Prisoners
Supporting Prisoners: Russell Maroon Shoatz
By Payday men’s network
Black Panthers member Russell Maroon Shoatz was jailed in 1972 in connection with the death of a police officer and spent 29 years in solitary confinement. Yet he never stopped opposing injustices inside and outside prison.
Read MoreDetainees win historic ruling on minimum wage
By Gene Johnson, Seattle Times
A US federal jury has determined that The GEO Group must pay minimum wage — rather than $1 a day — to immigration detainees who perform tasks like cooking and cleaning at its for-profit detention center in Washington state.
Read MoreProtesting Royal College of Psychiatrists endorsement of abuse and cruelty
By Payday men’s network
On Monday 28 June, Legal Action for Women, Payday men’s network and Women of Colour Global Women’s Strike coordinated a protest against the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) supported by Prisoner Solidarity Network, Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association, Community Action on Prison Expansion and Figh
Read MoreNo to solitary confinement: Free Kevan Thakrar
Payday men’s network
Kevan Thakrar was wrongly convicted of murder and attempted murder in 2008 under “joint enterprise”, the legal rule by which a member of a group can be convicted of a crime even if he/she didn’t commit it. In 2010, he was was put in solitary confinement in Close Supervision Centres (CSC), locked in his cell 23 h/day.
Read MoreSolitary confinement is a crime Webinar
By Legal Action for Women, Women of Colour Global Women’s Strike, Payday men’s network
Watch a wide-ranging panel of speakers from around the world as well as so many justice campaigners making their case against cruel and inhumane solitary confinement.
Read MoreDon’t deport Maru Mora Villalpando
By Payday men’s network
Long time immigration rights activist Maru Mora Villalpando who has spearheaded the fight against the North West Detention Centre near Tacoma in the US was threatened by deportation in 2018. She won her battle thanks to an international protest.
Read MoreSupporting Prisoners: Dallas 6
By Payday men’s network
In 2010, six African American prisoners at SCI Dallas staged a peaceful protest to blow the whistle on the torture inflicted by the guards on inmates of all races. For their stand, they were viciously beaten and charged with riot.
Read MoreTrans prisoners – some facts
By Queer Strike & Payday
Discrimination against trans people make them at risk of economic insecurity. The violence they suffer in prisons is a continuation of trans people’s civilian life.
Read MoreThe 2013 prisoners strike against solitary confinement in the US
By Payday men’s network
On 8 July 2013, 30,000 prisoners across California stopped eating and went on work strike to end long-term solitary confinement… and won two years later!
Read MoreSupporting Prisoners: Reverend Edward Pinkney
By Payday men’s network
In 2014, Reverend Edward Pinkney, grassroots leader of the Black Autonomy Network Community Organization (BANCO) was jailed, accused of altering a recall petition against the Benton Harbor Mayor who was supporting tax evasion.
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