- Resisting the Violence of Policing: Oakland Responds to the Murder of Oscar Grant, III. By Rachel Herzing. How we can seek justice for the murder of Oscar Grant without further empowering the PIC.
- Dear Reader.
- Letters to the Editor.
- Fundraising Letter from Ari.
- News Briefs. George Runner and new initiative to limit voting rights for people on probation; prison and jail growth slowing—16 states report declining of people in prison; AB900 update: CA prepares to expand 2 Kern prisons; NY: “Drop the Rock” proposal to remove harsh mandatory minimums; organizations oppose extension of “hate crimes” legislation; judge tosses some prop. 9 restrictions on CA parolee rights; CA budget to cut prison spending by $1.2 billion; court orders CA to cut prison population; judge rejects ending prison health oversight; to cut costs, states relax prison policies; governor approves new San Quentin death row; opposition to death penalty in CA voiced at hearing on lethal injection; prison officials had warning that a disturbance was likely in Chino; Scott State Prison in Baldwin, GA slated for closure; MI offers to house CA prisoners.
- Prisoner Submission: Politics, Profits and Prisoners. By Dortell Williams. Why CA voters made the wrong decision in voting down prop. 5: the Non-Violent Offender Act of 2008, which would’ve seen the release of thousands of people imprisoned for non-violent crimes.
- Critical Conditions: Healthy Aging in Prisons. By Sarah Jarmon. Tips for getting older and keeping your health while in prison, from the organization Legal Services for Prisoners with Children.
- Testing the Borders: Detention, Deporation, and the Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions: An Overview. By Raha Jorjani. Criminal convictions are one way the ICE finds, and then often deports, immigrants.
- Blast from the Past: From The Iron Fist and the Velvet Glove: An Analysis of the U.S. Police. By Social Justice/Global Options. In conjunction with the Freedom Archives, we bring you an article from 1977 (eerily relevant even today) exploring the militarization of policing and the counterinsurgency models being used by police organizations against targeted communities.
- First Nations: Organizing to Abolish the PIC (a conversation with Morning Star Gali and Bettina Escauriza). With Isaac Ontiveros. On the First Nations Gathering (a convention intended to form solidarity between indigenous groups) that convened just prior to CR10.
- The Denial of My Parole: I Am Barack Obama’s Prisoner Now. By Leonard Peltier. The author laments the U.S. government’s contempt for indigenous people and political prisoners.
- My Statement on the SF8 Plea Agreement. By Jalil A Muntaqim. The author explains why he decided to accept a plea bargain.
- Vicissitudes: Alternatives While Waiting: Self-Reliance. By Marilyn Buck. Why we should make education a priority, inside and out of prisons.
- Prisoner Submission: Lockdown: The Grim Reality. By Robert Morales. On the injustice of solitary confinement.
- Coming Home: Overview of CA’s Parole Consideration Process. By UnCommon Law. (With a Guide to Lifer Support Letters sidebar.) A quick summary of how the CA parole board makes its decisions.
- When the Prisoners Ran Walpole: From Union Cards to Pass Cards: Picking Up the Pieces. By Michael Callahan. The second in a series: An examination of the legacy of the National Prisoners Reform Association and the prisoners’ uprising at Walpole State Prison in MA.
- Reader Survey.
- Resources.
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