art "Levels at Work Camps" essay and art by Todd Pope Todd Pope (#1317087), sent us the following essay from Catawba Correctional Center #4555 along with some wonderful art: Levels at Work Camps Each camp has its own rules and can be very different;
Fought the Power—And Won! We're delighted to announce that APB is once again able to send free/donated books to Alexander CI (AXCI) in Taylorsville! We challenged a nonsense policy and WON. As reported in this blog
prison policy Big Ups to Big House Books! Fight the Power! The reason they are no longer allowing donated books has nothing to do with contraband or security; it is because they don't feel like doing their jobs, which is to sort and distribute prisoner mail.
news Hog farms, toxic water, and more toxic prisons in Texas and beyond! By Keith “Malik” Washington “The pre-eminence of environmentalism in the 21st century is a novel political and historical development. Ecology is a new body of scientific description and knowledge upon which social, economic,
South Carolina South Carolina "riot" and call for National Prisoners Strike These undated photos from the South Carolina Department of Corrections show, top row from left, Corey Scott, Eddie Casey Gaskins, Raymond Angelo Scott and Damonte Rivera; bottom row from left, Michael Milledge, Cornelius
Asheville Anarchist Rad Fair! On April 1 we tabled at the Asheville Anarchist Rad Fair, an outdoor gathering of local projects run by anarchists/anti-authoritarians that do a wide variety of excellent work in our community, from
Help us get these books into people's hands! We're doing a great job filling requests: so good, in fact, that we're running low on funds! AVL Prison Books is 100% volunteer run. We only have one real expense: postage. Every month
New Jim Crow on its way into NC prisons! Thanks to our community partner Faith 4 Justice & Malaprops Books! We are delighted to be partnering with Faith4Justice Asheville to get copies of the ground-breaking book The New Jim Crow by Michelle
Operation Push Keep PUSHing: Building on the #OperationPUSH demands Mere days before FDC's repression effort began scattering active prisoners into new facilities, and into solitary confinement for the weeks surrounding January 15, an Operation PUSH prisoner's anonymous voice reached the world and
Packaging Party Monthly Packaging Party! Feb. 22 Thursday, February 22 @ 6-9pm Firestorm Books & Coffee (610 Haywood Rd) Asheville Prison Books and Tranzmission Prison Project will gather to pack up tons of books to send out to our friends behind
fundraiser Brews for Books New Beer Thursday Fundraiser at Catawba! Join us at Catawba's South Slope Tasting Room & Brewery on Thursday, Feburary 15th for their first New Beer Thursday fundraiser of 2018!! Starting with the release
South Carolina SC lawmaker calls for firing squads to carry out the death penalty Fox Carolina: South Carolina Rep. Josh Putnam (R, Piedmont) said he plans to reintroduce a bill to add firing squads to the execution methods in South Carolina. Putnam first introduced the bill in
Poor People's Campaign From Inside Identifying Companies that Exploit Prison Slave Labor Millions For Prisoners Live Wire: In addition to the scary problem of privately-operated, for-profit prisons, for-profit corporations are further incentivising higher incarceration rates by tapping into the prison population and exploiting slave labor.
Operation Push Rashid Details FDOC Torture Practices Fight Toxic Prisons: Time on Ice: Florida Officials Torture Prisoners With Freezing Strip Cells (2018) By Kevin Rashid Johnson When I first arrived in the Florida prison system on June 22, 2017, and
Packaging Party Packaging Party, Thursday January 25 Join the Tranzmission Prison Project and Asheville Prison Books for a book packaging extravaganza at 6-9pm at Firestorm Books & Coffee (610 Haywood Road) on Thursday, January 25. We will prepare packages of
Operation Push The Heat is On: Update on Week 1 of Operation Push! Blue Ridge ABC: One week ago prison rebels across Florida launched Operation PUSH. Their demands were simple: end prison slavery and price gouging, restore access to parole, and put an end to the
Operation Push Operation Push Blue Ridge ABC: On January 15, people imprisoned across Florida will begin a “lay down” to cripple the state’s system of prison slave labor and to challenge the brutal conditions they experience
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