by Ivan Kilgore, California State Prison—Sacramento Last week, I appeared—remotely—from a California prison cell on a panel at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. The occasion was a screening of the Oscar-nominated documentary The Alabama Solution, a film that chronicles the retaliatory violence and systemic repression faced by incarcerated organizers in … [Read more...] about From Prison Cell to Public Forum: What Prison Censorship Teaches Us About Democracy
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Bound by Our Roots: Red Brick Clay, Greens and Yams
Resurrecting our Afrikan Foremuthas by Nnennaya Amuchie, Esq., LSPC Supervising Attorney The 1929 Aba Women’s War is one of the largest women-led resistance movements against European imperialism. In 1928, rumors spread throughout southeastern Nigeria that the British would begin counting and imposing taxes on women to fund World War I. To these women, census counting … [Read more...] about Bound by Our Roots: Red Brick Clay, Greens and Yams
We Heed the Call: Honoring Our Ancestors & Descendants in the Fight for Reparations
by Lawrence Cox, LSPC Regional Advocacy & Organizing Associate I did not come to this work through theory, I came to this work through my life. Reparations, for me, is not an exercise in morality or symbolism, meant to heal the past. It is a living question of power, of who labors, who benefits, who makes decisions, and who is punished for their refusal to comply. It … [Read more...] about We Heed the Call: Honoring Our Ancestors & Descendants in the Fight for Reparations
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.
What They Took, What We Build: Friendsgiving & the Fight for Our Families
by Taqwaa Bonner, LSPC Housing Advocate On November 21, 2025, Legal Services For Prisoners With Children and All Of Us Or None facilitated a panel on family policing during our annual Friendsgiving celebration. Two of the four panelists were directly affected by CPS as youth. They emphasized that the trauma from being taken away from their families still has a negative … [Read more...] about What They Took, What We Build: Friendsgiving & the Fight for Our Families
