WSWS (2022-04-13). New York state budget—millions for the rich, lengthy jail time for the poor. wsws.org The Democrats, who control the governorship and both houses of the legislature, are using a budget surplus to build a new sports stadium while forcing more poor defendants to languish in the Riker's Island hell hole.

JANET (2022-04-13). Ramsey Clark: Why he is missed. iacenter.org By John Catalinotto April 12, 2022 One year ago on April 9, Ramsey Clark — an internationalist and human rights fighter — died at the age of 93. No one up to now has taken his place. It was a special, unique one: He had been an attorney and member of the U.S. ruling establishment who, nevertheless, dedicated the second half of his life to speaking up for the oppressed of the earth. This meant defending the peoples of Panama, Iraq, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Libya and Syria — among others — from invasions by the army of U.S. imperialism and its allies. It meant defending the political prisone…

JANET (2022-04-12). Imprisoned Venezuelan Diplomat Contests Extraterritorial Judicial Abuse. iacenter.org Imprisoned Venezuelan Diplomat Contests Extraterritorial Judicial Abuse US's Flaunting of Diplomatic Immunity Challenged in Court: by Roger D. Harris / April 11th, 2022 Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab's case took a dramatic turn as his legal defense team denounced the US government's flagrant failure to respect long-standing diplomatic immunity conventions. Saab's lawyer, David Rivkin, called the US government's arguments before the 11th Circuit Court in Miami "utterly dangerous." "The implication," he added is that "because you are a disfavored regime, because you're Venezuela under Maduro…we're going to treat y…

Berry Craig (2022-04-11). Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton proves his race-baiting credentials at Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation. peoplesworld.org A wave of smiles and hugs spread across the otherwise somber crowd last Thursday afternoon at the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. News had broken, it seemed mainly via iPhone, that the Senate had confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. I got the news on my iPhone …

Andrew Emett (2022-04-11). Former correctional sergeant sentenced to prison for assaulting inmates. nationofchange.org "Corrections officers are expected to safeguard the civil rights of prisoners. These officers ignored their duties and must be held to account for their actions."

_____ (2022-04-11). Dostoevsky Was Not a Villain—Neither Are the War Resisters Within Russia. commondreams.org It's not hip today to praise anything Russian, and indiscriminate discrimination is very much in vogue.

Staff (2022-04-11). Former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas Released from Prison & Celebrates in Guayaquil. orinocotribune.com The former Ecuadorian vice president during the presidency of Rafael Correa remained in a prison for four years and six months, and was seriously affected by health issues. | This Sunday, April 10 at 11: 31 a.m. local time, the former Vice President of Ecuador, Jorge Glas, left the Latacunga prison after having been deprived of liberty for almost five years. His incarceration came as a part of a judicial process considered by many as an extension of the judicial persecution (lawfare) also launched in the South American country against former president Rafael Correa to eliminate any chance for Correísmo to come bac…

Staff (2022-04-11). The shocking truth about what prisoners endure at 'shock' camps. therealnews.com On March 10, the Moriah Shock Incarceration Correctional Facility in upstate New York closed its doors. Opponents to the closure said that the Moriah Shock facility provided essential jobs for the community and that the military bootcamp style of the program at so-called "shock" camps helps inmates recover from issues with alcohol and drug abuse. But is this true? What are "shock" camps? What goes on there? And do they actually help incarcerated people? In this episode of Rattling the Bars, Mansa Musa speaks with Keri Blakinger about the closure of the Moriah facility and about her recent article on "shock"

_____ (2022-04-11). Activists Released After Blockade Of Manchin Coal Operation. popularresistance.org Grant Town, WV, Monday April 11— Sixteen activists who were arrested on Saturday for blockading the coal-fired Grant Town Power Plant that burns coal waste to profit US Senator Joe Manchin were released from jail overnight. On Sunday, activists returned to the plant for a Palm Sunday service to continue their call for Manchin to stop blocking passage of the federal Build Back Better bill. | On Saturday, hundreds of West Virginia residents and climate change activists protested outside of the plant for several hours on Saturday to bring light to the fact that not only has Manchin been stalling efforts to add…

VINS (2022-04-11). Johnson and Johnson Paid to Inject Prisoners with Asbestos, Unsealed Documents Reveal. projectcensored.org In the late 1960s and early 1970s, pharmaceutical company Johnson and Johnson funded experiments on incarcerated people, which intentionally exposed them to asbestos, according to March 2022 reporting by The…

IMEMC News (2022-04-11). Israeli Soldiers Abduct Twenty-Three Palestinians In West Bank. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday dawn, at least 23 Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank after the army broke into dozens of homes and ransacked them, causing damage. In Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers abducted seven Palestinians, identified as former political prisoner Amzi Mansour, in addition to …

Christopher Blackwell (2022-04-11). 'When You Learn, You Don't Return': How Education in Prison Reduces Recidivism. progressive.org When I was sentenced to forty-five years in prison, I never thought I'd earn a college degree or be successful in any way. I couldn't have been more wrong.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-11). Progressive voices demand Assange's release on third year of his imprisonment. peoplesdispatch.org As his extradition to the United States looms large, Julian Assange completed three years of imprisonment in the United Kingdom on Monday, April 11. Held in a high security prison complex in Belmarsh in the outskirts of London, the Wikileaks founder has been in prison since 2019 when he was dragged out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London by the police. | Marking the anniversary, Assange's supporters held vigils in London and around the world. Last month, on March 14, the UK Supreme Court rejected Assange's request to appeal against his extradition sanctioned by the High Court in London, making his extradition ver…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-11). Israeli forces kill three Palestinians including two women in occupied West Bank. peoplesdispatch.org Three Palestinians including two women were killed by the occupying Israeli forces in separate incidents in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, April 10. The killings indicate Israel's increased use of lethal force on Palestinians following the recent attacks witnessed in different cities inside Israel. | The two women, Ghada Ibrahim Sabateen and Maha al-Zataari, were killed by the Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank. Ex-prisoner Mohammad Ali Ghoneim was killed during a raid near his home in Al-Khader in Bethlehem. | Sabateen (47), a widowed mother of six, was shot by the occupation forces when she was crossin…