Mastodawn

"[P]olitical education is imperative as a partner to political action."

"We cannot make the mistake of taking one without the other."

"Abolition School [..] tackles this informative work by training next generation leftist organizers."
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Title: Philadelphia's Abolition School taps the 'radical potential' of political education
Author: Adryan Corcione
Publication: Prism
April 8, 2026
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#Pennsylvania #USA #Incarceration #Slavery #Education
https://prismreports.org/2026/04/08/philadelphia-abolition-school-political-education/

Philadelphia’s Abolition School taps the ‘radical potential’ of political education

Known as the W.E.B. Movement School for Abolition and Reconstruction, the organization grounds local organizers in historical knowledge, theory, and rigorous analysis

Prism

Harms Committed 4h ago

"The Canadian government has criticized the racist death-by-hanging bill."

"These words ring hollow."

"In the very same week, Canada forcibly dissolved an important support network for Palestinian political prisoners."
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Title: As Israel eyes executions, Canada targets Palestine solidarity
Author: Owen Schalk
Publication: Canadian Dimension
April 8, 2026
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#Canada #Israel #Palestine #Apartheid #Incarceration #DeathPenalty #Torture
https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/as-israel-eyes-executions-canada-targets-palestine-solidarity

As Israel eyes executions, Canada targets Palestine solidarity

In late March, the federal government moved to dissolve Samidoun, the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, an international group of organizers and activists long targeted for criminalization by the Israel lobby in Canada. The move follows changes introduced in the 2025 federal budget granting Ottawa authority to disband organizations designated as “terrorist entities.”

EveryLibrary 8h ago

It's a common refrain that a lack of access to education is a major contributing factor to incarceration in the United States. What's not as commonly discussed is the direct impact that library funding has on decreasing crime rates in the community. https://action.everylibrary.org/report_the_connection_between_crime_and_illiteracy_is_clear
#Library #Libraries #Services #Resources #LackOfAccessToEducation #Incarceration #DecreasingCrimeRates #Illiteracy #SayNoToCrimeTime #LibraryGoodCrimeBad

Harms Committed 2d ago

"For over a week, Malik Muhammed effectively vanished inside the prison system."

"No answers. No confirmation. Just a string of contradictions."

"Remove them. Isolate them. Disrupt their support. Increase pressure."
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Title: From "Confidential Location" to South Carolina: The Escalating Isolation of Malik Muhammed
Author: Alissa Azar
Publication: We Will Free Us
April 7, 2026
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#Oregon #SouthCarolina #USA #Incarceration
https://www.wewillfreeus.org/from-confidential-location-to-south-carolina-the-escalating-isolation-of-malik-muhammad/

The Escalating Isolation of Malik Muhammad

From “Confidential Location” to South Carolina: The Escalating Isolation of Malik Muhammad

We Will Free Us

Harms Committed 2d ago

"After 35 years of defending Palestinian children's rights, we are not able to overcome operational challenges resulting from Israel's targeted criminalization of Palestinian human rights organizations."
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Title: Top Palestinian Children's Rights Group Shutters After Being Targeted By Israel
Author: Sharon Zhang
Publication: Truthout
April 7, 2026
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#Gaza #WestBank #Palestine #Israel #Incarceration #Genocide #Torture
https://truthout.org/articles/top-palestinian-childrens-rights-group-shutters-after-being-targeted-by-israel/

Top Palestinian Children’s Rights Group Shutters After Being Targeted By Israel

Defense for Children International-Palestine was critical in exposing Israel’s mass atrocities against children.

Truthout

Defector | The last good website. [Unofficial]3d ago

Prisoners At Private ICE Jail In New Jersey Collectively Refuse Conditions Of Death

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://defector.com/prisoners-at-private-ice-jail-in-new-jersey-collectively-refuse-conditions-of-death

Harms Committed 3d ago

"[B]rutally demoralizing."

"[E]scorted to the solitary confinement unit where they work as custodians."

"[P]rison administration tried to force work crews to clean blood and bodily fluids without compensation."
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Title: They Had to Clean Solitary Cells. What They Saw Forced Them to Quit.
Author: Antoine E. Davis
Publication: Solitary Watch
April 7, 2026
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#Washington #USA #Labour #Incarceration #Solitary #Suicide #Torture #SexualViolence
https://solitarywatch.org/2026/04/07/they-had-to-clean-solitary-cells-what-they-saw-forced-them-to-quit/

They Had to Clean Solitary Cells. What They Saw Forced Them to Quit. - Solitary Watch

Incarcerated journalist Antoine Davis reports on the psychological and physical effects of being forced to work on the hazmat team in solitary.

Solitary Watch

Harms Committed 3d ago

Salah Sarsour "is the president of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee."

"We consider him a political prisoner, targeted [..] for speaking out against the injustices that have taken place in Gaza."
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Title: Supporters say Wisconsin mosque president was detained over Israel criticism
Author: Michael Arria
Publication: Mondoweiss
April 7, 2026
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#Wisconsin #USA #Israel #Gaza #Palestine #Deportation #EthnicCleansing #Incarceration #Genocide #Torture
https://mondoweiss.net/2026/04/supporters-say-wisconsin-mosque-president-was-detained-over-israel-criticism/

Supporters say Wisconsin mosque president was detained over Israel criticism

Wisconsin resident Salah Sarsour was detained by ICE on March 30. The Trump administration is accusing him of lying on his Green Card application. But those close to him say he’s a ‘political prisoner’ being targeted for his criticism of Israel.

Mondoweiss

Harms Committed 3d ago

"Crime prediction algorithms [..] should more accurately be called crime production algorithms."

"Fighting to ban facial recognition is not enough; it must be part of the larger fight to stop carceral biometrics and advance digital abolition."
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Title: Precrime Is No Longer Science Fiction
Author: Sarah Fathallah
Publication: Inquest
April 7, 2026
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#USA #Policing #Technology #Surveillance #Incarceration
https://inquest.org/precrime-is-no-longer-science-fiction/

Precrime Is No Longer Science Fiction - Sarah Fathallah - Inquest

Policing technology is increasingly relying on biometric data to try to predict whether someone has or will commit a crime.

Inquest

Bich Nguyen 3d ago

"Now, eight years after President Donald Trump’s forcible border separations came to an official halt following global outrage, an Associated Press investigation has found that the government has re-separated dozens of children from their families, despite a landmark legal settlement meant to keep them together."

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-trump-family-separation-ice-71a610d15af5207a68f989fcafb55039

#PublicHealth #immigration #detention #incarceration #ICE #DHS #ChildrensHealth #families #MentalHealth #trauma

AP finds dozens of kids separated under Trump faced separation again

An Associated Press investigation reveals that dozens of children who were separated under the first Trump administration have been re-separated, despite a judge's order to reunite them. Some of their parents have been locked in immigration detention facilities for months, others deported back to their home countries after being taken from their families once again. Ederson Galicia Alva, now 11, was separated from his mother twice. After nearly a year in Guatemala, his family returned to Florida last week under a federal judge's order. The Trump administration's push for mass deportations has led to more separations, with some families deported despite legal protections.

AP News