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Strategy of Rupture: Lessons from Georges Abdallah (Jurisprudence for Jailhouse Lawyers, Part VII)
by Eric C. Sapp, LSPC Staff Attorney NOTA BENE: The views expressed in this essay are solely those of the author in his individual capacity and do not purport to convey any official positions taken by LSPC, AOUON, or any other person or entity. After four decades of incarceration, the Lebanese Marxist Georges Ibrahim Abdallah…
Rebuilding from Within: Policy, Persistence, & People Power in 2025
by Lawrence Cox, LSPC Regional Advocacy & Organizing Associate • With contributions from 2025 Policy Fellows A Single Year, A Single Story We measured 2025 by what we refused to let die. In one relentless year, our teams carried a coherent agenda from hearing rooms to home districts, from heat-sick cellblocks to firelines, from juvenile courts…
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Numbers Don’t Lie: The Case Against LWOP
by William Curl, California State Prison, CorcoranThree months after my 18th birthday, I was arrested for a gang-related murder. After reviewing my extensive juvenile record, the judge peered over his glasses at my sentencing and said, “it’s obvious society has failed you, young man, and I won’t repeat the same mistake…I sentence you to Life…
Senior Center: Appeasing an Appetite of Punishment to Death
by Robert H. Outman, CHCF, and Thomas Wynn This new recurring segment is intended to give a platform to incarcerated elders. According to an ACLU report, up to 1/3 of the US prison population will be over 50 by 2030 if current trends continue.There’s a silent crisis that’s been going on in all the California…
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THE FIGHT ISN’T OVER: I Still Believe We Can Abolish Forced Slave Labor
by Angel Garza, Corcoran State Prison • Published May 2025 Introduction I wanted to insert a short note here preceding the wonderful article and artwork submitted by Mr. Angel Garza. He writes about the measure LSPC worked on over the course of a few years, that changed from ACA 3 to ACA 8 and at the…
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Mailbag – Libni Vargas
Despite challenges, members of the LWOP Alliance Group remain resilient. Many have pursued education and earned their GEDs, while also supporting charitable initiatives such as No Shave November, the “From Taking to Giving” hygiene drive for the homeless community in Imperial County, and Tabs of Love for children with cancer. They actively engage in legislative…
