Just under a month ago, an autonomous group of activists blockaded Kier’s latest mega-prison construction site at HMP Full Sutton, costing the co…
Action report from a mega-prison blockade
Tag: Megaprisons
Prisoners respond with cheers to protest surrounding HMP Full Sutton
Around fifty people descended on HMP Full Sutton, East Yorkshire, in a historic demonstration on Saturday 5th June.
Anti-prison expansion activists halt construction of HMP Wellingborough for second consecutive Friday
Protesters attached themselves to PVC pipes and blockaded the entrances to the construction site of the new HMP Wellingborough mega-prison, bring…
Protesters occupy HMP Wellingborough construction site
Protesters occupied the construction site of HMP Wellingborough for 6 hours on Friday, successfully halting its work.
Emergency callout as government sneaks in megaprison consultation
Yorkshire Campaign Against Prisons (YCAP) has caught the state slipping through a late-notice “consultation” over its massive new East …
Prison Island: A new report on prison expansion in England, Wales and Scotland – out now
In August Corporate Watch, a not-for-profit co-operative that researches the social and environmental impact of capitalism, released their latest r…
Campaign to fight toxic prisons to tour Britain next month
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…
As details become clear on prisons expansion, campaigners prepare for a fight
The Empty Cages Collective and Community Action on Prison Expansion (CAPE) campaigns are calling for people to get involved in fighting at what th…
Anonymous group claims acid sabotage on superjail’s foundations
An anonymous group claiming responsibility for a raid on controversial superjail HMP Berwyn in May 2015 which destroyed the engines of diggers an…
Empty Cages announce first No More Prisons conference
The Empty Cages Collective, a solidarity group supporting prison abolitionists in Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Cardiff and London, is backing…
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