by Kijana Tashiri Askari, Yafeu Iyapo, Baridi Yero and Ifoma M. Kambon Due to the litany of contradictions that we as an oppressed people are confronted with, it is easy for us to focus solely on the problem and lose sight of formulating concrete solutions to our problems. The current discussions that are centered around the revisions to the gang […]
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Advocates push to bring prisoners home by Emily Harris, Californians United for a Responsible Budget Sacramento – Yesterday’s ultimatum by the three-judge panel puts Gov. Brown and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation on notice to present a plan for further reductions in the state’s unconstitutionally crowded prisons within the next three weeks. “The […]
A look at the life and times of James Carr and the Black Panthers and their relationship to the prison struggles and wider social movements of the 1960s. “Jimmy was the baddest motherfucker…” – George Jackson. Afterword to Bad: the autobiography of James Carr, Pelagian Press, UK, 1995. Bad is reviewed here.Taken from the endangeredphoenix.com […]
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation issued new rules in this October 2012 memorandum entitled “Pilot Program for Security Threat Group Identification, Prevention and Management Plan.” According to the Prison Law Office, CDCR says the memorandum will be available in all of the prison law libraries. However, it has not been made available […]
