Art by Billy Sell, one of the hunger strikers at Corcoran State Prison, who died during the 2013 hunger strike. See http://www.prisonerexpress.org/anthology/Anthology_9.pdf

Behind ‘that door’

September 27, 2018

Prisoner’s view of what is on the other side of that door “they bring your family member through to court, shackled at the waist and feet, wearing that pumpkin orange jumpsuit.”

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‘Pulling Chain’

March 10, 2018

Do you ever wonder what happens to all of your family members after the courtroom drama? After the news cameras and news articles dry up? After the victim impact statements and the jury’s verdict have been handed down?

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New pamphlet: Pelican Bay prisoners speak

The limitations of restorative justice

February 4, 2018

Prisoner Stephen Wilson comments on Faruq’s article on the meaning of legal standing before the law and how restorative justice is not enough as the need is for transformative justice which focuses on the structures that create oppression and inequality in the first place.

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Prison danger zones

November 14, 2017

A prisoner writes of the danger zone state and federal prisons have become as warehouses for people suffering from mental health issues.

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