Prisons
The 2021 Toronto International Film Festival: ‘Attica’ revisited
October 22, 2021Law and order vs. anarchy was the perceived battle, but the evil of mass incarceration was exposed and prison reform was put on the agenda.
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Abolition Writing: A People’s World workshop on writing to end mass incarceration
September 13, 2021September 17, 2021 - 7pm ET
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Rural towns deserve more than just prison jobs
August 10, 2021Rural prison towns need jobs. There are better ones than guarding people in cages.
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KKK murder plot involving Florida prison guards exposed
August 10, 2021It was 11:30 a.m. on March 19, 2015, and the klansmen were celebrating what they thought was a successful murder in Florida. But the FBI had gotten wind of the plot.
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Executive order on private prisons a step forward but not enough
July 22, 2021Private prisons foster grotesque and inhumane conditions and bilk the U.S. taxpayers at the same time.
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