IWOC issues demands to HMP Swaleside for healthcare and dignity
For the attention of HMP Swaleside Governor Lee-Ann Williams, I am writing to you as a representative of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) Trade Union,
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HMP GARTH ‘RAID’ OCTOBER 2024
The Incarcerated Workers Organising Committee (IWOC) is shocked to hear of a violent raid on the prisoners at HMP Garth by the National Search Team (NST,
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For a Campaign Against Prison Slavery
Slave labour. That’s what the imprisoned call the forced work we’re compelled to perform whilst locked up. Imagine the situation where conditions are so bad and
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Call for Solidarity with Incarcerated Anarchist Toby Shone
Toby Shone is an anarchist prisoner and a member of the IWW Incarcerated Worker’s Organising Committee (IWOC) being held at HMP Garth in the UK. Toby
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REPORT OF DEMO AT CARDIFF PROBATION OFFICE FOR TOBY SHONE
REPORT OF DEMO AT CARDIFF PROBATION OFFICE FOR TOBY SHONE On March 6th 2024, anarchists demonstrated outside Cardiff Probation Office to show their solidarity with Toby
Continue ReadingRacism and Close Supervision Centres
Kevan Thakrar Over the past decade the levels of racism in society have drastically increased with the use of discriminatory language becoming acceptable to the extent
Continue ReadingThe Birth of Close Supervision Centres
Kevan Thakrar When the Conservative party took control of the country in 2010, the so-called justice system was struggling to maintain the facade that it was
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ACTION ALERT: KEVAN THAKRAR
In order to accommodate the racist extremist Douglas Vinter, Kevan Thakrar was removed from the Close Supervision Centre (CSC) Unit at HMP Whitemoor in April 2019.
Continue ReadingJohn Bowden: Now a Hostage in a Conflict Between Two Agencies of the State
In March 2019, IWOC member John Bowden was denied parole after nearly forty years in prison. The reasons given for this denial were not related to
Continue ReadingIWOC supports the Kurdish Hunger Strikers
The Incarcerated Workers Organising Committee extends solidarity to the Kurdish hunger strikers, many of whom are incarcerated in Turkey. Over the past months, thousands of Kurdish
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