Just because a County Commissioner won’t call it slavery, doesn’t mean it isn’t… [This FAQ document is a work in progress, as part of an organizing collaboration which has grown out of #OperationPUSH. You can TAKE ACTION here. Please share your suggestions on the FAQ at GainesvilleIWOC@gmail.com] 1.What is prison slavery? (n.) bondage, servitude, human-trafficking…
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Shocking Video of Toxic Conditions Emerges out of Lieber Correctional Institution, South Carolina
Shocking footage has emerged from inside Lieber Correctional Institution in South Carolina. Orange water from the running faucet and sewage water flooding cells were captured on video from inside of the prison which is known for human rights violations of the people incarcerated there. Lieber CI has been on an indefinite lock-down since April…
Kinetic Justice Faces Repression Following Riots in ADOC
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE- December 16th, 2018 Press Contacts- Mei Azaad – (206) 409-5390 fighttoxicprisons@gmail.com Nikki Davenport (256) 221-7658 Nikkid2583@gmail.com Alabama Department of Corrections has once again acted in retaliation against Robert Earl Council. This is not the first time that he has been targeted. Robert Earl Council, one of the founders of the Free Alabama Movement…
Prisoners Call for Investigation into Alabama DOC Following Lethal Unrest at Holman
UPDATE 12/13/18: Additional incidents of violence occurred at Holman Correctional Facility on December 8 and 11 [reported to FTP directly by prisoners], further indicating the concept of a “Holman Project,” as explained below. According to a contact inside, the December 11 incident included “Correctional officers beating confined citizens and destroying personal property.” The following statement…
Prisoners File Unique Environmental Lawsuit Against New Federal Facility on Strip Mine Site in Kentucky
Donate to support this grassroots legal challenge! Media Contact: FightToxicPrisons@gmail.com [Lawyers, prisoners and community activists available for comment.] Photos below by Jordan Mazurek. All images available for public use, courtesy of Campaign to Fight Toxic Prisons Washington, DC — Lawyers with the Campaign to Fight Toxic Prisons and the Abolitionist Law Center (ALC) have filed…
URGENT: Hurricane Michael Phone Zap!
Check here for updates on impacted facilities URGENT: Hurricane Michael Phone Zap Hurricane Michael, now a Category 4, is slated to be the worst hurricane to hit Florida in over 100 years and the the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) refuses to evacuate 15 state prisons in mandatory evacuation zones. We need your help putting…
URGENT: Hurricane Florence Phone Zap
(A potential Advanced Forecast to show the size of Florence). PHONE ZAP UPDATE 9/16 9:48pm EST Please Continue to call and DEMAND South Carolina Prisoner have access to clean water!!! Reports from the inside per Jail Lawyers Speak: The biggest complaints of prisoners are power outages and water that is brown or greenish in Evans…
Protest Camp at Gainesville Prison Gates
Occupation Highlights Local Slave Contracts and National Prisoner Strike As of Saturday, September 1, members of Gainesville IWOC/IWW, Fight Toxic Prisons and Occupy ICE Tampa kicked off a full-time encampment in response to a call for an escalation of prisoner strike solidarity over the Labor Day weekend. Video produced by #OccupyPrisonsGNV supporter The site is…
Growing a Coalition to Stop The Heat
Merging Movements to Bring Climate Justice, Abolish ICE and End Prison Slavery from our partners at NationInside.org Larry McCollum was supposed to return home to his family after serving a two-year sentence for passing a bad check. Instead, he died of heatstroke in Hutchins State Jail near Dallas, Texas. McCollum spent his last moments trapped…
Fight Toxic Prisons supports ResistICE Nashville and No Exceptions Prison Collective Encampment at CoreCivic HQ in Nashville
Demonstrators Shut Down CoreCivic headquarters to Defend Families and Demand an End to Private Prisons NASHVILLE, TN—Dozens of demonstrators have taken the CoreCivic headquarters, shutting down the corporate offices of the notorious prison profiteer formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America. “CoreCivic is a human rights disaster in our own backyard,” said Jeannie Alexander of…
Surviving Toxic Prisons By Clinton “Nkechi” Walker
Surviving Toxic Prisons By Clinton “Nkechi” Walker Prisoner, PA Department of Corrections It’s a burdensome task surviving toxic prisons where the effect of the environment on a person’s spirit is like acid dripping on an individual’s flesh, searing the human qualities off a being. Policies and practices are constructed and saturated with inhumane substances that…
Groups Across Florida Join Juneteenth Call to Action Against Prison Slavery
Groups Across Florida Join Juneteenth Call to Action Against Prison Slavery Amidst Reports of Lockdowns, Strikes, Walkouts and Possible Resignation of FDOC’s Secretary Alachua County, FL – The Gainesville chapter of the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC) and the national Campaign to Fight Toxic Prisons (FTP) have joined the call, initiated by prisoners in Florida…
