THIS BLOG is NOW RETIRED

I began this blog in May 2009 following the death of Marcia Powell at Perryville State Prison in Goodyear, Arizona. It is not intended to prescribe the path that leads to freedom from the prison industrial complex.

Rather, these are just my observations in arguably the most racist, fascist, militaristic state in the nation at a critical time in history for a number of intersecting liberation movements. From Indigenous resistance to genocidal practices, to the fight over laws like SB1070 and the ban on Ethnic Studies, Arizona is at the center of many battles for human rights, and thus the struggle for prison abolition as well - for none are free until all are. I retired the blog in APRIL 2013.

Visit me now at Arizona Prison Watch or Survivors of Prison Violence-AZ

David Rovics: We Are Everywhere

To my fellow activists now struggling through life - let this be a reminder that you are not alone and that we desperately need you here. All the injustice, grief, war, and human suffering calls for us to stay and do everything we can about it - you can't help us anymore when you're gone. Don't give up the fight - your last shred of hope may just keep someone else alive, too.
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Monday, August 31, 2009

Another Inmate Overdose: Florence

Inmate Dies At Florence Prison

KPHO.com
POSTED: 11:12 am MST August 31, 2009
UPDATED: 11:32 am MST August 31, 2009



PHOENIX -- One inmate at the Arizona State Prison Complex in Florence is dead after a suspected drug overdose, authorities said.According to the official Inmate Death Notification, Douglas Nunn, 33, died Saturday.Before his death, Nunn told staff that he took some pills, the notice said. When he started having seizures, officials took him to Casa Grande Regional Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
His death is under investigation.
Nunn was serving a seven-year, six-month sentence out of Yavapai County for aggravated assault and aggravated driving under the influence.
Posted by Prison Abolitionist at 12:18 PM
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1 comment:

  1. Prison suicides reveal the very real, human cost of our prisons.

    Prison suicides are not just an American problem but worldwide. Within the last decade, some 854 men, women, and children took their own lives in prisons in England and Wales. In 2007 alone, female prison suicide rates increased by 167%; rates among children and young people went even higher – rocketing by 250%. These figures reveal a grave and serious problem within our prison systems. We at the Howard League for Penal Reform believe greater use of community sentences and justice reinvestment initiatives are just two ways in which we can to put an end to this terrible and tragic toll.

    To find out more visit http://www.howardleague.org/suicideprevention/

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