He Joined the Attica Prison Uprising. He Hopes a New Documentary Can Set the Record Straight.
AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.“I’ve been patient,” wrote George Jackson from his prison cell in a 1965 letter to his mother and father, “but where I’m concerned patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it’s cowardice.” In some ways,…
Alabama Will Spend Nearly 20 Percent of its Federal COVID Relief Money to Build Human Cages
Kim Chandler/Andrew Harnik/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.After years of searching for a way to finance a massive prison-building scheme, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has found her cash cow: Federal coronavirus aid. Under legislation signed by Ivey at the end of…
I Worked at a Prison. My Boss Stalked Me to Prove I Wasn’t Injured.
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.LightFieldStudios/iStockphoto/GettyIt started back in 2016 after I tore my peroneal tendon in my ankle on the gun range. The agency fought tooth and nail with the office of workers’ comp not to approve a much-needed repair surgery. Two…
There’s a Phrase We Use About the Bosses at the Bureau of Prisons: “F Up, Move Up”
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.GettyI’m a teacher in a federal prison in Tallahassee, Florida. I started off as a correctional officer, but I wanted to do something that was gonna have a more lasting effect: When I see students get their…
Old People in Prison Were Left to Die From COVID. It Didn’t Have to Be That Way.
Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the US criminal justice system. Sign up for The Marshall Project’s newsletter, or follow them on Facebook or Twitter. At first, Anthony…
As Texas Enters Another Hot Summer, Lawmakers Kill Effort to Cool Sweltering Prisons
Joe Raedle/Newsmakers/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.In the summer, Texas prisons become hell itself. Most prisons lack air conditioning in housing areas, and temperatures inside can rise above 100 degrees. People confined to their cells…