Records
On the Question of Political Prisoners
Safiya Bukhari's theoretical framework for what makes someone a political prisoner.
Our Commitment Is to Our Communities
Life-sentenced anti-imperialist political prisoner David Gilbert on abolition.
Palestine Political Prisoners Booklet
Bilingual (Arabic/English) Palestinian political-prisoner organizing handbook produced by Addameer.
Palestine's Liberation Will Liberate Us All
Casey Goonan's message read at a prisoner letter-writing event.
Political Prisoners in the U.S.: An Organizing Handbook
Movement organizing handbook for political-prisoner support campaigns produced by MXGM.
Political Prisoners, Prisons and Black Liberation
Angela Davis's foundational essay on political prisoners, the carceral state, and Black liberation.
Political Prisoners, Prisons, and Black Liberation (2018 reprint)
Angela Y. Davis's foundational essay on political prisoners and Black liberation; 2018 Boston ABC reprint.
Practical Abolition from the Inside Out
Barton Prisoner Solidarity Project on practical abolitionist organizing inside and outside prison.
Prison Health News (latest)
Newsletter on health and medical conditions in U.S. prisons.
Prison, Where is Thy Victory?
Huey P. Newton's classic essay on the politics of imprisonment and Black liberation.
Prisoners in Revolution — Response to 'Prairie Fire' (1975)
1975 prisoner-authored response to the Weather Underground's 'Prairie Fire' statement, theorizing the role of prisons in U.S. imperialism. Written by future Ohio 7 / United Freedom Front members Jaan Laaman and Richard Williams together with John Yancey and Roger Boberg — among the earliest joint statements between Black and white anti-imperialist prisoners...
Prisoners of War — The Case of the New York Three
Case pamphlet framing Herman Bell, Jalil Muntaqim, and Nuh Washington as prisoners of war from the Black Liberation struggle.
Prisons and Their Moral Influence on Prisoners
Kropotkin's classic anarchist critique of the moral effects of prison on incarcerated people.
Prisons: A Social Crime and Failure
Emma Goldman's essay denouncing prisons as a social crime and failure.
Rattling the Cages: Abolition Is a Family Affair
Family experiences of political imprisonment (Rattling the Cages series).
Rattling the Cages: Antifascism Behind Bars
Imprisoned anti-fascists in conversation (Rattling the Cages series).
Rattling the Cages: Becoming Politicized in Prison
Conversations on radicalization in prison (Rattling the Cages series).
Rattling the Cages: Continuing the Struggle Inside Out
Long-term former political prisoners on ongoing struggle (Rattling the Cages series).
Rattling the Cages: Political Prisoners, Mass Incarceration, Abolition
Long-term political prisoners Herman Bell, David Gilbert, and Susan Rosenberg on political imprisonment and abolition (Rattling the Cages series).
Rattling the Cages: Post-Prison Activism — Archiving Resistance
Former political prisoners Claude Marks (Resistance Conspiracy) and Jake Conroy (SHAC 7) on archiving movement history after release (Rattling the Cages series).
Rattling the Cages: Revolutionary Women Behind Bars
Resistance Conspiracy Case defendants Linda Evans and Laura Whitehorn in conversation with Nicole Kissane on women's political imprisonment (Rattling the Cages series).
Rattling the Cages: Until All Are Free
Brothers Jason and Jeremy Hammond on anti-fascism and political imprisonment (Rattling the Cages series).
Raze the Walls: Palestine Solidarity Political Prisoners on Hunger Strike
Documentation of Palestine-solidarity political prisoners on hunger strike.