Any day now, a British court is expected to rule on Julian Assange’s final appeal of an order that he be extradited to the United States. If he is sent to the U.S., he will face prosecution under the Espionage Act, a 1917 law enacted during World War I specifically to...
Recently in Tennessee, a woman held at the Montgomery County Jail was forced to give birth alone in her cell, over an hour after seeking medical help. Only two nurses were sent to attend to the pregnant woman, but they were not present when she gave birth,...
Political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal has recently tested positive for COVID-19 and is facing a life and death situation. He was hospitalized on March 3rd and has said he was feeling like an elephant was sitting on his lungs. He is reported to have lost 30 pounds in 10...
According to the Legal Aid Society, on March 26 the COVID-19 infection rate at the local jails in New York City was more than nine times higher than the rate citywide and 87 times higher than the country at large! A perfect illustration of this is the population in...
In 2013, for two months, over 30,000 prisoners throughout 67 percent of the California state prison system went on a hunger strike to protest their treatment. This was the third hunger strike by prisoners since 2011, and it was by far the biggest fight in the history...
