This week, we continue to air urgent messages from people on the impact of the coronavirus on prisoners around the world and closer to home. We start off with a call from a prisoner at Waupun Correctional, in Wisconsin, where an outbreak of COVID-19 has been reported. We share a statement from someone in Brazil…
Read MoreWe are completing our series on Brazilian prisons by airing an interview between Beny and Rosângela, who wanted to discuss her experiences with health care there. Her account of deprivation of care, along with the over application of psychiatric drugs, will be familiar to anyone who has spent time inside an American prison. She likewise…
Read MoreThis week, we have the first of several interviews that were conducted this fall in São Paulo, Brazil. Kite Line contributor Micol Seigel was there to teach a course on American prison history at the state university. Seigel’s academic host introduced her to an activist civil servant at the Secretariat of Penal Administration, who connected…
Read MoreRT @HaitianBridge: Aside from @cbpgov harassing Haitians, the Mexican government is actively targeting them, irregardless of their status i…
Read MoreRT @HaitianBridge: The mass expulsion of Haitians continues as four flights are set to go to #Haiti this morning. @potus & @vp are continuo…
Read MoreRT @carltakei: Stats Twitter is up in arms about the grossly misleading chart in this NYT article (which could be a case study in How to Li…
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