“For many decades, white elites in the South used the punishment system to transfer wealth, confiscate land, and preserve racial hierarchy through convict leasing – that is criminalizing people so that their bodies could be forced to work for profit. In contemporary prisons throughout the United States, 800,000 people work long hours every day inContinue reading “They Will Never Kill The Beautiful Idea – by Comrade Z”
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Zombie Regrets – by Eric King
I’m sorry, I ruined the party caused a big mess in the lobby I’m sorry I killed your best friend had to eat your intestines I’m sorry I broke your hot plate feel bad, for eating your hot face I’m sorry, that you weren’t ready treated guts like they were spaghetti I’m sorry I causedContinue reading “Zombie Regrets – by Eric King”
You Are The Resistance (April 11, 2021) – by Sean Swain, from The Final Straw Radio
Hello, This week’s episode of the Final Straw has a section by Sean Swain talking about repression against prisoners including both Z in Texas and the hunger strikers in Ohio, here’s a transcription of it: “We’re three months into the Biden administration, which was promised to be a nationwide kumbaya moment. But simultaneously, it appears theContinue reading “You Are The Resistance (April 11, 2021) – by Sean Swain, from The Final Straw Radio”
A Cautionary Tale – by Joshua Cook
From: Joshua Cooke. Sussex I State Prison in Waverly, VA: “The Matrix Killer”. That’s what the media decided to call me. It’s a misnomer really, but yet when it comes to the subject of violent media affecting a young person’s mind, I do happen to have a certain perspective on it that others may not.Continue reading “A Cautionary Tale – by Joshua Cook”
Know Your Presidents – by Steven McCain
I Need To Be Around Bees – by Eric King
New poem by political prisoner Eric King I need to be around bees Please buy books for Eric if you can. He has been in segregation over 500 days and can use the support. Order at tiny.cc/EK_Books I need to be around bees catching shade underneath tall trees. I need to feel their fuzzy feetContinue reading “I Need To Be Around Bees – by Eric King”
Collages – by Kit Brixton
^^^ check them out! Also, write Kit today at: Kristopher Storey 26731-018 FMC PO Box 14500 Lexington, KY 40512
On Crime – by Steve McCain
Though crime is a problem in American society, it is not the problem. Crime, to a very large extent, is a problem that the U.S. Government has created from whole cloth. The government, by injecting itself into every facet of domestic life, has made even the prospect of being a spouse or a parent aContinue reading “On Crime – by Steve McCain”
Social Distance – by Steve McCain
Urgent… Breaking News Coronavirus inhibitor found in Texas prison Circa July 2020 An analysis of the TDCJ-CID social distance policy, as implemented at the Eastham State Plantation, suggests that the coronavirus pathogen is not attracted to human subjects that are standing upright. This appears to be so because the only time the policy is enforcedContinue reading “Social Distance – by Steve McCain”
Prisoner Staff Behavior – by Steve McCain
Circa July 2020 We had a visit from Lorie Davis (TDCJ-CID Director) today. From a time shortly before she and her entourage arrived, we must assume the guard at the main gate radioed a warning of her. The guard staff was frantic, at least in our dorm, and they remained so until she had departed.Continue reading “Prisoner Staff Behavior – by Steve McCain”
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