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

Thursday, September 6, 2012
SB 1070: Show me your papers stands.
Fuck their papers; I'm not carrying mine anymore. They can either give me a ticket or run me in for not showing my driver's license - my bet is that they won't accuse me of being an undocumented immigrant, though. If they don't try to verify my citizenship, I think I should sue them for failing to enforce the law...
Provision that Makes It a Crime to Harbor Undocumented Immigrants is Enjoined; ACLU Reacts
Phoenix, AZ
(July 2012)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 5, 2012
Contact: ACLU Media, 212-549-2666; media@aclu.org
PHOENIX -- A federal district judge today blocked the "harboring"
provision of Arizona's SB 1070 anti-immigrant law but refused to issue a
new injunction on the law's most controversial remaining section.
However, the so-called show-me-your-papers provision will not go
into effect for at least 10 days, because additional procedures must be
followed before the existing injunction in the federal government's
challenge to SB 1070 can be lifted.
"The district court was correct in blocking Arizona's harboring
statute, which criminalized many everyday interactions with unauthorized
immigrants. Unfortunately, the district court's ruling let the 'show me
your papers' law stand, without addressing significant new evidence
that it was passed with a discriminatory motive and will result in
illegal detentions," said Cecillia Wang, director of the ACLU
Immigrants' Rights Project. "The ruling puts an enormous burden on the
countless Arizona residents who will be victims of racial profiling and
illegal detentions because of this law. We remain committed to fighting
what is left of SB 1070 and defending the rights of all Arizonans to be
free from this unjust law."
The ACLU is part of a coalition of civil rights groups that are
challenging SB 1070 in the courts. The groups, which include the
National Immigration Law Center and MALDEF, argued that Arizona lacks
authority to enact the state harboring prohibition. They also argued
that SB 1070 will cause people to be detained while their immigration
status is checked even though the Supreme Court recently made clear that
such detention is unconstitutional; and that it violates the Equal
Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment because discrimination against
Latinos, who make up one-third of Arizona's population, was a motivation
behind the law's passage.
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