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Must-read by @priscillagrim.bsky.social @octoberk.bsky.social & Micah Hirskind: inthesetimes.com/article/no-n...

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'Deliberate indifference': NY state put imprisoned man's life at risk, judge rulesFederal judge rebukes prison system after finding an ‘appalling’ disregard for incarcerated man’s care.gothamist.com

People who start their morning by reading: WHAT do you read? Non-fiction? News? Fiction? Something else?

prisonjournalismproject.org/2026/07/28/b...

Who’s the Best Vendor for California Prisons?I surveyed people in my prison unit to find out which vendors people preferred. Walkenhorst won for its dependability.prisonjournalismproject.org

www.newsfromthestates.com/article/swit...

Switch to new digital tablets in NJ prisons prompts civil rights lawsuitA man incarcerated in a New Jersey prison has sued the state in a bid to block corrections officials from forcing prisoners to surrender personal electronic tablets they purchased to message loved one...www.newsfromthestates.com

truthout.org/articles/izz...

Izzy Aly Spent 6 Months in ICE Jail. Now He’s Fighting to End Detention.Immigration policing “is not something to stay quiet about, even as one of the intended targets,” says Aly.truthout.org

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What Will Become of the Treasures in the Trash?In his three decades as a sanitation worker, Nelson Molina rescued 55,000 objects for an informal trash museum. As Molina makes plans to leave New York, the future of the collection is in doubt.hellgatenyc.com

www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/u...

Trump Rejected Nearly 6,000 Clemency Applications Amid Hope of Pardon Wave (Gift Article)Expectations were raised for a raft of pardons in connection with the country’s 250th birthday but the president granted fewer than 20 on July 3.www.nytimes.com

Senators from IN, OK, and AL have introduced S4925, which would strip fed funding from public schools across the US if those schools made “sexually oriented material” available to their students. There are exceptions, but S4925 means no art produced after 2020, and no books pub'd after 1990.

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Your Book Was Just Challenged. Start Here.When your book is challenged or removed, it can feel sudden, personal, and disorienting. Many authors don’t know what to do next—or whether to speak publicly at all.  Book bans do not just affect indi...authorsguild.org

My latest for @truthout.org :

prisonjournalismproject.org/2026/07/09/p...

In Pennsylvania, Women With Life Sentences Could Have a New Shot at FreedomAs Pennsylvania ends life without parole for 2nd-degree murder, incarcerated women express sparked hope and anxiety.prisonjournalismproject.org

Letter from man in prison since 2009 (and a few years away from his first parole hearing):

“what is freedom these days? To be thrust out into a world I don't understand with $200? To pay $10 for a Quarter-Pounder at McDonalds? To get released to a shelter & have to claw my way up for every little scrap at the age of ...65? Or 70? having an overzealous parole ofcr watching my every move?”

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/o...

Opinion | How I Began to Love Reading Again (Gift Article)I needed to stop thinking that I knew more than the author and give in to whatever ride they had spent years planning.www.nytimes.com

www.texasobserver.org/prison-crack...

Throwing the Book at Books in PrisonInside Books Project volunteers have sent used books to Texas inmates for nearly 30 years. A new crackdown is threatening their work.www.texasobserver.org

Not quite new, but still a wonderful short story by @suzysubways.bsky.social www.commonnotions.org/project-2052...

Project 2052 | Liberation Day at the Tombs — Common Notions PressWith friends new and old, Carmela organizes a nucleus of rebellion that connects everyone inside the Tombs to reach together for the ultimate demand, freedom. By Suzy Subwayswww.commonnotions.org