On Monday, June 17th, Maryland Governor Wes Moore issued an executive order, issuing pardons in 175,000 cannabis-related convictions. This action specifically impacts people who were found guilty of possessing small amounts of cannabis before it became legal in the...
5 PM on Thursday, December 15, 2022 Federal Building, San Francisco, 7th and Mission Streets Mumia Is innocent! But this innocent, framed-up man has been held for over four decades in prison. Mumia is an internationally known political prisoner. As a former...
Climate change is bringing what scientists and environmentalists have warned about for decades: violent environmental events that pose huge problems for humanity. A massive heat dome hovering over the southwest of the U.S. is causing record-breaking temperature spikes...
In countries all around the world, prisoners are stuck in dangerously overcrowded detention facilities where physical distancing and self-isolation are essentially impossible. In normal times, prisons are almost always extremely unhygienic, sometimes without soap or...
Inmates at the Lansing Correctional Facility in Kansas rioted on Thursday. They raged through offices, broke windows, and set fires. Initial reports by prison authorities said no one was injured. Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) officials said they...
