In the face of unimaginable violence and chaos in 2025, our response was resilient. The stakes felt higher than ever before, but protests across the country proved that we the people are no longer afraid. We showed up for our communities to stand against ICE, authoritarianism, war and fearmongering, and for justice. The old-school scare tactics of the oppressor remain, but our … [Read more...] about Sankofa and Struggle in 2026: ED Paul Briley Reflects on the Year Ahead
Poem: NOW WE CONFORM
by Ojore McKinnon, Richard J Donovan Correctional Facility I remember the slave shipsThey sailed the Trans-AtlanticNow they sell penal institutions, to be filled withdescendants of those who survived the tripI remember on the slave shipWe were packed in the hull, in our own filth and stenchNow we’re packed and wareoused in cells, in inhumaneconditions, smellin’ another … [Read more...] about Poem: NOW WE CONFORM
The Day I Became a Revolutionary: A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Robert “Fleetwood” Bowden, LSPC In-Custody CoordinatorI was just a little Black boy in Greensboro, North Carolina when the world around me began to shift and shake with the weight of the Civil Rights Movement. I didn’t understand it—not really. But I felt it, like thunder rolling on the horizon long before the storm reaches your doorstep.What I did understand was the sound … [Read more...] about The Day I Became a Revolutionary: A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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 Without the Possibility of Parole … [Read more...] about Numbers Don’t Lie: The Case Against LWOP
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 was released in July 2025 from Lannemezan … [Read more...] about Strategy of Rupture: Lessons from Georges Abdallah (Jurisprudence for Jailhouse Lawyers, Part VII)
