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With Chicago Books to Women in Prison, Midwest Books to Prisoners, and Restore Justice, we will host an event on Thursday, May 29th at 6:30pm to learn more about programs that bring books to incarcerated folks & how to fight mail bans and book ban legislature. This event will include a presentation regarding what each… Continue reading Teach-in on Mail Bans in Prison

We are circulating reports from incarcerated community members asking for outside support to stop ongoing human rights violations at FCI Thomson, a federal prison northwest of Chicago. After yet another manufactured “17 mailroom guards hospitalized” stunt, people living there have been continuously locked down and deprived access to mail/phone communications, visits, outside rec, law library,… Continue reading Human Rights Violations and Lockdowns at FCI Thomson

Matthew White is about to be released to the halfway house after being imprisoned since the 2020 George Floyd uprisings in St. Paul, MN. Let’s show some solidarity and raise funds to smooth his transition to the “free world”! Donate directly to his sister’s CashApp: $JessicaBail Please read this inspiring March 2025 update from Matthew… Continue reading Prerelease Fundraiser for Uprising Defendant Matthew White

The Orphanage, our beloved home since the early 2010’s, is under imminent threat of eviction because the new owner wants to demolish this historic building. A home to community organizers, mutual aid workers, activists and anyone looking for shelter from an unkind world: we are determined to defend the Orphanage and hope that we can… Continue reading Help Midwest Books to Prisoners find a new space

HISTORIC COMMUNITY CENTER THREATENED WITH EVICTION! NEW OWNER WANTS TO EVICT ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE BRIDGEPORT 👉  Sign the petition on OpenPetition.org! The Orphanage (643 W 31st Street) is home to Midwest Books to Prisoners which sends free books and resources to people in prison and El Comedor Comunitario which serves free weekly meals for migrants… Continue reading DEFEND THE ORPHANAGE

PRESS RELEASE (from Dandelion’s support crew re-posted here): CALL OF SUPPORT FOR DANDELION DOWNLOAD PDF 2/4/2025 OCCUPIED SEMINOLE, MASCOGO, TIMUCUA, & MICCOSUKEE LANDS (Palatka, FL) – We are sending out this call to bring attention to the case of and support behind our Pasifika, Indigitransfem, relative, Dandelion. Since March of 2023, she has been kept… Continue reading Call of Support for Dandelion

* Sign the online petition to Commissioner Paul Schnell, Let Our People Read! MN DOC’s new policy on books, signed by DC Jones on 11/25/24, amounts to a de facto ban on all books for people in DOC custody.  For immediate release – December 16, 2024, updated December 19, 2024 TO: Commissioner Paul Schnell, Minnesota… Continue reading Take Action to Stop Book Bans and Mail Scanning in Minnesota Prisons

Hybachi LeMar speaks from SCI Smithfield on “Prisoner Support” panel alongside Juan Carlos Hernandez at the Chicago Anarchist Skillshare [This is a call from Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution Smithfield. This call is subject to recording and monitoring] [Solidarity! Solidarity!] Alright – Solidarity, yall! Revolutionary greetings! This is Hybachi LeMar, and these are ways of providing… Continue reading Hybachi LeMar on Prisoner Support: “Heart and Mind”

“Urban Lit” Volume 1 Issue 1 Copyright 2024 Lethal Weapon Entertainment Screen read PDF – Imposed for Print PDF Follow Toola O Taylor: Instagram @toolathewriter Toola Taylor B41154 Western Illinois Correctional Center 250 Route 99 South Mt. Sterling, IL 62353 Also check out “The Sword” and “Midwest Journal of Truth and Injustice”

Facing pressure from Republican legislators, the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) is considering draconian new restrictions on incoming mail and books, including banning all mail pending a transition to controversial privatized mail digitization services. We are organizing to stop this egregious censorship attempt that undermines education, rehabilitation and community connection. To the IDOC and the… Continue reading ALERT: Stop Illinois Prison Censorship and Mail Scanning!