Coming to Terms with a Lifetime of Trauma While in Prison
I am a Black man in prison, and I want to talk about trauma. I want us all to be able to talk about trauma. I’m here because when I…
US Prison Industry
How prisoner-led organizing saved my life
Joining the Black Prisoners Caucus helped me find direction and the opportunity to serve my community while serving a life-without-parole sentence. To survive in prison, inmates usually accept a “convict…
Is the U.S. Legal System at War With Its People?
Incarcerations, brutality, and torture are common in the U.S. Activists claim that this amounts to a war waged against racially marginalized, poor, and working-class people. The very laws and government…
The Prison System Around The World Needs a Reform; It Has No Place in Democratic Nations in Current State
The debate about the prison system is nothing new. There are thousands of articles, studies and papers related to this particular subject. The central aim of this article is to…
The Blood That Flows Within
“If a captive mind is unaware of being in prison, it is living in error. If it has recognized the fact, even for the tenth of a second, and then quickly forgotten it in order…
Incendiary Incarceration
"I shall never forget how I was roused one night by the groans of a fellow prisoner, who threw himself about in his sleep, obviously having a horrible nightmare....…
FO Forward
"While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison,…
U.S. Study Finds Immigrants Imprisoned To Boost Prison-Corporation Profits
93% of the people who are locked up in the U.S. in order to meet the minimum legal requirements for the number of people who must be locked up on…
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