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Easter Rebellion at the St. Louis City Jail

ByperilousApril 5, 2021

For the second time this year, prisoners at the City Justice Center in Downtown St. Louis, MO have staged a protest demanding their rights. On Sunday night, prisoners smashed through the glass of street-facing windows and threw flaming debris to the street below.

ByperilousMarch 19, 2021

Chronicled in this special report are the 42 prisoners who, as of press time, had died of COVID-19 while serving time in Oregon state prisons. All were men. Some, serving long sentences, would have died in prison whether they contracted the virus or not. But many would have

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Steve Martinez Jailed Again After Refusing to Testify Before a Federal Grand Jury

ByperilousMarch 3, 2021

Steve Martinez, a North Dakota activist who participated in the protests at Standing Rock, was taken into custody Wednesday after refusing to testify during his appearance before a federal grand jury in Bismark, North Dakota. Martinez is being held in the Burleigh County

ByperilousMarch 1, 2021

On February 3, Standing Rock protester Steve Martinez appeared before a grand jury in North Dakota. The US Attorney's Office had subpoenaed Steve in an ongoing investigation into a 2016 incident in which another protester, Sophia Wilansky, was gravely injured. After refusing

ByperilousFebruary 23, 2021

A North Dakota activist was released yesterday after nearly 3 weeks in jail for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury. Steve Martinez, an Indigenous and Chicano activist who participated in the protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) on the Standing

ByperilousFebruary 23, 2021

By Gabbriel Schivone and Abby Stadnyk A former Saskatoon correctional prison guard is breaking ranks to speak out against the injustices he says he witnessed inside the provincial prison system during his 22-year tenure. Through his Youtube channel, Making Corrections,

ByperilousJanuary 26, 2021

Prisoners at Two Rivers CI are sounding the alarm as a deadly COVID-19 outbreak has spread throughout the facility. Negligent prison staff, and crumbling infrastructure are leading to unnecessary deaths and a public health crisis on the inside, prisoners say.

ByperilousJanuary 11, 2021

Remembering Anarchist Prisoner Brian McCarvill, who died of COVID-19 in Prison on his 68th Birthday.

ByperilousJanuary 10, 2021

by Abby Stadnyk On Monday, prisoners at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre (SCC) and the Pine Grove Correctional Centre (PGCC) in Saskatchewan, Canada went on hunger strike, engaging in a self-described “peaceful protest” against the deplorable conditions and government

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Prisoners Stand Together in Response to DOC Negligence

ByperilousJanuary 2, 2021

By Lena Mercer On Saturday December 12 between 30 and 40 prisoners housed at Airway Heights Correctional Center in Washington. banded together to refuse an internal transfer that they understood would endanger them and others. COVID-19 positive infections inside Airway

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Easter Rebellion at the St. Louis City Jail

These are the 42 Oregon state prisoners who have died from COVID-19

Steve Martinez Jailed Again After Refusing to Testify Before a Federal Grand Jury

Defending Standing Rock, Combating State Repression: An Interview with Lauren Regan

Water Protector and Grand Jury Resister Steve Martinez Released from Jail

‘I was afraid I was going to kill somebody’: Former CO speaks out against culture of violence, neglect in Saskatchewan jails

“A Dumping Ground of COVID Cases”: Blackouts, Protests, and Outbreaks at Oregon’s Two Rivers Prison

‘I Am An Anarchist’: Remembering Anarchist Prisoner Brian McCarvill, who Died of COVID-19 in Prison on his 68th Birthday

“We’re Getting Treated Like Animals”: Protests and Uprisings Spread Through Saskatchewan Jails

Prisoners Stand Together in Response to DOC Negligence

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