The Militant urges readers to join in winning support for the newspaper’s fight to overturn a ban imposed on the paper to a subscriber at the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ medium security facility in Greenville, Illinois. Warden Tom Werlich justified…
The fight continues against the move by prison authorities at the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ medium security facility in Greenville, Illinois, to ban the Militant. Authorities there have prevented a subscriber from getting the paper since the June 11 issue.…
In a broadside attack on freedom of the press and political rights, the Federal Bureau of Prisons has banned the Militant, saying it has stopped delivering the paper to a subscriber in the federal lockup in Greenville, Illinois. If this…
The Militant has won another round against the seemingly unrelenting efforts of Florida prison officials to censor the paper and prevent it from reaching workers behind bars there. After the Militant appealed, the statewide Literature Review Committee of the Department of Corrections…
Prison authorities in Florida keep trying to stop inmates there from reading the Militant, “forgetting” to inform the paper, effectively denying it the right to challenge the censorship in defiance of their own rules. In the latest of a series…
Florida prison officials are at it again, impounding and censoring the Militant, in violation of the constitutionally protected rights of freedom of the press and the right of workers behind bars to read the political news of their choice. On…
Workers who’ve been released from prison after serving time on felony charges are leading fights in Florida and other states over regaining the right to vote. Since the capitalist rulers’ criminal “justice” system is racist, Blacks are disproportionately impacted by…
After an outburst of criticism from supporters of political rights, the bosses at the Federal Bureau of Prisons announced May 3 they were halting their new policy severely restricting workers behind federal prison bars from being able to get and…
PHILADELPHIA — Meek Mill, an internationally known African-American rap artist, was released on bail from the state penitentiary in Chester April 24. Upon hearing the rumor he would be freed, hundreds gathered outside the prison, including nearby neighbors, some holding…
In a victory for political rights, former Black Panther Herman Bell was released from Shawangunk Correctional Facility in Wallkill, New York, April 27 after spending nearly 45 years behind bars. Bell was freed despite furious opposition and a media blitz…
