[Note: Amidst recovery from an unexpected triple bypass heart surgery and the largest hurricane threat seen in years, political prisoner Leonard Peltier turned 73 this week, on September 12, inside Coleman Federal Correctional Complex in […]
Prison Evacuations May Not be Enough, State Should be Planning for Mass Clemency
Hurricane Michael Phone Zap Info HERE [10/10/18] The following is an op-ed written prior to Hurricane Irma. This is an updated version of what was originally published in the Tallahassee Democrat, Sept. 18, 2017 Opinion: […]
Attica Anniversary/Pre-Hurricane Phone Zap for Florida prisoners
Attica Anniversary/Pre-Hurricane Phone Zap for Florida prisoners Repression for the September 2016 Prisoner Strike continues to this day. One example is Florida prisoner Julius Smith currently at Hamilton CI. His case represents an extreme but […]
Major victory with EPA recognizing “Prison Ecology” on EJSCREEN
Major victory with EPA recognizing “Prison Ecology” on EJSCREEN from Prison Ecology Project Two years ago, the concept of Prison Ecology was introduced to the world, building off the work of jailhouse lawyers, scholars and […]
Exclusive- Organizing Behind Bars Panel from FTP 2017 Convergence
In this exclusive panel from the 2017 Fight Toxic Prisons Convergence 7 former and current prisoners and family members of those imprisoned share their stories of struggle and solidarity across the prison bars. (Audio File […]
Sewage and the Disgusting Effects of Prison Overcrowding in California
from FightToxicPrisons.org Ken Hartman has served 37 years of his life sentence without the possibility of parole in the California prison system. Even though the state’s prisons were court-ordered to reduce the bloated prison population […]
Following up on the FTP 2017 Convergence
[The following letter was sent to all who registered for the 2017 FTP Convergence, but we felt there was pertinent info in here for the rest of you as well. Have a look, take some […]
Update on proposed Letcher prison: DOJ budget rescinds request for $444 million
Over the past week, the Prison Ecology Project, the Campaign to Fight Toxic Prisons and our allies have been reviewing the Department of Justice (DOJ) proposed 2018 budget and listening in on budget hearings in […]
Fight Toxic Prison 2017 Convergence Ends with Rowdy #CloseCarswell Noise Demo
Fight Toxic Prison 2017 Convergence Ends with Rowdy #CloseCarswell Noise Demo FMC Carswell, Fort Worth, TX — June 5, 2017 After 3 days of networking, movement building and organizing at the Fight Toxic Prisons (FTP) […]
Eco-Prisoner Marius Mason is out of Administrative Segregation!
Eco-Prisoner Marius Mason is out of Administrative Segregation! from FightToxicPrisons.org On May 8, Marius Mason was moved out of the Carswell Federal Medical Center’s (FMC) Administrative Unit, into general population. While this is a far […]
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