, February 16, 2009PA Judges Accused of Jailing Juveniles for Cash …
The following from Critical Resistance: To All CR members, Allies, and Comrades of New Orleans, Prisoners and Families of New Orleans needs your help immediately!If you haven’t heard already Hurricane Gustav is headed for New Orleansand is predicted to be a category 3 hurricane, the same as Hurricane Katrina. There …
The following from Philly’s Human Rights Coalition/Fed Up! Chapter: Distribute Far and Wide and Please Take Immediate Action HRC/Fed Up! has received correspondence from five prisoners in the Special Management Unit (SMU–the most restrictive hole in Pennsylvania) in the last week to report that prison guards and the Unit Manager …
The Road Ahead and the Dialectics of Changeby C. Lundrum The rather long subtitle of this short pamphlet reads: “applying the science of dialectical and historical materialism to the prison construct as it exists within California prison system today.” And that is just what ths is: an attempt by a …
The following from my comrade Susie Day arrived in my inbox yesterday: KILLER LESBIANS MAULED BY KILLER COURT, MEDIA WOLFPACK Four more Black girls just went bad. Young, 19 to 25; from Newark or surrounding neighborhoods; “troubled” families; having babies while in their teens â you’ve heard it all before. …
Racial Profiling in Canada: Challenging the Myth of âa Few Bad Applesâby Carol Tator and Frances Henry. Published by University of Toronto Press, 2006 In their book Racial Profiling in Canada: Challenging the Myth of âa Few Bad Applesâ, authors Carol Tator and Frances Henry â and contributors Charles C. …
Just received this from verbena-19: Familyâs Canadian Supporters Urge Immigration Minister to Immediately grant Temporary Residence Permit to End 5-Week Jail Ordeal TORONTO, MARCH 9, 2007 â The Canadian lawyer for 9-Year-old Kevin Yourdkhani â a Canadian citizen currently detained over a month in a Texas immigration jail along with …