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
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
BLOG POSTS
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Youth Dies at State Adobe Mountain juvenile facility.
ADDENDUM: Some troubling comments about Adobe Mountain School were left at the end of this Fox News article about the young boy's death...
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May. 25, 2010 10:37 AM
Associated Press
via Azcentral.com
Police are investigating a teen's death at the Adobe Mountain juvenile correctional facility.
Police and fire crews responded to the north Phoenix school near Interstate 17 and Pinnacle Peak Road Tuesday morning for a report of a male teenager who was unresponsive.
Phoenix Fire Department spokesman Jonathan Jacobs told KNXV-TV the teen died in his sleep and had been there for a while.
Jacobs said he was discovered while people were waking up Tuesday.
A call into the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections School District has not been returned.