Yuri Kochiyama
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Kevin Rashid Johnson
The Revolutionary Response To Racism: Reply To A Communique By Azzurra Crispino (2017)
The Dispatch
Recently, I received a copy of a communique issued by Azzurra Crispino, an ethics professor, who is also an anarchist, a Gandhian pacifist, a founder of Prison Abolition Prisoner Support (PAPS), and the elected media co-chair of the
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The Abuse Goes On: The Corrupting Dynamics of Power in a Texas Prison (2017)
Character Split
It’s a truism that power corrupts; and absolute power corrupts absolutely. But that’s not the end of the story.
In Amerika, prisons constitute the most absolute exercise of state power. Within their confines, officials control the
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What Lies Inside the TDCJ’s Ministry of Propaganda
“The Public Information Office of [the] TDCJ has perfected the art of misinforming the public about the conditions inside all TDCJ facilities … Jason Clark is the chief spokesperson for TDCJ. Clark and his colleague Robert Hurst are professional liars… Read the rest
Free Kevin Cooper
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Life’s A Gas in Texas Prisons: The Frequent Abuse of Chemical Weapons (2017)
… Read the rest“As the evidence in the instant case shows, tear gas has been unnecessarily employed on a number of occasions to brutalize [Texas] inmates….[I]n most instances of unwarranted use, the chemicals were administered by high ranking prison officials for deliberately punitive
You Will Suffer in Silence: The Lack of Redress in Texas Prisons (2017)
Corruption and Cowboy Justice
I recall a couple years back when a guard here at the William P. Clements Unit remarked to me, that I had no idea how corrupt Texas really is. I almost begged to differ, and
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Texas Official’s Use Illegal Social Media Ban On Prisoners To Retaliate Against This Writer
“The First amendment forbids prison officials from retaliating against prisoners for exercising the right of free speech.”[1]
It was just a few months ago that I wrote about the new rule created by Texas prison officials to ban prisoners
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