By Rebecca McCray New York FocusJanuary 24th, 2024 Illustration: Akash Mehta; Header image: A small selection of books banned…
Prisons
From Freedom Summer to Black August
Why civil rights activists should champion a little-known prisoner holiday By Dan BergerDisssent MagazineAugust 19th, 2014 This year marks the…
Those Most in Need of Mercy: Why Melissa Tanis Works to Get Elders Out of Prison— By Susie Day
By Susie Day May 22nd, 2020 For 25 years, Shakespeare Behind Bars, an organization whose charter states, “All human beings…
Tens of Thousands of California Prisoners Launch Mass Hunger Strike
By Victoria LawThe NationJuly 10th, 2013 On Monday, July 8, prisoners at the Security Housing Unit (SHU) in California’s Pelican…
The Meaning of Freedom in Abort Magazine
Abort Magazine Narrated by Mumia Abu-Jamal, this is the story of Robert King Wilkerson, Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox –…
The Meaning of Freedom: A PMR Review
By William T. Armaline (Ph.D.) and Damian Bramlett Political Media Review It is no secret that the United States does…
NACDL Reviews Real Cost of Prisons
By Angelyn FrazerNational Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers According to the Bureau of Justice, the United States currently incarcerates 2.3…
Real Cost of Prison Comix on Culture
http://freeculturemag.comby Stacy DaviesJune 3, 2010 The Real Cost of Prisons Project (RCPP) director Lois Ahrens created the organization in 2000…
Real Cost of Prisons Comix in the Prison Legal News
By Gary HunterPrison Legal NewsApril 2010 Three stories, 90 pages, and infinite information about how rampant prison construction is destroying…
The Real Cost of Prisons Comix on Book Bag
Book Bag, Daily Hampshire GazetteApril 2009 This book is a collection of three comic books, including accompanying essays, that explore…