The national prison strike is over. Now is the time prisoners are most in danger
- Written by Heather Ann Thompson, Professor of History and Afroamerican and African Studies, University of Michigan
Over the last few weeks men and women across the United States – and even as far away as Nova Scotia, Canada – have protested to demand humane treatment for the incarcerated.
In 2016, when prisoners engaged in similar hunger strikes, sit-ins, and work stoppages, their actions barely registered with the national media. As someone who...
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