Request from inside correctional facility for awareness and action
Author: vspatz
Standing Up Against Retaliation
Incarcerated people who speak up for their own and others' rights are extremely vulnerable to retaliation.
Freeing Each Other
In recognition of Torture Awareness Month, members of Tzedek Chicago congregation shared their work...
June Prison Justice News
Urgent action calls, events, and resources new in June
Do-Over Plan
"Do-Over" Passover is a chance to re-orient and get ourselves on a path to solidarity.
Observe, Don’t Absorb: Carceral Apartheid
Dr. Brittany Friedman, author of Carceral Apartheid: How Lies and White Supremacists Run Our Prisons, explained how she handles the painful nature of her research subject
Healing and Killing?
What if we focused on healing rather than revenge? Music for the brokenhearted and resources on death penalty
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What if…?
Redesign of this website was inspired by Claudia Horwitz's 100 Days meditation on World Building.
Love and Death Warrant Indifference
"The Needle Is Sharp..." from French Coalition Against the Death Penalty
Virginia Avniel Spatz 