Turning razor wire plantations into schools of liberation
Turning razor wire plantations into schools of liberation
April 5, 2021
by Maurice Garlic Jr., Minister of Justice, Revolutionary Intercommunal Black Panther Party
The Revolutionary Intercommunal Black Panther Party, even though most of its membership is on the outside, has not forgotten its prison-based roots. Three of our five Central Committee members are incarcerated, and we take the wellbeing of our comrades behind bars seriously.
One of our goals is to turn the razor wire plantations into schools of liberation. That is why we aim to build inside of the prison walls as well as on the outside. We put a call out to our comrades that are enslaved by this vile empire to join us in our goal of turning the criminal mentality into a revolutionary one.
Prison leeches: Professionals who live off prisonersâ suffering
April 1, 2021
Wexford Health is one of the many corporations and people who are leeches on the bodies of prisoners. Wexford holds contracts with prisons in several states, including Indiana, and continues to employ Dr. Michael Mitcheff, who is responsible for the suffering and death of a huge number of prisoners. In Mississippi, a state that held a contract with Wexford during years with the highest percentages of prison deaths, this mother, Alma Dunning, lost her son Lucious Bolton in 2018 to illness at the neglectful hands of treacherously uncaring MDOC medical staff. â Photo: Jonathan Bachman, NBC News
In the days before Christmas, 44-year-old April Harris sat in her prison cell at the California Institution for Women for more than 23 hours a day. In the 20 minutes she was allowed to leave it, she and the other prisoners would flood into the common areas – choosing either to take a shower or to make a short phone call.
Restrictions have fluctuated during the various lockdowns implemented throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, but in the 11 months since the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) first banned visitations across state prisons, Harris says she has seen the mental health of those around her steadily deteriorate.
Call to action: Stop illegal, inhumane restrictions on Secure Housing Unit at WVCF
January 1, 2021
In Indiana, kiosks to video chat with family are available in general population but are refused to those housed in the SHU, another form of sensory deprivation used to break the minds and spirits of those held in solitary confinement. – Photo: Michelle Davies, the Journal Gazette
by Kwame ‘Beans’ Shakur
Due to the COVID-19 virus, Wabash Valley Correctional Facility closed its visitation room in March. Those of us held captive in the SHU have not been able to see our loved ones in nine months. However, population has still been allowed to maintain contact with the outside world during this pandemic through the use of video visits on kiosk machines located in every cell house.