End Toxic Prison Tour
This Autumn, the Campaign to Fight Toxic Prisons from the US are touring the UK with Community Action on Prison Expansion. All over the world prisons
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Making Prisons Work: The Rising Tide of Prison Labour in the UK
In the November 2016 Prison Safety and Reform White Paper, the then Justice Secretary, Liz Truss, set out what she intends to change about the criminal
Continue ReadingDismantling the Prison Industrial Complex
IWOC WISE-RA were mentioned in this article written by the Empty Cages Collective. Check it out as a good introduction to the Prison System in the
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Justice for IPPs – Protest at HMP Risely
IPP families based in Preston, Lancashire, have organised a noise protest for IPP prisoners at HMP Risley on Saturday 8th July. It’s a really vital action,
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Successful Prisoner letter writing in Cymru
11th of June is a day of solidarity for all long-term anarchist prisoners. Originally organised as a way to support Jeff Luers, Marius Mason, and Eric
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Day of Action Against Maypole Photos
Yesterday members of the Industrial Workers of the World and other supporters held a National Day of Action against Maypole Ltd. Actions took place in
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Inside Time: Stop censoring our grass-roots prisoner union
Demand that the UK’s largest prisoner newspaper cease their censorship of IWOC, a grass-roots prisoner union for all incarcerated workers by signing this petition. Inside Time,
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May Day Against Maypole
Maypole Ltd is a company that uses prison labour to make trailer boards for stores like Blacks and Millets. Prisoners are paid between £6 – £25
Continue ReadingPrisoners kept in ‘squalid cells with glass missing from windows’
Prisoners were left exposed to the elements in “squalid” cells with windows missing glass, a highly critical report has revealed. A programme of window repairs was
Continue ReadingClaim of self-harm epidemic in Scottish prisons
Source: http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15182297.Claim_of_self_harm_epidemic_in_Scottish_prisons/?ref=rss JUSTICE SECRETARY Michael Matheson has been warned of a “self-harm epidemic” in Scotland‘s prisons after incidents jumped 70 per cent in three years. Scottish
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