dalloEl Salvador publishes law allowing life sentences for minors as young as 12
> The new sentencing measure comes as President Nayib Bukele oversees a four-year-long state of emergency against crime.
marbleI work for a local #Minneapolis book print shop, and this is probably the most beautiful book that we've worked on in over 40 years
Freedom Time: Dancing Through Prison Walls
Published by Sming Sming Books
ISBN 978-1-953189-20-2
July 2025, English, 5 x 7 in, 158 pages, b&w, softcover
Design: Sming Sming Books
Edited by Suchi Branfman
https://www.smingsming.com/products/freedom-time-dancing-through-prison-walls?variant=49336137842881
nullagentWhy is Grants Pass such a big deal for the prison industrial complex?
Simple... the homeless population is roughly the size as the current prison population.
The second you make the homeless arrestable JUST for being homeless you double the demand for prisons OVER NIGHT.
Gigi 🍄🟫Well this is a fucking horrifying read about a practice that needs to be banned immediately.
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At the time of his death, Spring was being illegally detained. The previous day, Dec. 23, 2022, a judge had ordered his release.
What happened next was only revealed when reporters obtained internal staff incident reports.
Guards describe Spring, who’d been diagnosed with schizophrenia, as unstable and having difficulty managing his emotions.
A fight broke out with another inmate and correctional officers intervened. Guards pepper-sprayed the young man and forced him into a spit hood, a head covering made of mesh and fabric that first responders put on people to protect themselves from being spit on.
Handcuffed and hooded, Spring was thrown into a shower, where he was pepper-sprayed once more. When staff took him to his cell, they realized Spring was no longer breathing.
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The full, much more horrifying article, is available at the link:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/spit-hoods-misuse-deaths-9.7107138
Why putting spit hoods on people is risky — and can be deadly | CBC News
Spit hoods are meant to protect first responders from spitting. Yet an investigation by CBC's the fifth estate and Radio-Canada's Enquête identified 17 fatal incidents involving the controversial device in Canada over the last two decades. In nearly every case, the hood seems to have been misused.
Free Mumia BerlinICE-Cold Cash: Private Prison Companies Have Donated More Than $1 Million to Members of Congress
https://theappeal.org/ice-cold-cash-private-prison-congress-donations/
#GEOGroups #ForProfitPrisons #Trump #US #PrisonIndustry
#AbolishPrisons #FreeThemAll
ICE-Cold Cash: Private Prison Companies Have Donated More Than $1 Million to Members of Congress
https://theappeal.org/ice-cold-cash-private-prison-congress-donations/
#GEOGroups #ForProfitPrisons #Trump #US #PrisonIndustry
#AbolishPrisons #FreeThemAll
ICE: Gekaufte Kongreßabgeordnete in den USA
https://de.indymedia.org/node/704126
#CrushedICE #USA #Terror #Racism #ForProfitPrisons #PrisonIndustry
#AbolishPrisons #FreeThemAll
Caitlin Waddick"Just do what they say & you won't get hurt" is what you tell hostages, not free people.
#AbolishIce, #AbolishPrisons, #Freedom, #FreeThemAll, #FreeSpeech, #Abolition, #EverythingForEveryone, #Minneapolis, #Gaza, #Palestine, #Peace, #Nonviolence, #NonviolentAction
#AbolishIce, #AbolishPrisons, #Freedom, #FreeThemAll, #FreeSpeech, #Abolition, #EverythingForEveryone, #Minneapolis, #Gaza, #Palestine, #Peace, #Nonviolence, #NonviolentAction
AbyOh look, NSW laws being used to silence the protest against Aboriginal deaths in custody.
Shocked.
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Protesters in Sydney have vowed to return for 'Invasion Day' rallies on 26 January after being dispersed at a rally against Indigenous deaths in custody on Sunday.
In the lead-up to the event, demonstrators said they were planning to march in defiance of the NSW government's controversial new protest laws.
However, moments before protesters were set to march from Hyde Park, police told event organiser Paul Silva to ask the crowd to "disperse in a peaceful and orderly manner".
Silva then told the crowd of about 200 people — according to the Australian Associated Press — that he thought it would be "the safest option if we disperse".
"I don't want anyone being attacked and, unfortunately, these laws will allow that," Silva said.
Following the Bondi terror attack, NSW passed new legislation giving the state's police commissioner the power to restrict protests for up to three months after a designated terrorist incident.
Police say they're now negotiating with organisers over the rallies planned for 26 January, Australia Day. A spokesperson has said the NSW Police commissioner has yet to make a decision on whether to renew the ban, which is set to lapse on Tuesday 20 January.
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation #AbolishPolice #AbolishPrisons #Abolition #CommunityNotCops #NoJusticeNoPeace
[c/p from SBS Facebook page, link in comments]
Firestorm BooksIn the new book "A Clean Hell," author Eric King presents a clear picture of survival under the most restrictive levels of state repression.
Eric has helped bring the stories of movement veterans to a new generation, and now, with the release of a firsthand account of survival and resistance inside the federal supermax ADX Florence, we're honored to be hosting Eric for a discussion of their own story.
In conversation with author and educator Josh Fernandez, Eric will present "A Clean Hell: Anarchy and Abolition in America’s Most Notorious Dungeon" (@pmpress) a searing expose, a collection of hard-won lessons, and an invitation to fight back.
Register for this event, and find your copy of "A Clean Hell," at https://firestorm.coop/events/3515-anarchy-and-abolition-a-conversation-with-eric-king.html. Not able to join us for the live event? Sign up anyway and we'll send you a recording to watch at your convenience!
