By James KilgoreCounterpunchApril 30th, 2012 Last week George Zimmerman joined an elite circle that includes Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Martha…
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I want to thank the Centre for Education Rights and Transformation , and in particular Salim Vally, Mondli Hlatshwayo and…
Repackaging Mass Incarceration
By James KilgoreCounterpunchJune 6th, 2014 Since my CounterPunch article last November which assessed the state of the movement against mass…
Fighting Mass Incarceration Under Trump: New Strategies, New Alliances
By James KilgoreTruthoutDecember 26th, 2016 Yusef Shakur is a Detroit community organizer who spent several years in Michigan State prisons.…
Keeping the Spirit of the Prison Labor Strike Alive
By James KilgoreTruthoutOctober 1st, 2018 In 2005, when I was in Lompoc US Penitentiary, prison authorities sent me a slip…
The First Step Act Opens the Door to Digital Incarceration
By James KilgoreTruthoutDecember 18th, 2018 The recent debates over the First Step Act and California’s SB-10 — two bills that…
Inside the Prison Labor Strike: New Tactics Pay Off in Mainstream Coverage
By James KilgoreTruthoutSeptember 4th, 2018 “Fundamentally, it’s a human rights issue. Prisoners understand they are being treated as animals. Prisons…