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"Alligator Alcatraz" Is Already Problematic.
A hastily built prison for immigrants near Indigenous American territory experiencing flooding? Who would have imagined?
Around The Internets
Mint Press News: Criticizing Israel is a crime ? Black Agenda Report: Black liberals are not helping . Prism Reports: Incarcerated workers put on their own version of a "strike." ScheerPost: Chris Hedges reminds us how America became "Trumpland."
Israeli Military Police Arrested Israeli Soldiers For Sexual Assault of a Palestinian Prisoner. What Happened Next Is Wild.
The Times of Israel is calling those who supporting the suspected soldiers a " right-wing mob ."
Prison-For-Profit (And Therefore Slavery) Is Alive and Well In the United States.
Black Agenda Reports talks to Max Parthas about this issue . FYI: The Abolish Slavery National Network can be found here .
Lee Camp: American Prisoners Are Farming Your Food
Slavery didn't really end in America; prisoners can be treated as slaves. Lee Camp explains:
How Are the Prisoners Being Treated at Maryland's Only All-Female Prison?
Seems like the answer is, "Like 'Orange is the New Black,' but way worse":
The Gatekeepers of the "Accepted Narrative" For War Do Not Advocate For Peace.
From the one and only Chris Hedges : On August 24, the Biden administration announced yet another massive military aid package to Ukraine worth nearly $3 billion. It will take months, and in some cases years, for this military equipment to reach Ukraine. In another sign that Washington assumes the conflict will be a long war of attrition it will give a name to the U.S. military assistance mission in Ukraine and make it a separate command overseen by a two- or three-star general. Since August 2021, Biden has approved more than $8 billion in weapons transfers from existing stockpiles, known as drawdowns, to be shipped to Ukraine, which do not require Congressional approval. [SNIP] The militarists who have waged permanent war costing trillions of dollars over the past two decades have invested heavily in controlling the public narrative. The enemy, whether Saddam Hussein or Vladimir Putin, is always the epitome of evil, the new Hitler. Those we support are always heroic defenders of...
COVID is "Over," So The Justice System Can Be Petty Again.
Assuming that they weren't petty during the height of COVID: This week, the Bureau of Prisons told NPR that 442 people who were released during the pandemic have now returned to prison. Only 17 people out of more than 11,000 who were released committed new crimes, mostly drug related ones, while they were out. More than half, some 230 people including Eva Cardoza, got sent back for alleged alcohol or drug use. Other cases involved technical violations. Sakira Cook of the racial justice group Color of Change explained what that means. "It could be as simple as failing to answer the phone when your probation officer calls you. It could be as simple as the ankle monitor giving an incorrect signal about your location," Cook said. Cook has personal experience with that last problem: a relative recently left federal prison on home confinement, only to get an ankle monitor that didn't work. Fortunately, she said, the probation officer understood the situation. Kevin Ring ...