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Flawed justice: the wrongful conviction of Kerry Baxter Sr.
by Anita Wills The Constitution guarantees every American the right to a fair trial and to face his or her accusers. This right has been denied to African Americans, who make up a larger and larger...
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Black August: Beyond 34 years of resistance
by Shaka At-thinnen When the concept of Black August manifested in 1979, many thought it was simply a focus group protest growing out of the avoidable death of Khatari Gaulden on Aug. 1, 1978, in the...
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Zulu’s tribute to Herman ‘Hooks’ Wallace: Freedom ain’t never been free
by Kenny Zulu Whitmore Herman Wallace stands strong in this April 2, 2013, photo, with a Black Panther salute despite his shackles. Since April, his liver cancer has made him much thinner. I can...
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Inside a CCA private prison: Two slaves for the price of one, Part Two
by Anthony Robinson Jr. “The slave went free, stood a brief moment in the sun, then moved back again towards slavery.” – W.E.B. Du Bois, “Black Reconstruction” Anthony Robinson Jr. In 1973, the...
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California prisoner representatives: All people have the right to humane...
Main reps mark the first anniversary of suspension of the 2013 Hunger Strike and the second anniversary of the Agreement to End Hostilities by Todd Ashker, Arturo Castellanos and George Franco We...
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Advocates celebrate Prop. 47 victory against mass incarceration and war on...
by Diana Zuñiga, Californians United for a Responsible Budget On Nov. 4, California voters passed criminal justice reform measure Proposition 47. Proposition 47 changes the lowest level drug possession...
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CDCR’s new con game to undermine our class action suit
by Randall ‘Sondai’ Ellis In order to successfully advance in each step of CDCR’s newly enacted Step Down Program (SDP), prisoners are expected to fill out and complete a series of thought policing or...
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The Fairness and Restoration Act of 2015
by Abdul Olugbala Shakur, Free-Speech Society Part I: Introduction According to the 14th Amendment, the government cannot develop or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of...
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Cuba to release 3,522 prisoners on the eve of Pope Francis’ visit; why can’t...
by the International Committee for Peace, Justice and Dignity for the Peoples Just prior to the visit of Pope Francis to Cuba on Sept. 19, the Cuban government has announced the release of 3,522 people...
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Bernie Sanders files bill to ban private prisons for federal, state and local...
by Dana Liebelson and Elise Foley At a conference in April 2012, 500 Methodists protested private prisons. Activists are also calling for divestment from private prisons. Washington – Senator and...
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As sheriff, John Robinson will aim to reduce disproportionate Black and Brown...
The United States of America, the world’s leading and loudest exponent of civil liberties and human rights, is a nation which has 5 percent of the world’s population and, to its disgrace, 25 percent...
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Mumia Abu-Jamal’s eighth book: ‘Writing on the Wall’
‘Writing on the Wall: Selected Prison Writings of Mumia Abu-Jamal,’ edited by Johanna Fernandez, foreword by Cornel West, City Lights Books, 2015 Review by Carolina Saldaña Mumia Abu-Jamal’s eighth...
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Stop the disproportionate incarceration of Black and Brown men, women and...
by John Robinson No matter who is elected sheriff, we urge Mayor Ed Lee to create and appoint the San Francisco Sentencing Reform and Corrections Task Force that would have in its membership members of...
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Incarceration, justice and the planet
Could the fight against toxic prisons shape the future of environmentalism? by Panagioti Tsolkas Prisons inspire little in terms of natural wonder. It might be a weed rises through a crack and blooms...
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Parole threatened for organizing and writing for Bay View
by Anthony Robinson Jr. The Code of California Regulations (CCR) Title 15 defines a Security Threat Group (STG) as “any ongoing formal or informal organization, association, or group of three or more...
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SF Bay View banned inside Indiana prisons: Do Black Lives Matter behind the...
by Shaka Shakur In the December 2015 issue of the San Francisco Bay View, I wrote an article entitled “Do Black Lives Matter Behind the Walls” and introduced to the Bay View audience the newly formed...
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When we don’t fight hate, we are preparing for others to die
by Michael ‘Zaharibu’ Dorrough “You can never solve a problem with the same kind or thinking that created the problem in the first place.” – Albert Einstein “Bringing Down the Flag of Hate” – Art:...
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An introduction to the Peoples Prison Defense Committee
by Joshua Hatch Joshua Hatch and son I’ve been actively working on the blueprint and inner working of a nonprofit, The Peoples Prison Defense Committee, which will be a wing of or in partnership with...
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Mass incarceration for profit: The dual impact of the 13th Amendment and the...
African Americans remain the targets of a system of institutional racism and super-exploitation by Abayomi Azikiwe As the United States faces profound challenges in the areas of race relations, class...
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Residents demand Newsom grant mass releases as COVID-19 deaths surge in...
Protesters all over the country began demanding major prisoner releases – mass decarceration – since last April, when this protest was held outside Northern Correctional in Somers, Conn. Not a single...
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