Prison News
‘This place is a death trap’: inside HMPs during COVID-19
April 29th: Content warnings: state violence, medical abuse and neglect, self-harm and suicide The Ministry of Justice’s lack of response to COVID-19 is no…
Italy: On conditions in Mammagialla Prison
April 28th: A prisoner at the jail in Viterbo, north-west of Rome, whistleblows on laughable “protections” which were put in place at the heavily o…
Quarantine vs. overcrowding – what’s going on in Italian prisons
March 25th: Riots exploded in about 30 Italian prisons 2 weeks ago in the biggest uprising since the 70s.
“I’ve never felt more trapped and powerless in my life” – Letter lays bare the cruel realities of prison during the pandemic
March 24th: The following letter from ‘D’ – passed to us by Carl Cattermole and Lisa & Elliot of @bluebaglife – lays bare the horrific cond…
Free Kevan Thakrar – End solitary confinement in the UK!
March 5th: On Monday 9th March, the Incarcerated Workers Organising Committee (IWOC) have called a protest outside the Royal College of Psychiatrists to mark …
Prison Island: A new report on prison expansion in England, Wales and Scotland – out now
September 8th: In August Corporate Watch, a not-for-profit co-operative that researches the social and environmental impact of capitalism, released their latest r…
Chile: Tamara Sol seriously injured by guards in ‘failed jailbreak’
January 13th: The family of Tamara Sol reported yesterday that the anarchist prisoner was brutally beaten on Thursday after allegedly attempting to lead an escap…
Report on Prison Suicides in Texas
January 6th: On 19th November 2017, prisoner Benjamin Laure was found hanging in his cell in Texas prison.
Fight against toxic prisons tour starts this week
September 25th: Following a highly successful callout last month, the Empty Cages Collective has announced the details of a ten-day run around Britain for its Camp…
G20: A comrade writes from a Hamburg Prison
August 29th: In the below passage, one of the people detained in Hamburg during July’s G20 Protests talks about his imprisonment, the incarceration system…
Campaign to fight toxic prisons to tour Britain next month
August 18th: In a timely move as the prison system faces major market-oriented reform, members of the US-based Campaign to Fight Toxic Prisons will be going on…
Ray Luc Levasseur on Tom Manning of the United Freedom Front
August 1st: Luther Blissett interviews former UFF member Ray Luc Lavasseur on the ongoing situation of Tom Manning, one of two remaining prisoners from the…
Interview: Ray Luc Levasseur on the United Freedom Front and Jaan Laaman
July 15th: Luther Blissett interviews former UFF member Ray Luc Lavasseur on the ongoing institutional repression of Jaan Laaman, one of two remaining prisone…
HMP Cardiff action opens major campaign month against IPP jail sentences
July 1st: Following a protest yesterday at HMP Cardiff against the continuing illegal detention of thousands of people in British prisons with no release dat…
Revolution and Restorative Justice: An Anarchist Perspective
May 17th: In this opening editorial of the first issue of Abolition Journal, Peter Kletsan takes apart the concept of “restorative justice” from …
