Torture Rears Its Ugly Head at Guantánamo, It Should Be Closed By Andy Worthington on his blog February 12, 2020 Torture Rears Its Ugly Head at Guantánamo, It Should Be Closed2020-02-122020-02-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/02/cia-torture-architect-james-mitchell-and-an-undated-photo-of-a-war-on-terror-prisoner-being-subjected-to-extraordinary-rendition-by-us-forces.-e1581561443915.png200px200px Above: CIA torture architect James Mitchell and an undated photo of a “war on terror” prisoner being subjected to “extraordinary rendition” by US forces. I wrote the following article for the “Close Guantánamo” website, which I established in [...]
Prisons
What the news reports eliminate, Ramzy Baroud’s new book, These Chains Will be Broken: Stories of Struggle and Defiance in Israeli Prisons (Clarity Press, 2019), pushes to the fore. Palestinian prisoners, misrepresented through statistics, news reports, exploitation and glorification, tell slivers of their stories in this collection of first-hand narratives that stand as testimony for both Palestinian resistance and resilience. Khalida Jarrar is a member of [...]
Above Photo: A toxic prison protest. (Fight Toxic Prisons) Health care is a human right — even for people who are locked behind bars in the worst part of society. I advocate for prisoners through the Human Rights Coalition Fed-Up! We believe that although prisoners lose their right to live in a free society, they do not lose their civil or human rights. We receive calls and [...]
On December 20, 2019, criminal justice advocates celebrated the news that President Trump signed the Fair Chance Act into law. Tucked into a massive defense spending bill, the law is a federal version of “ban the box,” prohibiting the government and its contractors from asking job applicants about their criminal history before extending a conditional offer of employment. Thirty-five states and over 150 cities already have versions [...]
Chaos Erupts At Infamous Prison As Legislature Fails To Provide Funding By Jerry Mitchell, Propublica.org January 16, 2020 Chaos Erupts At Infamous Prison As Legislature Fails To Provide Funding2020-01-162020-01-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/01/20200103-lead-image-collage-3×2.jpg200px200px Above Photo: Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. Left: a shower with damaged walls; top right: a shower with missing ceilings and knobs; bottom right: a backed up shower drain. One building had a single working shower for more than [...]