09/28/2020 at 8:00 a.m. police went to the residence of Diamonds’ Ford in Jacksonville, Florida to execute a no-knock warrant related to someone who did not live there. Diamonds was asleep in bed when she […]
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Activist Chains Self to Barrels in Front of Governor’s Mansion Demanding Release of Prisoners at Risk of COVID-19
Friday, April 17th 2020 [Last Edited April 20th 2020] On the morning of April 17th, a protest took place at Governor Ron DeSantis’ mansion in Tallahassee, FL demanding the Governor take immediate action […]
BREAKING: Activists Lock Down GEO Group HQ in Boca Raton, Florida!
BREAKING: Activists Lock Down GEO Group HQ in Boca Raton, Florida! HELP SUPPORT THE BAIL FUND:[…]
BREAKING: Whistleblower in FDOC Proves Martin CI is Blocking Constitutional Rights of Prisoners
Entering Day 2 of the Phone Zap for Martin CI (Keep Calling!) a whistleblower within FDOC has disproved the bullshit response we received from Martin Correctional yesterday claiming they are not discriminating against certain prisoners and denying […]
Phone Zap for Martin CI – Legal Access Being Denied!
UPDATES: November, 21st- On Day 2 of the Martin CI Phone Zap we’ve received a bullshit response from the Assistant Warden claiming they aren’t broadly blocking people’s access to legal research computers, And we have a […]
Petition: FEMA, Ensure Prisoners Safety During Hurricanes
Petition: FEMA, Ensure Prisoners Safety During Hurricanes If you or your organization would like to sign on to the below letter please fill out this form. Help us amplify on social media too, share this […]
Prison Abolitionists from Across the Country Block FDOT Vehicles to Draw Connections Between Money Bail and Slavery
Press release from June 17th, 2019 [updated 06/20/19] [Photos available upon request] Gainesville, FL — A demonstration began at 7:30 a.m. at the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) offices, located at 5007 NE 39th Ave, disrupting the […]
FTP 2019 Updates and Convergence Schedule
Greetings! It’s less than one month ’till FTP brings the ruckus for prison abolition and environmental justice to the streets of Gainesville, Florida. Find all the basic info about the locale, registering, donating, food, childcare, […]
People of Color Poisoned By Pollution and Prisons
by Panagioti Tsolkas / FightToxicPrisons.org According to a report by the National Academy of Sciences published in March, people of color breathe in far more deadly air pollution than they are responsible for making. This […]
“It Smelled Like Death”: Reports of Mold Contamination in Prisons and Jails
“There was big, dark, gray, blackish mildew around the air vent and that’s where the air was coming from … it smelled like death.” – Candie Hailey, Rikers Island pre-trial detainee by Panagioti Tsolkas [originally published […]
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