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Around 500 People Are On Hunger Strike At Five ICE Detention Centers

May 31, 2026  Memo Torres, Izzy Ramirez, and Erwin Recinos, LA Taco. , , ,
It started with one man at the Torrance County Detention Facility in New Mexico; a Cuban immigrant named Rogelio Bolufe, who has been in ICE detention since last August. Around April 28, he raised concerns about conditions at the facility and has since gone on hunger strike. Bolufe mobilized dozens of fellow detainees to protest about legal library access, water quality, tablets, and what he alleges were constitutional abuses. Bolufe says that on May 5, he was removed from his cell and transferred to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency's field office in Albuquerque, then transferred to Camp East Montana in Fort Bliss, Texas, then to Alabama, then to Mesa, Arizona, and lastly to a detention facility in Washington.

‘We Demand Freedom’: Immigrants On Strike In New Jersey Prison

May 31, 2026 Luis Feliz Leon, In These Times. , , ,
On a patch of sidewalk on a busy industrial corridor in Newark, federal agents with rifles, metal batons, flak vests, and balaclavas faced off against unarmed activists with cardboard signs and a bullhorn. Detained workers could be heard on the soccer field behind the prison walls, shouting in Spanish: “¡Libertad!” (Freedom!) Since May 22, 300 of them are on a work stoppage and hunger strike. Over video chat, one worker told the crowd outside that they had stopped eating and working for as little as $1 an hour (or no pay at all) to demand an improvement in their living conditions. 

On His 72nd Birthday, Philadelphia Marches To Free Mumia

April 28, 2026 Struggle - La Lucha. , , ,
Cold rain didn’t stop people today from marching in Philadelphia to free Mumia Abu-Jamal. The day before was the revolutionary writer’s 72nd birthday, which, like his previous 44 birthdays, was spent in a prison cell.  The political prisoner was framed for allegedly killing Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner in 1981 and sentenced to death by Judge Albert Sabo. This bigot in robes declared in the presence of a court reporter, “I’m going to help them fry the [n-word].” Mumia’s real crime was as a 15-year-old helping to form the Philadelphia chapter of the Black Panther Party. He later challenged the city’s fascist mayor, Frank Rizzo, who urged his supporters to “vote white,” and threatened Mumia at a news conference.

Leqaa Kordia On Life After ICE Detention

April 21, 2026 Sam Judy, Mondoweiss. , , , ,
One month ago, Mondoweiss reported on what would be Leqaa Kordia’s final hearing to determine bail eligibility while confined in Prairieland Detention Center in North Texas. Now, she has returned to her home in Paterson, N.J., with renewed strength. Kordia’s release was widely celebrated. Notable supporters like Zohran Mamdani lauded her release, as did organizations including the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP). Perhaps the best known Columbia protester who had been arrested, Mahmoud Khalil, also met with Kordia, joining her at a press conference at Paterson City Hall alongside his wife and fellow activist Dr. Noor Abdalla.

Israel Just Passed A Law Sanctioning The Lynching Of Palestinians

April 16, 2026 Anthony Rogers-Wright, Black Agenda Report. , , , ,
Last month, the zionist ethnostate of Israel, once again,  made its wanton disregard for the humanity and people(s)-centered human rights (PCHRs) of Palestinian people known to the entire world with passage of a new law mandating the death penalty of Palestinians of the Occupied West Bank convicted of carrying out “deadly terror attacks.” By a vote of 62-47, the Israeli Knesset approved the new measure and further stipulated that the executions of Palestinians would be carried out by hanging as the default method of punishment. Passage of the new edict was celebrated by Israel’s right wing National Security Minister and zionist zealot, Itamar Ben Gvir.

Global Condemnation As Israeli Ministers Celebrate Death Penalty Law

April 1, 2026 Qassam Muaddi, Mondoweiss. , , , , ,
With a smile on his face and a bottle of champagne in his hand, Israel’s hardline National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir celebrated on the Knesset floor Monday the passing of the new Israeli death penalty law targeting Palestinian detainees. First introduced as a bill by Ben-Gvir’s own Jewish Power party in November of last year, the law underwent its second and third readings in the Israeli parliamentary body earlier this week, passing with a majority of 62 to 47 votes. The objective of the law? To seek the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of acts that led to the death of Jewish Israelis.

Trans People Behind Bars Share How They Navigate The Dangers Of Visibility

March 31, 2026 Gabriel Arkles, Truthout. , , ,
Today (March 31) is International Trans Day of Visibility, a day to celebrate the resilience and accomplishments of transgender people worldwide. The extraordinary accomplishments — in law, art, and beyond — of incarcerated trans people tend to receive far too little celebration. Yet many trans people in prison keep fighting for their communities, in environments where they often face violence, solitary confinement, loss of needed health care, and punishment for self-expression. Visibility can be fraught. In prisons, where staff may forcibly — and legally — strip people as a routine security precaution, visibility can be even more loaded than in the outside world.

UN Experts Demand Release Of Gaza Doctor Abu Safiya

March 25, 2026 Mera Aladam, Middle East Eye. , , , , , ,
Two United Nations experts have called on Israel to immediately release Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safiya from detention following reports that he had been subjected to "severe torture".  Special Rapporteurs Tlaleng Mofokeng and Ben Saul said on Tuesday that the former director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in north Gaza faced severe torture and "other cruel and degrading treatment", leaving him in a "dire" health condition. “The conditions of his detention appear to be flagrantly arbitrary and manifestly inconsistent with the Mandela Rules, which establish the obligation of states to ensure prisoners have access to healthcare," they added. 

President Maduro Denounces US Violation Of Right To Defense

February 28, 2026 Orinoco Tribune. , , ,
Through his attorney Barry Pollack, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has denounced the United States for violating his right to a legal defense by attempting to prevent the Venezuelan government from paying his law firm’s fees. In a sworn statement dated February 18 and filed with a federal court in Manhattan, President Maduro clarified that, in accordance with the laws and practices of Venezuela, he has the right to have the government cover his legal costs. The document, signed by President Maduro, reaffirms that the Venezuelan government is prepared to fulfill this commitment.

The Alabama Prisoners Work Strike

February 27, 2026 Michael Kimble, Scalawag Magazine. , , ,
When prisoners rebel and demand to be treated as human beings, we are not just fighting inhumane living conditions and shitty food. We are striking a blow at the state, which maintains the situation of slavery and super-exploitation—by which each of us are robbed of the fruits of our labor every day. Work strikes or "shutdowns," as we like to call them down here in Alabama, are also geared toward consciousness-raising of prisoners as an oppressed class; and by refusing to work for free (which is slavery), we are asserting our power as workers and as human beings, thereby challenging the view that prisoner labor is free and exploitable.

International Campaign Demands Resumption Of ICRC Visits To Political Detainees In Israel

February 12, 2026 Aseel Saleh, People's Dispatch. , , ,
A press conference was held in front of the office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Al-Bireh city, in the central occupied West Bank on Tuesday, February 10. The event was organized as part of an international campaign to gather one million signatures demanding that the ICRC resume its visits to Palestinian and Lebanese prisoners in Israeli jails. A number of press conferences were held in parallel in nine other cities across the world, including Beirut, Gaza, Cairo, Rabat, Tunis, Brussels and Paris in coincidence with the one held in Al-Bireh.

Prisoners Who Appeared in HBO Documentary Are Being Punished

January 26, 2026 Matthew Vernon Whalan, Counter Punch. , , ,
I don’t normally write about higher profile prisoners, opting instead to interview those prisoners who no one has heard of and have never accessed journalists before, for whatever reason. I don’t feel I’m contributing much unless I’m finding people I feel are really successfully hidden. Recently, however, and especially in the last week, on the heels of the major HBO documentary about the horrendous conditions in Alabama’s prisons and the struggle for freedom and human rights inside of them, and with a statewide prisoner work stoppage looming in February, the Alabama Department of Corrections is working hard to keep the most prominent, often the most accessible and well known voices inside the prisons inaccessible and suppressed.

Why I Am On Hunger Strike In Solidarity With Pal Action Detainees

January 11, 2026 Mansoor Adayfi, Al Jazeera. , , , ,
I know this road. I have its map etched into my bones. I carry scars that won’t heal without justice, without accountability. I learned it in Guantanamo, when the only thing I could control was my own body. We were disappeared. Isolated. Forced into silence. Our words were redacted. Our letters were stamped secret. Lawyers were blocked. Time stretched and rotted. No court dates were given. No real charges were made. I was reduced to a number in an orange uniform, locked in a metal cage. The US government had already named me. “The worst of the worst.” “Terrorist.” “Enemy combatant.” Labels designed to make torture sound necessary.

Lawyer Who Represented Julian Assange Defends President Maduro

January 7, 2026 TeleSur, Orinoco Tribune. , , , ,
Renowned criminal lawyer Barry Pollack, who defended journalist Julian Assange, has taken on the defense of Venezuela’s constitutional president, Nicolás Maduro, in New York. Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores were kidnapped and taken there following the US attack in the early hours of Jan. 3, when military forces under orders from the White House carried out bombings against Caracas and several states, killing dozens of civilians and military personnel. Amid their illegitimate detention, President Maduro and Cilia Flores were taken this Monday to the Southern District Court of New York to begin a trial for alleged links to drug trafficking.

Supporters Of President Maduro Protest Outside Metropolitan Detention Center

January 5, 2026 Fight Back! News. , , , ,
Brooklyn, NY – In the early morning of January 4, over 200 people gathered across the street from the Metropolitan Detention Center, where the kidnapped President Maduro of Venezuela and his wife, Cilia Flores, were being held. The picket spanned over half a block as bundled-up protesters marched for hours in support of President Maduro and Venezuela. Chants rang through the crowd, such as, “Not another penny, not another dollar! We won’t pay for your death and slaughter!’ Several organizations spoke against the Trump administration’s illegal kidnapping of the Venezuelan president.
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