Loved ones staged a protest outside the hospital where Alabama prisoners were airlifted following an attack by guards.Alabama prisoners face violence and isolation for organizing a boycott and work stoppage. One is on a hunger strike to protest the state’s retaliation.Kinetik Justice Amun has sued the Alabama Department of Corrections, who he claims engaged in retaliation against him by placing him in solitary confinement.Four Alabama prisoners began a hunger strike at the Limestone Correctional Facility in protest against corruption, abuse, and a lack of accountability for inhumane...…Loved ones staged a protest outside the hospital where Alabama prisoners were airlifted following an attack by guards.Alabama prisoners face violence and isolation for organizing a boycott and work stoppage. One is on a hunger strike to protest the state’s retaliation.Kinetik Justice Amun has sued the Alabama Department of Corrections, who he claims engaged in retaliation against him by placing him in solitary confinement.Four Alabama prisoners began a hunger strike at the Limestone Correctional Facility in protest against corruption, abuse, and a lack of accountability for inhumane...WW…

Asset forfeiture is potentially a major obstacle to defunding police because the public lacks control over external revenue sources.Historian David Stein joins the Beyond Prisons podcast to reflect on the sudden rise in awareness of the abolition movement.Advocates and incarcerated people fear a potential COVID-19 outbreak at MCI Norfolk in Massachusetts after an incarcerated man collapsed during his kitchen duty shift.Shadowproof is mobilizing resources and our platform to raise the abolition movement’s visibility, inviting journalists to pitch us stories on the subject.Donna Murch and Kay...…Asset forfeiture is potentially a major obstacle to defunding police because the public lacks control over external revenue sources.Historian David Stein joins the Beyond Prisons podcast to reflect on the sudden rise in awareness of the abolition movement.Advocates and incarcerated people fear a potential COVID-19 outbreak at MCI Norfolk in Massachusetts after an incarcerated man collapsed during his kitchen duty shift.Shadowproof is mobilizing resources and our platform to raise the abolition movement’s visibility, inviting journalists to pitch us stories on the subject.Donna Murch and Kay...WW…

Keith Malik Washington faces retaliation for exposing a COVID-19 outbreak at a halfway house operated by GEO Group.Many of these unions have sought representation from the NewsGuild, a branch of the Communications Workers of America (CWA). They include editorial staff, who recognize the shared working conditions of an industry in crisis.On “Dissenter Weekly,” we cover sham charge against Glenn Greenwald in Brazil and how US prosecutors think First Amendment doesn’t apply to Julian Assange.Consortium News accused a Canadian foreign intelligence agency, along with Global News, a Canadian...…Keith Malik Washington faces retaliation for exposing a COVID-19 outbreak at a halfway house operated by GEO Group.Many of these unions have sought representation from the NewsGuild, a branch of the Communications Workers of America (CWA). They include editorial staff, who recognize the shared working conditions of an industry in crisis.On “Dissenter Weekly,” we cover sham charge against Glenn Greenwald in Brazil and how US prosecutors think First Amendment doesn’t apply to Julian Assange.Consortium News accused a Canadian foreign intelligence agency, along with Global News, a Canadian...WW…

Activists in New York organized “rolling picket” and targeted financiers of for-profit prisons, like CoreCivic and GEO Group, that hold detained immigrants.In a lawsuit alleging systematic wage theft, thousands of detained immigrants at GEO Group’s Northwest Detention Center were certified as a class by a federal judge.The Justice Department is not evaluating the performance of pretrial diversion programs, residential re-entry centers, and home confinement, according to congressional testimony from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Under President Barack Obama administration, the...…Activists in New York organized “rolling picket” and targeted financiers of for-profit prisons, like CoreCivic and GEO Group, that hold detained immigrants.In a lawsuit alleging systematic wage theft, thousands of detained immigrants at GEO Group’s Northwest Detention Center were certified as a class by a federal judge.The Justice Department is not evaluating the performance of pretrial diversion programs, residential re-entry centers, and home confinement, according to congressional testimony from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Under President Barack Obama administration, the...WW…

SubscribeSign inShare this postRural Spotlight: How North Texas Rural Resilience Weathered the Storm ellafassler.substack.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailMar 29, 2021Share this postRural Spotlight: How North Texas Rural Resilience Weathered the Storm ellafassler.substack.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailHi (y’)all,Hope everyone is hanging in there post one year of covid hell! I have my first vaccine shot tomorrow ^_^ and the weather is warming up here in Rhode Island. A couple weeks ago, I visited my parents in rural upstate NY with a friend and we talked about how mutual aid—neighbors...…SubscribeSign inShare this postRural Spotlight: How North Texas Rural Resilience Weathered the Storm ellafassler.substack.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailMar 29, 2021Share this postRural Spotlight: How North Texas Rural Resilience Weathered the Storm ellafassler.substack.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailHi (y’)all,Hope everyone is hanging in there post one year of covid hell! I have my first vaccine shot tomorrow ^_^ and the weather is warming up here in Rhode Island. A couple weeks ago, I visited my parents in rural upstate NY with a friend and we talked about how mutual aid—neighbors...WW…

Tensions were higher than usual at Donaldson Correctional Facility in Alabama early on the morning of January 30. A couple of days prior, guards had attacked and choked an elderly incarcerated man, Cat Diamond, in the cafeteria under the reportedly false pretense that he had gotten in line for a second meal.That morning, Robert Earl Council, an incarcerated organizer who is also known as Kinetik Justice, questioned Officer Griffin about the beating, . Officer Griffin called for reinforcements and Sgt. “Shakedown” Brown, Sgt. Binder, and Officer Milton liberally maced the area. They...…Tensions were higher than usual at Donaldson Correctional Facility in Alabama early on the morning of January 30. A couple of days prior, guards had attacked and choked an elderly incarcerated man, Cat Diamond, in the cafeteria under the reportedly false pretense that he had gotten in line for a second meal.That morning, Robert Earl Council, an incarcerated organizer who is also known as Kinetik Justice, questioned Officer Griffin about the beating, . Officer Griffin called for reinforcements and Sgt. “Shakedown” Brown, Sgt. Binder, and Officer Milton liberally maced the area. They...WW…

Axon Inc., a $6 billion company known for body cameras and “Tasers,” claims to be making “rapid growth” in U.S. prisons and markets abroad.…Axon Inc., a $6 billion company known for body cameras and “Tasers,” claims to be making “rapid growth” in U.S. prisons and markets abroad.WW…

Axon Inc., a $6 billion company known for body cameras and “Tasers,” claims to be making “rapid growth” in U.S. prisons and markets abroad.…Axon Inc., a $6 billion company known for body cameras and “Tasers,” claims to be making “rapid growth” in U.S. prisons and markets abroad.WW…

Axon Inc., a six billion-dollar company known for arming police with body cameras and dart-fired electrocution weaponry known as “Tasers,” claims to be making “” in the markets of the prison industrial-complex, and is “” markets internationally. During a 2020 quarter-one , Axon’s Chief Revenue Officer Joshua Isner explained that a third of the way into 2019, Axon “ramped up” its efforts “specifically focusing on corrections.” “And this year we have an independent sales team focused on that market…I’m really excited about the work that they’re doing so far.”  In May, Axon...…Axon Inc., a six billion-dollar company known for arming police with body cameras and dart-fired electrocution weaponry known as “Tasers,” claims to be making “” in the markets of the prison industrial-complex, and is “” markets internationally. During a 2020 quarter-one , Axon’s Chief Revenue Officer Joshua Isner explained that a third of the way into 2019, Axon “ramped up” its efforts “specifically focusing on corrections.” “And this year we have an independent sales team focused on that market…I’m really excited about the work that they’re doing so far.”  In May, Axon...WW…