A prisoner at the jail in Viterbo, north-west of Rome, whistleblows on laughable “protections” which were put in place at the heavily o…
Tag: Prisons
Quarantine vs. overcrowding – what’s going on in Italian prisons
Riots exploded in about 30 Italian prisons 2 weeks ago in the biggest uprising since the 70s.
The HMP kids: Damage done by IPP sentencing
Darcey Hartley’s dad, Ian, has been in prison for over 13 years, even though he was only required to serve two years and 11 months.
Protests take on mega-prisons construction giant Kier
The rally yesterday afternoon in central London was drawing attention to private companies which are profiting from increased rates of policing and…
Next month will ramp up campaign against prison expansions
Part of a year-long campaign aimed at pressing the government to switch away from its plans to build several mega-prisons, March will see both a gl…
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…
Abolitionist Futures – Fight Toxic Prisons Conference Report
The first of series of reports from the 18th International Conference on Penal Abolition, based on the workshops and talks that took place over thr…
Far from therapeutic …
PAT ARROWSMITH, field organiser for the Committee of 100, was serving a 3-month sentence in Gateside Prison, Greenock, for her part in the anti-Pol…
Chile: Tamara Sol seriously injured by guards in ‘failed jailbreak’
The family of Tamara Sol reported yesterday that the anarchist prisoner was brutally beaten on Thursday after allegedly attempting to lead an escap…
Notes of an accidental jailer
THE LEAST EXPERIENCE OF PRISONS teaches you that they’re criminal universities for prisoners; they morally corrupt all law-enforcement office…
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…
Book interview: Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist
An annotated edition of Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist has just been published by AK Press.
This Black December
Banners are dropped across the first and fourth wings of the Korydallos Prison in Greece.
Kropotkin and the Prison System
At the time of writing (12th August 2014), Nick Hardwick, the Chief Inspector of Prisons, has come to the conclusion that much of the country had c…
Books behind bars
Rob Ray talks to Lee Humphries, founder of prisoner support charity Haven Distribution, which specialises in educational literature
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Notes from the US: Sadistic idiocy
MAGA apologists square multiple circles just in order to ‘live with themselves’ ~ Louis Further ~ A new study by members of the School …
Dissident Russian artist murdered in Poland
Assassination of Semyon Skrepetsky is a threatening message to the entire Russian opposition in Europe ~ Nikita Ivansky ~ Bashkir artist Semyon Skr…
Lament for a lost revolution
A century since the General Strike of 1926 ~ punkacademic ~ In the opening week of May 1926, Britain had its first, last, and only General Strike.
Jim Crow is still alive
One day people will look at today’s global Apartheid the way we look at American Segregation ~ Joseph Chen ~ Whenever I turn back to the hist…
Anarchist News Review: Burn-in or Burnout in Makerfield?
It’s by-election jabbering time with Simon and Andy Plus thoughts on major events of the week including the Iran deal, Palestine Action ruling, D…
