Prisons are in the news this week, and not just because of the shocking statistic that the prison population has increased by 66% since 1995, to just over 84000 locked up human beings. The main …
Prisoner’s blog rattles Ministry of Justice
Shepton Mallet prisoner Ben Gunn’s blog has got the Ministry of (In)Justice all in a tizzy, and his blog is only 23 days old. The blog is believed to be the first, or at least …
A gathering against the prison society
On 31st Oct/1st Nov 2009, at the Cowley Club, 12 London Road, Brighton, UK. 2 Days of discussions & presentations about the struggle for liberation, inside and outside of the prison walls. Organised by random …
Prisoner support at the bookfair and comutiny
Bristol ABC prisoner support group will have a stall at this Saturday’s Bristol anarchist bookfair. We’ll have lots of info/advice about supporting prisoners and writing to them, along with lists of prisoners requesting to support. …
New resource for animal rights prisoners
A new resource and support group for animal rights prisoners has emerged recently, called quite simply ‘Animal Rights Prisoner Support’. They do exactly what it says on the tin, which is much needed because the …
News from the campaign against prison slavery
The last couple of days has seen the Guardian newspaper publish a major article by Richard Cookson and Phil Chamberlain headlined ‘Inside the sell blocks: Major companies are using prisoners as cheap labour through secretive …
EDO Decommissioners update & benefit bash
As the legal case around the 6 Bristol EDO Decommissioners grows ever more complicated, there’s timely news of another benefit for their support campaign this Friday, 4 September, from 8.30pm at The Plough – see …
EDO Decommissioners update & benefit bash
As the legal case around the 6 Bristol EDO Decommissioners grows ever more complicated, there’s timely news of another benefit for their support campaign this Friday, 4 September, from 8.30pm at The Plough – see …
Not guilty? Get your DNA wiped!
The growing retention of people’s DNA by the state, from birth upwards, often when the individual is guilty of no crime, is just one aspect of the ever growing authoritarian state and prison society controlling …
Solidarity helps set Greek hungerstriker free
Thanks to solidarity mobilizations, Theodoros Iliopoulos is free at last! Free after 49 days of hunger strike. The last prisoner from the December 2008 insurrection in Greece is now free.