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Connexions: Volume 6, Number 4 - November 1981 - Unorganized Workers/Travailleurs Non-Organises Serial Publication (Periodical) 1981 Connexions: Volume 9, Number 2 - Summer 1984 - Rights and Liberties - A Digest of Resources & Groups for Social Serial Publication (Periodical) 1984 Connexions Digest: Issue 50 - December 1989 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1989 Connexions Digest: Issue 54 - February 1992- A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1992 Convict and Immigrant Detainee Struggles Converge in Strike Wave Barksdale, Amiri Article 2016 There was a time in the United States when it was not only common knowledge, but commonly reported, legislated, and adjudicated that crime is a function of poverty. This went out sometime during the C... Convict Labor in America: Book review Ortiz, Paul Article 1998 Convict labour, like antebellum slavery, was an American way of life, a cultural practice that tied northern capitalists, plantation owners, university-trained social reformers, federal officials and ... Crayons of Askalan Hotait, Laila Film/Video 2011 In 1975, at the age of fifteen, Palestinian artist Zuhdi Al Adaw is sentenced and confined in the high security prison of Askalan, Israel for fifteen years. With the help of his fellow prisoners and t... Crime and Criminals: Address to the Prisoners in the Chicago Jail Darrow, Clarence Article 1902 So long as big criminals can get the coal fields, so long as the big criminals have control of the city council and get the public streets for street cars and gas rights, this is bound to send thousan... Crime and Punishment in America: Why the Solutions to America's Most Stubborn Social Crisis Have Not Worked... and What Will Currie, Elliott Book 1998 Currie explores why being 'tough on crime' will only serve to exacerbate the problem. Cuba's Prisoner Release: Surprise! Mainstream Media Omits Context and Key Facts Landau, Saul; Valdes, Nelson P. Article 2010 Double standards and hypocrisy abound in American media coverage of Cuba's recent prisoner release. For example, the U.S. government holds more political prisoners on Cuban soil than the Cuban governm... Deaths in Custody and Detention: Volume 33, No. 4 (2006) of Social Justice: A Journal of Crime, Conflict, and World Order Serial Publication (Periodical) 2006 A special issue on the investigation of, and inquiry into, deaths in custody and detention (including state hospitals and mental health, police and prison custody, and young offenders' institutions). ... Disenfranchisement as Political Repression Macaray, David Article 2010 In the U.S., if you're caught boosting cars, robbing liquor stores, or attempting to escape reality by injecting heroin into your veins, you not only go to jail, but you lose your right to vote. And ... Dividing the Races to Benefit the Rich: Prison Populism? Washington, Linn Jr. Article 2010 Race baiting broadcast agitators like Beck and Rush Limbaugh have their audiences believing the factually flawed foolishness that the reason they are falling behind economically is because the federal... A Drone Protestor Heads to Jail Moyers, Bill Article 2016 Fifty-nine-year-old Mary Anne Grady Flores will serve six months for photographing a protest of an airfield in upstate New York where drone pilots are trained and from where missions are carried out. A Duty of Honour: Against Capital Punishment Luxemburg, Rosa Article 1918 The existing penal system, which is permeated through and through with the brutal class spirit and barbarism of capitalism, must be extirpated root and branch. The English Government and the Fenian Prisoners Marx, Karl Article 1870 On the treatment of Fenian prisoners. Every Crook Can Govern: Prison Rebellions as a Window to the New World Ciccariello-Maher, George; St. Andews, Jeff Article 2011 In their self-organization, the hunger strikers have begun to rupture structures of segregation. Eye for an Eye Griswold, Jack; Misenheimer, Mike; Powers, Art; Tromanhauser, Ed Book 1970 Four inmates talk about the American penal system over 50 years of rehabilitation and the corruption inherent of the prison system. Forced Passages: Imprisoned Radical Intellectuals and the U.S. Prison Regime Rodriguez, Dylan Book 2005 The dramatic rise and consolidation of America's prison system has devastated lives and communities, but it has also transformed prisons into sites of political discourse and resistance, as they have ... From Iron Mines to Iron Bars Garvey, John Article 2010 Exploring some of the consequences of the long-term decline in union membership and the significant shift in membership towards public sector workers. Gaza Peace Protester Is Prisoner In Own Home Cook, Jonathan Article 2009 Nine months after he helped to organise protests against Israel's attack on Gaza, Samih Jabareen is a prisoner in his home in Jaffa, near Tel Aviv, an electronic bracelet around his ankle to alert the... Going up the River: Travels in a Prison Nation Hallinan, Joseph T. Book 2001 On the prisons in America, their unprofitable nature, and their ineffectiveness. Hallinan also explores the workings of mostly-white towns that host prisons of predominately black inmates. Herman's House Bhalla, Angad Singh Film/Video 2012 'What kind of house does a man who has been imprisoned in a six-foot-by-nine-foot cell for over 30 years dream of?' This film captures the remarkable creative journey and friendship of Herman Wallace,... The Hour of Sunlight: One Palestinian's Journey from Prisoner to Peacemaker Jundi, Sami al; Marlowe, Jen Book 2011 Traces al Jundi's evolution from Palestinian militant to prisoner to peacemaker. The Humiliation of Bradley Manning: Kangaroos Missing McGovern, Ray Article 2012 It is a bitter irony that Army Pvt. Bradley Manning, whose conscience compelled him to leak evidence about the U.S. military brass ignoring evidence of torture in Iraq, was himself the victim of cruel... Hypocrisy over Cuba's 'political prisoners' Anderson, Tim Article 2009 Political prisoners and Cuba can be a confusing mix, in our time of mass propaganda. Three groups have attracted international attention over the past decade. I Am Barack Obama's Political Prisoner Now: The Denial of My Parole Peltier, Leonard Article 2009 Given the complexion of the three recent federal parolees, it might seem that my greatest crime was being Indian. But the truth is that my gravest offense is my innocence. Imprisoned Intellectuals: America's Political Prisoners Write on Life, Liberation, and Rebellion James, Joy (ed.) Book 2003 Anthology of writings by imprisoned intellectuals. In Conflict with the Law: Women and the Canadian Justice System Adelberg, Ellen; Currie, Claudia Book 1994 Critique of women and the Canadian justice system. Written from a feminist perspective, the collection is organized into three thematic sextions: Federal Imprisonment of Women -- Past, Present and Fut... In Russian and French Prisons Kropotkin, Peter Book 1906 Kropotkin's criticism of the penal system, and an inside look into the horrors and realities of what life in prison entails. Incarcerated Inside Israel: Palestinians Tortured and Isolated Peebles, Graham Article 2012 Detention without trial, the presumption of guilt, denial of family visits, solitary confinement, torture, violent interrogation, and denial of access to appropriate health care, such is the Israeli j... Inmate's Rights: A Handbook of prisoners: Rights and Obligations in Newfoundland and Labrador Article 1984 An Inside Look at Our Penal System: Review of Go-Boy! Memoirs of a Life Behind Bars, by Roger Caron Weitz, Don Article 1979 GO-BOY! can be read as a major social document which cries out for long–overdue prison reforms in Canada. It's a major contribution to prison literature and criminology. But GO-BOY!, like much concent... Intractable: Hell Has a Name: Life Inside Australia's First Super-Max Prison Matthews, Bernie Book 2006 A firsthand account spanning two generations of high-security confinement in the 1970s NSW Australian prison system. Israeli Doctors Collude in Torture Cook, Jonathan Article 2009 Israeli human rights groups charge that Israel's watchdog body on medical ethics has failed to investigate evidence that doctors working in detention facilities are turning a blind eye to cases of tor... Israeli guards 'humiliated inmates' Article 2009 A group of female former Palestinian prisoners detained in Israeli jails have accused prison guards of subjecting them to intrusive and degrading treatment. Jails for Jesus Shapiro, Samantha M. Article 2003 President Bush wants faith-based programs to take over social services. But what happens when evangelical Christians try their hand at running prisons? The Jericho `98 March: Amnesty and Freedom for All Political Prisoners Bloom, Steve Article 1998 Pushing for justice and freedom for political prisoners in the United States. Justice Behind the Walls: Human Rights in Canadian Prisons Jackson, Michael Book 2003 An account of the state of justice in Canadian prisons, weaving together the threads of correctional history, penal philosophy, landmark court decisions, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and legisl... Kengir uprising: Connexipedia Article Article A prisoner uprising that took place in the Soviet prison labor camp Kengir in May and June 1954. Live From Death Row Abu-Jamal, Mumia Book 1995 A collection of prison writing by Mumia Abu-Jamal, who was sentenced to death in 1982 for the murder of a police officer after a dubious trial. Lock 'Em Up: The Prison State Yates, Michael Article 2010 Without a doubt, most of those enmeshed in the (in)justice system are not dangers to society and would not have been in it at all in a society that wasn't so racist and so shot through with every kind... Lockdown America: Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis Parenti, Christian Book 1999 Why is criminal justice so central to American politics? Lockdown America not only documents the horrors and absurdities of militarized policing, prisons, a fortified border, and the federalization of... Make the Don a Museum of Horrors Diemer, Ulli Article 1977 A museum depicting what prison is really like might motivate us to demand radical changes to the way we deal with offenders. The Man Who Was Chemically Tortured Kampmark, Binoy Article 2012 The torture of David Hicks at Guantanamo. Mass Incarceration: New Jim Crow, Class War, or Both? Lewis, Nathaniel Article 2018 Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, Lewis analyzes racial and class disparities in incarceration. Mass Incarceration and Black Oppression in America: The New Jim Crow and Liberal Reformism Article 2012 The singular focus on mass incarceration as the embodiment of racial oppression has a purpose: it poses the fight for black freedom as a matter of "dismantling" that system, much as the civil rights m... Maximum, Minimum, Medium: A Journey Through Canadian Prisons Melnitzer, Julius Book 1995 Serving a nine-year sentence, Melnitzer documented his experience in three different prisons, along with his own introspections. Memoirs from the Women's Prison Saadawi, Nawal el Book 1994 Nawal El Saadawi was imprisoned in 1981 by Anwar Sadat for alleged "crimes against the State." She offers both firsthand witness to women's resistance to state violence and insights into the formation... Men in Prison Serge, Victor Book 1931 Victor Serge's novel based on his own experiences as a politcal prisoner.
Mumia Abu-Jamal's Radio Broadcasts - Archive Audio An archive of Mumia Abu-Jamal's radio essays and commentaries. My Freedom, Your Freedom Naecke, Diana Film/Video 2012 Knowing nothing but drugs and violence since childhood, Kuebra and Salema have spent their adult years in and out of a Berlin prison, their experiences calling into question the effectiveness of incar... The Native Inmate in Ontario -- A Preliminary Survey Irvine, M.J., Ontario Native Council on Justice Article 1978 The above study was conducted jointly by the Ontario Native Council on Justice, together with the Planning and Research Branch of the Ministry of Correctional Services in Ontario. Nelson Mandela: The Struggle Is My Life Book 1990 This is an updated account of Nelson Mandela's speeches and political writings from both his days as leader of the African Congress Youth League in 1944 to his release from prison in 1990. The excerpt... Nelson Small Legs Jr. Foundation Article 1978 A foundation set up to help native ex-offenders to integrate into society. 1976 Prisoner of Conscience Week Booklet Article 1976 A list of 14 prisoners on conscience. Chosen for Prisoner of Conscience Week. No Longer Barred From Prison Culhane, Claire Book 1991 An account of one individual's determined efforts to get inside prisons to see what is actually happening there. As her story makes clear, the penal system cannot tolerate such close scrutiny: she her... Obama and the Boy in the Metal Box: The Incarceration of John Walker Lindh Teitelman, Michael Article 2010 Clemency for John Walker Lindh would open up to public scrutiny an outrageous injustice that high officials in the Bush administration deliberately perpetrated on an American citizen after the 9/11 at... Obama's Liberty Problem: Why Indefinite Detention By Executive Order Should Scare the Hell Out of People Quigley, Bill; Warren, Vince Article 2010 The proposal to create a special new legal system by Executive Order will threaten the liberty of every single US citizen who is not in Guantanamo because it will damage the due process guarantees wh... Oh! How -- German is this Revolution! Luxemburg, Rosa Article 1918 The existing penal system, breathing the spirit of brutal class-spirit and capitalist barbarism must be torn up by the roots. A fundamental system of prison-reform must be inaugurated immediately.
One Thousand Years of Solitude: Life in the SHU Mariner, Joanne Article 2012 Indefinite solitary confinement: a large-scale experiment in sensory deprivation and social isolation. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - May 21, 2015: A Healthier Planet Diemer, Ulli (editor); Rickwood, Darien Yawching (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 With the start of the growing season in much of the Northern hemisphere, Other Voices digs up articles and resources related to urban agriculture and local food production. Urban agriculture - growing... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - January 22, 2017: Disobedience Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2017 Ultimately all power structures depend on the obedience of those over whom they rule. It helps if people believe in the legitimacy of those who wield power, but the crucial thing is obedience. Once pe... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - April 30, 2017: Affirming life, resisting war, reporting UFOs Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2017 What do we do when those in power recklessly put the future of the entire planet at risk with their acts of aggression and military provocations, while they ignore the growing disaster of climate chan... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - May 28, 2017: Resisting Injustice Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2017 In this issue, we look at the relentless persistence of people challenging injustice and entrenched power in places around the world, including Palestine, Korea, China, Canada, and the United States. ... The Oxford History of the Prison: The Practice of Punishment in Western Society Morris, Norval; Rothman, David J. (eds.) Book 1997 Thematic chapters explore a variety of aspects and institutions. Penal transportation: Connexipedia Article Article The deporting of convicted criminals to a penal colony. Examples include transportation by France to Devil's Island and by the UK to its colonies in the Americas, from the 1610s through the American R... The Perpetual Punitive Machine Backfires: Not Very Smart Nader, Ralph Article 2015 Our nation has a penchant for creating unnecessary complexity and obstacles for its people in areas such as the tax, health insurance and student debt miasmas. The prison industry adds to this with wh... The Persecution of Pvt. Bradley Manning: A Sick Game Lindorff, Dave Article 2011 The torture and prolonged confinement without trial of Pvt. Manning are the tactics of a totalitarian state. They are exactly what is done in countries like China, Iran, and Burma. Petition for the Immediate Release of all Prisoners of Conscience: 1977: Prisoners of Conscience Year Article 1977 During 1977, Amnesty International is attempting to bring the situation of prisoners of conscience into stronger international focus. As part of this effort they are circulating a petition for which t... The Politics of Prisons and Prisoners Martinot, Steve Article 2015 They are getting ready to activate another super-max prison. Like Pelican Bay, Marion, and Florence, this prison will be dedicated to holding people in solitary confinement. They say it is for "the wo... Predicting Torture: The PATRIOT Act, Bradley Manning and Julian Assange Van Bergen, Jennifer Article 2010 Bradley Manning is charged with leaking classified documents to Wikileaks and faces a court martial. The conditions of his confinement are extreme, and amount to torture. Prison Journals of a Priest revolutionary Berrigan, Philip Book 1970 A collection of interviews, meditations and reflections on the current American prison system from the perspectives of past and current inmates. Berrigan, a political prisoner in Connecticut, shares t... Prison Labor: Workin' For The Man: Article in Covert Action Quarterly #54, Fall 1995 Erlich, Reese Article 1995 Article analysing the roots of prison labour in America. Prison Nation: The Warehousing of America's Poor Herivel, Tara; Wright, Paul Book 2002 Essays on the cruelty and inhumanity of the American prison system. Prisoner support guide Article 2006 If you’re active in a group or campaign why not choose one or two prisoners to consistently support. Pass cards round meetings, send useful stuff, knock up a flyposter and get their case some publicit... Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number Timerman, Jacobo Book 1991 The story of Timmerman's 30 months as a political prisoner under the Argentine dictatorship in the 1970s. Prisoners of the Good Fight: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 Geiser, Carl Book This book tells of the hope young Americans had to stop Hitler and Mussolini in Spain, how they were captured, and what happened to them after their capture. It reveals the amazing breaks which allowe... Prisons: A Social Crime and Failure Goldman, Emma Article 1917 The methods of coping with crime have no doubt undergone several changes, but mainly in a theoretic sense. In practice, society has retained the primitive motive in dealing with the offender; that is,... Prisons Full of Innocents: The Big Lockup Swanson, David Article 2013 The number of convictions and the lengths of sentences has increased and some men have been wrongly convicted of crimes they simply did not commit. Prisons in Canada Gosselin, Luc Book 1996 Gosselin provides a political and historical view of the prison system and its inherent contradictions. He argues that the penal system is used by the State to maintain its authority. He remarks on co... Quaker Prison Committee: A series of reflections by Ruth Morris, director of Canadian Friends Service Committee Morris, Ruth Article 1977 A look at two case histories vis. the bail system and pre-trial treatment of those charged. Race, Incarceration, and American Values Loury, Glenn C., with Pamela Karlan, Tommie Shelby and Loïc Wacquant Book 2008 Glenn Loury argues that the extraordinary mass incarceration rate in the USA is not a response to rising crime rates. Instead, it is the product of a decision to become a more punitive society. He con... Resistance: One Woman's Defiance in Occupied France Humbert, Agnes; Mellor, Barbara; Blanc, Julien Book 2008 The memoiir of a French resistance fighter and museum worker who chronicles the undergroud network of resistance in Paris during the occupation. She then chronicles her imprisonment and the slave labo... The Return of Debtors' Prisons: Reservations for the Poor Breyman, Steve Article 2010 Nearly a quarter of the people spending time behind bars on Riker’s Island in 2008 - one in four inmates - were there because they didn’t have the money to pay bail on a misdemeanor charge. These unfo... Review: Ashwin Desai, Reading Revolution: Shakespeare on Robben Island Rhodes, Jason Article 2016 A book review: Ashwin Desai, Reading Revolution: Shakespeare on Robben Island. The Rise and Fall of California's Radical Prison Movement Cummins, Eric Book 1994 A history of California's prison movement from 1950 to 1980, highlighting the role prison reading and writing played in the creation of radical inmate ideology. Rosa Luxemburg: Selected Political Writings Luxemburg, Rosa (edited with an introduction by Robert Looker) Book 1972 A selection of Rosa Luxemburg's writings which highlight her outstanding contributions to the theory and practice of revolutionary socialism. The Rosa Luxemburg Reader Luxemburg, Rosa. [Anderson, Kevin; Hudis, Peter (eds.)] Book 2004 A definitive one-volume collection of Luxemburg's writings. Salvadoran Women Respond to Violence with Community Service, Music, and Individual Efforts Domenech, Rocio Perez; Mulholland, Lindsey Article 2016 Outside of the peace negotiations that resound in the media and governmental organizations, one of the strongest solutions to the scourge of gang violence in El Salvador has come from individual initi... Silvia Baraldini Wins Return Home: Against The Current vol. 81 Marotti, Maria Ornella Article 1999 On June 11 the U.S. government agreed to a longstanding Italian request to allow political prisoner Silvia Baraldini to serve the rest of her term in her native country. The move, announced by U.S. Am... Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II Blackmon, Douglas A. Book 2008 An account of how African Americans were forcibly enslaved by a corrupt legal system in the southern States, from the end of the Civil War through WWII. The Smile of Policeman Agadi al-Ahmed, Abdel Rahman Article 2002 An account of the abuse of Palestinian political prisoners in the Israeli prison system. Sofri, Adriano: Connexipedia Article Article Italian radical intellectual, a journalist and a writer. (Born 1942). Solitary Confinement FAQ Rodriguez, Sal Article 2012 Solitary confinement is the practice of isolating inmates in closed cells for 22-24 hours a day, virtually free of human contact, for periods of time ranging from days to decades. Texas Tough: The Rise of America's Prison Empire Perkinson, Robert Book 2010 A history of imprisonment, race, and politics from slavery to the present, with an emphasis on Texas, the most locked-down state in the USA. The Threat of the Tag Morris, Fanella Article Tracking anklets for convicts are not a good way to alleviate prison overcrowding. Torturing the Rule of Law at Obama's Gitmo: Obama Bravely Takes on a Tortured Child Soldier Madar, Chase Article 2010 Give our government credit for breaking new ground: no nation has tried a child soldier for war crimes since World War II, and the decision to prosecute Khadr has drawn protests from UNICEF, headed by... Traditional Aboriginal Spirituality Within the Prison System Article 1984 Raises the issue of freedom of religion being denied to Native prison inmates who are not of Christian origin. A Travesty of Justice: Why Peltier Remains in Prison: Against The Current vol. 85 Breseé, Jack Article 2000 “It's 1999. Why is Leonard Peltier still in prison?” These words were on the huge banner behind the speakers' table for last summer's gathering of forces at Haskell Indian Nations College & Institute... Trial of Leonard Peletier Jim Messerschmidt Book 1990 An examination of Peletier's role in the American Indian Movement, his struggle to protect the rights and land of his people and the history and role of the FBI. Messerschmidt traces the evolution of ... Twice the Work of Free Labor: The Political Economy of Convict Labor in the New South Lichtenstein, Alex Book 1996 The Unbelievable Inhumanity of Solitary Confinement And Punishment for as Little as Reading a Book Gottesdiener, Laura Article 2012 The majority of those in solitary confinement were given the punishment for nonviolent, low-level offenses such as having unauthorized books or disobeying an order or growing their mustaches too long. Unruly Women: The Politics of Confinement and Resistance Faith, Karlene Book 1994 Investigates the ways in which women who transgress the social order are disciplined, punished, silenced and confined. Covers material from the witch hunts to contemporary discriminatory treatment of ... The Violence of Incarceration Scraton, Phil; McCulloch, Mude (eds.) Book 2008 Argues that the revelations of extreme brutality perpetrated by allied soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo represent the inevitable end-product of domestic incarceration predicated on the us... We are NOT the 'Story', It's Not Just Our 21 Kidnapped Passengers : Sources News Release Article 2009 On June 30th 2009 Israeli Occupation Forces forcibly boarded the Free Gaza boat, SPIRIT OF HUMANITY, and kidnapped 21 human rights workers and journalists who were on their way to deliver much needed ... A Welcome Prison Victory at Youngstown: Hunger Strike on Death Row O'Hearn, Denis Article 2010 Three death-sentenced men were on hunger strike in Ohio State Penitentiary on January 3 to win the same rights as others on death row in the state. When the Prisoners Ran Walpole: A true story in the movement for prison abolition Bissonette, Jamie Book 2008 In the months before they took over running the Walople maximum-security facility in 1973, prisoners and outside advocates created programs that sent more prisoners home for good. This account reveals... Why is Leonard Peltier Still in Prison? : Justice is 33 Years Overdue for America's Most Famous Political Prisoner Bollinger, Michelle Article 2009 Leonard Pletier is a political prisoner who has spent more than 33 years in U.S. prisons for a crime he didn't commit. Wobblies & Zapatistas: Conversations on Anarchism, Marxism and Radical Theory Lynd, Staughton; Grubacic, Andrej Book 2008 Wobblies and Zapatistas offers readers an encounter between two generations and two traditions. Staughton Lynd and Andrej Grubacic meet in dialogue in an effort to bring together the anarchist and Mar... The World's Most Fashionable Prison Mak, C K Film/Video 2012 Fashion designer Puey Quinones works with inmates in a Philipine prison to teach them how to sew, work with fabrics and see their ideas go from sketch to finished product. 'Worse than Slavery': Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice Oshinsky, David M. Book 1997 After the abolition of slavery the white rulers of Mississippi developed a new system for keeping the ex-slaves in line: laws were passed to maintain white supremacy, including the system of convict l... Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesAnarchist Black Cross The ABC is an international organization formed to support political prisoners. Journal of Prisoners on Prisons The Journal of Prisoners on Prisons (JPP) is a prisoner written, academically oriented and peer reviewed, non-profit journal, based on the tradition of the penal press. It brings the knowledge produce... Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryAn Addict, a Confessed Killer and Now a Debut Author Alter, Alexandra 2017 Despite the voluminous literature produced in prisons very little contemporary prison literature is released by major publishing houses, which are wary of the controversial and ethical pitfalls associ... Blogger jailed for insulting leaders dies in Iran's Evin prison Sources News Release 2009 The Committee to Protect Journalists called today for an immediate investigation into the March 18 death of an Iranian blogger imprisoned in Tehran's notorious Evin prisonâ##. Florida School for Boys Wikipedia article The Florida School for Boys, also known as the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys (AGDS), was a reform school operated by the state of Florida in the panhandle town of Marianna from January 1, 1900, to ... Four Al-Jazeera journalists arrested arbitrarily in Cairo Sources News Release 2014 Reporters Without Borders condemns the arrests of four Al-Jazeera journalists by the Egyptian secret police in Cairo and calls for their immediate and unconditional release. How to locate a person held in the U.S. prison or immigration detention systems Williams, Margot 2013 Tracing the trail of prisoners incarcerated in the United States can be complicated, but the reward for patient and thorough searching is getting information that would have been much more difficult t... A human rights activist, a secret prison and a tale from Xi Jinping's new China Phillips, Tom 2017 Peter Dahlin tells the story of his incarceration and expulsion from the People's Republic of China, where he spent 23 days in a 'black prison' in Beijing and was deprived of sleep and questioned with... Hunger-Striking Friends of Man Who Died in Immigration Custody Speak Out Sources News Release 2015 One week after the death of a 39 year old, Abdurahman Ibrahim Hassan at the hands of Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), immigrants imprisoned without trial or charges along with their families, and... Immigration detainees re-start hunger fast; hundreds rally outside Lindsay jail Sources News Release 2013 Immigration detainees at the Centre East Correctional Centre, some of whom who have been indefinitely held for as long as seven years are calling for their release and an end to indefinite detention a... Jailed immigrants begin historic boycott of Detention Reviews Sources News Release 2014 Immigration detainees at the Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, Central North Correctional Centre in Penetanguishene and Toronto's Metro West Detention Centre are starting a historical month... Kids for cash scandal Wikipedia article The "kids for cash" scandal unfolded in 2008 over judicial kickbacks at the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. Two judges, President Judge Mark Ciavarella and Sen... Louisiana prisoner released after 41 years in solitary Associated Press 2013 Herman Wallace, who is dying of cancer, endured long legal battles after his 1972 murder conviction. Ontario finally allows Red Cross investigation of immigration jails, but deaths and indefinite imprisonment continues Sources News Release 2014 End Immigration Detention Network welcomes the decision to allow Red Cross access to Ontario’s provincial prisons for the first time since 2008. However, the lack of any real oversight of prison con... Privately run prisoner transport company kept detainees schackedl for 18 days Jan, Tracy 2018 The inhumane treatment of people by a prisoner transport company puts into question the use of privately hired companies, where incentive to pick up as many detainees as possible for financial gain su... RSF calls for release of six journalists sentenced to life imprisonment Sources News Release 2015 While Egypt's president has just claimed on CNN that his country enjoys unprecedented freedom of expression, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) points out that tomorrow a court will begin hearing the app... Tunisian journalist in desert prison could die from untreated asthma attacks Sources News Release 2010 Tunisian journalist Fahem Boukadous has been in extremely poor health since police arrested him on 15 July to begin serving a four-year jail sentence for covering protests in the Gafsa mining region o... Uyghur journalist and website editor sentenced to fifteen years in jail Sources News Release 2010 Reporters Without Borders said it was outraged at the harshness of a 15-year prison sentence handed down to journalist Gheyret Niyaz by a court in Urumqi, in Xinjiang province, China. From the Connexions ArchivesBulldozer Periodical profile published 1982 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1982 Intended as a vehicle for prison reform, Bulldozer publishes letters, poems and articles by and about prisoners in North American maximum security institutions. Bulletin of the Quaker Jails and Justice Committee Vol. 1 No. 5 Bishop, Elaine; Harkins, Kathy (eds.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 Irregularly published newsletter outlining some of the current concerns and activities of the Quaker Committee. John Howard Society of Quebec, Quarterly Journal Periodical profile published 1978 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1978 The Journal of Prisoners on Prisons Periodical profile published 1989 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1989 Odyssey Newsletter Periodical profile published 1982 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1982 The Odyssey Newsletter is published by a group of long term prisoners who "feel that prisons and the justice system in Canada must be changed through non-violent means." Odyssey Newsletter Periodical profile published 1981 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1981 This newsletter is published by "a group of prisoners who feel that prisons and the justice system in Canada can be changed by non-violent means." Odyssey, Vol.1, No.4 Contact Dave McCauley - Periodical profile published 1979 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1979 Odyssey is a prison journal containing brief articles, reflections and poems by prisoners at Millhaven Penitentiary, as well as by a few people outside the prison. Quaker Committee on Jails and Justice Organization profile published 1982 Organization 1982 QUAKER COMMITTEE ON JAILS AND JUSTICE (AQCJJ) holds, as its long-term goal, the abolition of prisons; that is the building of supportive community which has no need of prisons. A Quaker Committee on Jails and Justice Newsletter Serial Publication (Periodical) 1979 A newsletter that argues against capital punishment. Rap About Prisoners Periodical profile published 1976 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1976 Representing people both inside and outside the prison system. Toronto Native Times Periodical profile published 1980 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1980 Covers a wide range of Native issues. |
