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Strike Supporters Set Up Occupy Camp Outside Florida Prison
Allies, comrades and supporters of striking prisoners across the U.S. have set up an “Occupy Camp” outside a prison work camp in Gainesville, FL.
The camp has been rolling strong since the strikes began on August 21st, and has received
… Read the restFrom Retaliation to Torture in a Florida Prison Unfit for Habitation (2018)
Inhumane conditions
Known today as Florida State Prison (FSP) what was originally called Florida’s East Unit was constructed in 1961, and included another institution now known as Union Correctional Institution.
Nearly 60 years old, FSP has been poorly maintained with
… Read the restFlorida Warden Retaliates For Article Publicizing Prison Abuses, Slave Labor and Prisoner Protest (2018)
During early January 2018 my article “Florida Prisoners Are Laying It Down” was published online, which discussed the prevalence of enforced slave labor in the Florida Department of Corruption (FDOC), the brutally inhumane conditions under which its prisoners live, and
… Read the restTime on Ice: Florida Officials Torture Prisoners With Freezing Strip Cells (2018)
When I first arrived in the Florida prison system on June 22, 2017, and was thrown in solitary confinement in the latest of numerous retaliatory interstate transfers for publicizing and resisting prison abuses, I questioned and discussed with numerous other
… Read the restRashid Johnson faces an “inciting a riot” charge for reporting on #OperationPUSH
Incarcerated Florida organizer and Minister of Defense of the New Afrikan Black Panther Party (Prison Chapter) Kevin “Rashid” Johnson is facing political repression in the form of an “inciting a riot” charge for his article “Florida Prisoners Are Laying it
… Read the restThe Heat is On! Florida Prisoners Receive No Protection From Deadly Heat
In the Heat of the Moment
On June 22, 2017 I was transferred from the Texas Department of Criminal (In)Justice (TDCJ) to the Florida Department of Corruption (FDOC). I was initially confined at the Reception and Medical center (RMC), which
… Read the restFlorida Prisoners Are Laying It Down
During early 2018 prisoners across Florida are gonna “laydown” in nonviolent protest of the intolerable conditions in Florida’s prisons.
The objectionable conditions being protested include unpaid slave labor, compounded by outright price-gouging in the system’s commissary and package services, and
… Read the restWhy is Jeremiah Tatum in Florida’s Solitary Confinement? (2017)
You’ve likely never heard of Jeremiah Tatum or “JT”. We met here in Florida State Prison’s (FSP) solitary confinement or Close Management (CM) unit.
He is an outspoken opponent of the abuse by prison officials, a tendency which officials find
… Read the restLynching Culture: Florida Officials Are Experts at Killing Prisoners by Natural Causes
On August 24 guards here at Florida State Prison (FSP) donned special “formal” uniforms of black pants, dark grey shirts and black neckties – their usual uniform consists of black pants, a light grey shirt and no necktie. The special
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