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„Why are people, arrested during mental-health crises, dying from lack of food and water?“
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/04/21/starved-in-jail
Today In Labor History April 8, 1864: The 13th amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, banning chattel slavery. However, it permitted a continuation of wage slavery and the forced labor of convicts without pay. And on this date in 1911, 128 convict miners, mostly African-Americans jailed for minor offenses, were killed by a massive explosion at the Banner coalmine near Birmingham, Alabama. While the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, which occurred just two weeks earlier, elicited massive public attention and support for the plight of immigrant women working in sweatshop conditions, the Banner explosion garnered almost no public sympathy, probably due to racism and the fact that they were prisoners.
#sapphicfictionsaturday
I’m currently reading Saltblood by TC Parker—rather fitting for the Ides of March, don’t you think? What’s in your hands today? 
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CGGWNX6
Bluesky: @tcparker.bsky.social
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Letters like this one from an incarcerated reader motivate us to keep sending books:
"I would like to thank you... for sending me those awesome books. I love them and I appreciate all of you and the work you do to provide for us poor indigent prisoners, books that help ease our time. I am new to this prison system, and if I live to make it out alive, I hope to be able to help others like myself inside."
“LIVE BLOG: Sixth Prisoner Exchange Completed | Netanyahu Faces Backlash – Day 498”
by Palestine Chronicle Staff
“At the moment of their release, Israeli captives called for the liberation of all detainees through the advancement of a ceasefire deal”
“‘Outraged’ – Red Cross Slams Israel’s Treatment of Released Palestinian Prisoners”
by Palestine Chronicle Staff
“The Red Cross and Hamas have condemned Israel’s treatment of recently released Palestinian prisoners, who reported severe beatings, death threats, and inhumane conditions before their freedom”
“Barghouti, Saadat Set for Release in Second Phase of Deal – Reports”
by Palestine Chronicle Staff
“As the second phase of the Hamas-Israel prisoner exchange approaches, Israeli media highlights Hamas’ growing influence and the potential release of high-profile Palestinian leaders, including Marwan Barghouti and Ahmed Saadat”
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/barghouti-saadat-set-for-release-in-second-phase-of-deal-reports/
When the world is full of turmoil, it can be hard to find the motivation to do anything. Our motivation comes from people like Chris, a prisoner in Texas, who wrote to us saying:
"I'm willing to read anything to keep me out of trouble so I can get home to my family."
We will be sending him a package of books shortly.
We receive many requests for how-to-draw books and adult coloring books. For years, Camilo has requested books of these types, and he has regularly thanked us by sending us pictures and encouraging us to display them. Recently, he asked a volunteer what type of pictures she most enjoyed, and she told him that she liked pictures of animals. He responded with a series of animal pictures that he had carefully colored. These are two of them.
Some opportunities in prisons are open only to prisoners with clean disciplinary records. This sounds reasonable in principle, but people may be surprised to learn just how mundane some infractions are. One of the guys we send books to has infractions on his record that include "profane language", "possess excess stamps" and "possess audio/video/image device". How many of us could honestly say we've never done any of these things?
Just caught the end of an episode of classic Australian soap Prisoner: Cell Block H and that brought back so many memories of watching episodes late at night and into the early hours in the late 80s. As the music-only end credits rolled I even started singing along with the song that was released and charted over here at some point.
Think about how difficult it is to endure cancer even while living in a comfortable home, surrounded by supportive family members. Now, think about how much harder it is to suffer with cancer while alone in a prison. That's the reality for Frank in Nevada, who wrote to us saying:
"I am battling cancer and in the infirmary here and... receiving my books from you is such an emotional boost, you help me with my cancer."
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Canada’s PRISONER Releases “Skies Are Blackened” Video; House Of Cards EP Out Now
To help #Russian opposition, first save #Ukraine, released #prisoner Yashin says
..."Yashin was one of 24 detainees swapped by Russia and Western nations on Aug. 1, the largest such exchange in almost 15 years. The activist had spoken out against Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and was jailed in 2022 for "discrediting" the Russian military.
"The criminal war of aggression against Ukraine should be stopped immediate"...
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Mechanic The American Elevator Explains Why Housing Costs Have Skyrocketed
“My mission to understand the American #Elevator began in 2021 when I came down with a crippling postviral illness.
The stairs to my third-floor #Brooklyn walk-up apartment would leave me dizzy and winded, my ears ringing, heart beating out of my chest. At 32, I’d joined the 12 percent of Americans who report serious difficulty with stairs.
On bad days, I became a #prisoner in my own home”
#HousingCosts #regulation
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/08/opinion/elevator-construction-regulation-labor-immigration.html
Sometimes it's hard to find the energy to continue mailing books to prisoners, but then we receive heartwarming letters like this one that inspire us to continue:
"Thank you for all you've done, it really helped out, every time I got books from you guys it was like Christmas, it brought joy and a smile to me."
The letter above was written by K., who is incarcerated in Arkansas.