When you believe in something, fight for it. When you       see Injustice, fight harder than you ever fought before. ​ 2020 GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM BILLS As of 01/20/2020 SENATE BILL NO, 793 (SB 793) (FISHBACK) Parole; exception to limitation on the application of parole statutes. Introduced by: Jennifer L. McClellan SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED: […]

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For Immediate Release: December 23, 2018   Campaign for Prison Reform Celebrates Restoration of Voting Rights and Calls on Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) To Stop Separating Families   Four Simultaneous Events to be Held on Tuesday, 1/8/2019 at 10:00 a.m. One in Each FDC Region   Contact:  Region 1: Lakey Love butterflylake@gmail.com, 850-345-0018. Region […]

By Panagioti Tsolkas / Prison Legal News After more than three years of a controversial environmental review process for the proposed USP Letcher, conducted by the Bureau of Prisons and their consulting firm Cardno, lawyers filed a lawsuit in November 2018 on behalf of 21 federal prisoners spread across the country. Plaintiffs in the case […]

Unbeknownst to students across the country, their school may be surveilling their social media activity... even individuals who have no affiliation with a school may get scooped up in the dragnet.

  PLEASE SHARE, especially with incarcerated women, men and youth. Do you, or you know someone that resides in Norfolk, VA? If so, please help RIHD correct sentencing errors of the past that remain uncorrected. Virginia law states that every person is entitled to a fair trial and a fair sentence. Let’s ensure this happens […]

This week, a global climate justice convergence in San Francisco will coincide with the national prison strike. Alongside the Prison Ecology Project and Fight Toxic Prisons, Nation Inside’s #StopTheHeat Campaign has been drawing connections between these movements, and now it’s time to turn it up a notch. In recent years, prisoners across the country having been decrying chronic abuse due […]

While its been looking dismal in a federal realm, news from the Prison Phone Justice front in Texas may be an indication of changes bubbling up at the state leve

Merging Movements to Bring Climate Justice, Abolish ICE and End Prison Slavery TAKE ACTION NOW! Larry McCollum was supposed to return home to his family after serving a two-year sentence for passing a bad check. Instead, he died of heatstroke in Hutchins State Jail near Dallas, Texas. McCollum spent his last moments trapped in an […]

In July of this year, former prisoners and their family members raised concerns about a variety of prison issues at a hearing with state lawmakers. This included repeated concerns with water quality at multiple facilities. One former prisoner stated that water in the East Arkansas Unit was not even “fit to take a shower in.” […]