Protestors Sit Outside Prison, Giving a Voice to Inmates They Say Have Been Silenced

John Fabricius: Ex-con, paralegal and prison oversight advocate

John Fabricius, executive director of the Praxis Initiative and formerly of Arizonans for Transparency and Accountability in Corrections, first recognized a void in independent prison oversight while he was an inmate himself. Now, as a lead on criminal justice policy, he sees an extra set of eyes and ears as an absolute necessity.  What brought you to this work?  I had an older brother … My brother was nine (years older) … He got into trouble ea…

Protestors sit outside prison, giving a voice to inmates they say have been silenced

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (KAKE) - A handful of protestors took to a street near the Hutchinson Correctional Facility on Saturday, raising serious concern about inmate conditions and treatment behind bars.

Hunger strike begins as CA prisons set biggest restrictions since COVID

Nearly two dozen state prisons last week imposed sweeping restrictions on their incarcerated population — including shutting off all outside communication. Now, hundreds of prisoners are reported to be on a hunger strike to protest the system’s largest restrictions since…

Hunger strike begins as California prisons hand down biggest restrictions since Covid - Local News Matters

NEARLY TWO DOZEN state prisons last week imposed sweeping restrictions on their incarcerated population — including shutting off all outside communication. Now, hundreds of prisoners are reported to be on a hunger strike to protest the system’s largest restrictions since the pandemic.  The corrections department “significantly limited” the daily activities and movement of roughly 34,000 incarcerated people on June 12 in response to a recent upti…