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...
March 30, 2023, from the Étincelle fraction of the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA) in France. Translated from French. The banner in the photo reads: “The strike continues from France to Italy… Strike!” In several countries: Greece, Germany, Italy… rallies have...
In July 2021, Jazmin Valentine was being held in solitary confinement in a Hagerstown, MD jail when she went into labor. Despite her screams and pleas for help, guards and other jail staff ignored her, and she was forced to give birth on a cold, dirty floor in a cell...
Last week, jailed inmates in the St. Louis City “Justice” Center broke out of their cells, chanting, “We want court dates!” in protest of their prolonged pre-trial detention during the COVID-19 pandemic. These inmates have not been convicted of any crime, but are...
There are 2.4 million people in federal, state, and local prisons and jails in the U.S. In December, the COVID death rate was twice as high among prisoners as among the general population, and the rate of positive cases was four times as high. Throughout the pandemic,...
