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36 years of solitude
Why is Bobby Jindal’s administration determined to keep Albert Woodfox in permanent lockdown? by James Ridgeway Angola prisoners march to work every day in the fields. One of the reasons for founding...
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Georgia prisoners’ strike: ‘We locked ourselves down’
by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway Rodriques Dukes, a prisoner in the Isolation Unit at Hays State Prison, peers out of his cell. Hays is known as one of Georgia’s “toughest,” according to National...
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The Scott sisters’ ‘debt to society’ and the new Jim Crow
by James Ridgeway Jamie, foreground, and Gladys Scott wave from the car on Friday, Jan. 7, carrying them away from the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Pearl, Miss., where they have been...
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California SHU prisoners begin hunger strike July 1
Minister of Information JR’s Morning Mix show on the hunger strike broadcast on KPFA 94.1 FM June 29 at 8-9 a.m. http://archives.kpfa.org/data/20110629-Wed0800.mp3 Note from revolutionary journalist...
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Hunger strike in the supermax: Pelican Bay prisoners protest conditions in...
by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella “The only contact that you have with individuals is what they call a pinky shake,” said one prisoner. As Americans prepare to celebrate Independence Day, inmates in...
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Starving in solitary: California prison hunger strikers’ health declines, but...
by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway A concrete exercise yard for SHU prisoners – Photo: Laura Sullivan, NPR It’s been two weeks since a group of inmates in Pelican Bay State Prison’s Security Housing...
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Who are the hunger strikers? How prisoners land in Pelican Bay’s SHU
by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway An aerial view of Pelican Bay State Prison – Photo: California Department of Corrections Sympathy for the prisoners on hunger strike in the Security Housing Unit at...
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Hunger strike updates: Legislative hearing on Pelican Bay SHU tomorrow in...
Rally to challenge CDCR practices on south steps of Capitol Building, 11th and N streets, Sacramento, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 11 a.m., then testify at Assemblyman Tom Ammiano’s hearing. 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. Car...
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Locked up and left behind: New York’s prisoners and Hurricane Irene
Call Mayor Bloomberg’s office to protest this outrage: phone (212) NEW-YORK or (212) 639-9675 by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella Rikers Island “We are not evacuating Rikers Island,” Mayor Michael...
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12,000 California prisoners on hunger strike
Strikers’ families denied visits, attorneys banned by Jay Donahue Oakland – As the renewed prisoner hunger strike enters its second week, the federal receiver’s office released information that at...
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Prisoners in solitary confinement petition United Nations: ‘CDCR destroys our...
by Mary Ratcliff Families of prisoners have come out of the shadows since last year’s hunger strikes and taken on much of the work of recruiting the 400 prisoners who signed the U.N. petition. – Photo:...
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Political or gang activity? ‘New Afrikan’ inmates in solitary confinement
by Sal Rodriguez Three African-American inmates in California Security Housing Units at Pelican Bay and Corcoran State Prisons have recently written to Solitary Watch criticizing their continued...
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Solidarity and solitary: When unions clash with prison reform
By James Ridgeway and Jean Casella On Jan. 4, 2013, Tamms Supermax in southern Illinois officially closed its doors. The prison, where some men had been in solitary confinement for more than a decade,...
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Angola 3’s Herman Wallace, gravely ill, still held in isolation
On Monday, July 8, 10 p.m., POV will premiere the eagerly awaited documentary “Herman’s House’’ about Herman Wallace on PBS stations nationwide, including KQED in the Bay Area. The documentary can also...
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What solitary confinement does to the brain
by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway A comprehensive new article by Brandon Keim in Wired Science is titled “The Horrible Psychology of Solitary Confinement.” Keim does an excellent job of summing up the...
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Outrage over CDCR force feeding plans
by Isaac Ontiveros and Azadeh Zohrabi, Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Oakland – Supporters of prisoners who are on the 43rd day of a hunger strike are expressing outrage at an order signed today by...
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Wanda’s Picks for August 2016
by Wanda Sabir Remembering the Ancestors A libation for all the born and yet to be born. A libation for those we miss and miss and missed. We call the names of those whose lives will never die as long...
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