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A reminder to post gift links to articles if you have access to them. They help people who can't easily access paywalled articles to access them.

I’m so sorry for your loss.

Supreme Court deals setback to ICE detention contractor in fight over detainee work The justices denied GEO Group’s bid to toss out a lawsuit claiming prisoners in Colorado were illegally forced to work.

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In an Intense Election Year, New Post Office Rules Could Trip Up Voter Registration A change in how mail is postmarked could lead some voters to miss key deadlines, including voter registration. Advocates worry the people most affected will be those already facing voting barriers.

The Postal Service’s new policy for issuing postmarks could trip up some people who rely on mail to register to vote. In states that don’t have stop-gap measures like same-day voter registration, some may miss out on voting entirely.

Incarcerated Women in Arizona Go on Hunger Strike for Better Conditions After a correctional officer allegedly assaulted a 20-year-old woman, as many as 200 of her fellow prisoners went on hunger strike for nearly three weeks.

My latest for @theappeal.org
Women imprisoned in AZ went on hunger strike for more than 2 weeks, issuing 21 polite requests: theappeal.org/arizona-perr...

I have nothing helpful to say, I just feel incredibly sad for 90 million Iranians now living in fear

Just read the entire article aloud to 2 women incarcerated in TX. Then the phone call cut off before we could talk about the water in the women's prisons. (Prison calls are only 20 min.)

Safe Drinking Water Is a Basic Human Right That Texas Prisons Fail to Respect Imprisoned people are forced to drink and bathe with water they describe as over-chlorinated, slimy, and foul-smelling.

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Q&A: Public libraries counting on bill to combat e-books' huge cost | NJ Spotlight News Digital content comes with agreements on license renewals and distribution limits, burdens that don't apply to printed copies

Great explainer on the problem of ebook pricing for libraries.

www.njspotlightnews.org/2026/02/qa-p...

Aerial view of gray ground with rows of tiny black graves and yellow backhoes

Graves.

165 graves.

Each for a little girl killed by the Israeli-American strike that targeted a school on the first day of the Iran War.

Flier that says: CORRIDORS OF CONTAGION: How the Pandemic Exposed the Cruelties of Incarceration A book launch with Victoria Law, Tracy McCarter, and Stanley Bellamy Sun, 3/29, 3 to 5 pm P.I.T. 411 S 5th Street, Brooklyn Masks required. Co-sponsored by Release Aging People in Prison

Sunday, 3/29, from 3-5 pm:

Join me, Tracy McCarter & Stanley Bellamy for a book launch & conversation about what the pandemic exposed about incarceration (and what we should learn from it).

A Secret Survey From Inside a Women’s Prison Tells Stories of Domestic Abuse Untold in Court From inside a women’s prison in Oklahoma, a domestic violence survivor began collecting other prisoners’ stories of abuse. Their accounts helped shape a new Oklahoma law intended to reduce their sente...

www.propublica.org/article/okla...

Pointless Forever War, Useless NY Democrats Plus, more news for your Monday.

Yep, @hellgatenyc.com sums it up right: hellgatenyc.com/new-york-pol...

Hello! I am a trans journalist looking to speak with trans kids and parents of trans kids across the US who have been impacted by the clinic closures---please get in touch or share!

Join us in Court on Friday: Motions To Dismiss In Stop Cop City Cases Tune in via Zoom (9:00am ET) - 9 seek dismissal of unindicted charges.

Crossing my fingers and praying to the ancestors for a birthday surprise!

This Friday, March 6, 2026, 13 people, including myself, who are facing charges in DeKalb County, are scheduled to appear for motions hearings.

Nine of us are arguing for the dismissal of unindicted charges.

#stopcopcity

You can also submit testimony via email.

Being older can really be a curse when you remember the past. You KNOW what happened before when a lot of people simply do not have those memories or experiences.

Art: "War is not healthy for children and other living things."

Lorraine Schneider, 1967.

Some beautiful photos from @kairoscenter.org’s Steve Pavey of today’s march to end family detention—which Rev Dianne Garcia started at Dilley Detention Center on Monday and marched 90 miles. The march began today at the San Antonio Migrant Memorial.

There’s my amazing sister Rev. @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org with her (customary) megaphone marching from the Migrant memorial in San Antonio this morning as part of Rev Dianne Garcia’s march from Dilley Detention Center this week to end immigrant detention.

This nonprofit provides books to prisoners. Its Bellingham branch is searching for a new home | Cascadia Daily News Seattle-based organization creates Nancy Duncan Huss Fund nine years after Whatcom County chapter went dormant

www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/feb/24/...

This Blizzard Was Especially Brutal for Restaurants “Every closure sets off a chain reaction …”

I wonder how much freezing the rent (no pun intended) for blizzard days would help.

www.grubstreet.com/article/nyc-...

Another letter on the significance of books behind bars: "It's probably make my reentry a lot harder if I didn't have sci-fi."

More in the (not) fun-with-prison-mail: Bought $2 worth of electronic "stamps." The transaction fees were $2 plus taxes of 52 cents.

Park covered in snow

Ten foot tall snow person in a park

While we in nyc got something like 20-22 inches of snow, woman in a southwest prison told me: “It was hot today but its cold in my room cause of the ac!”

Truthout is grateful to open submissions for the sixth annual Keeley Schenwar Memorial Essay Prize. The prize is awarded for essays authored by currently incarcerated and formerly incarcerated writers. bit.ly/KeeleyPrize

Virginia!

Thanks for sharing!

Looking up prison mail regs. One state says that it will only give photocopies of 3 double-sided pages. The ENVELOPE is considered one of those pages.

Incarcerated Women Featured in True Crime Media Face Flood of Sexual Harassment Incarcerated women are being made involuntary performers in a spectacle that attracts men who dehumanize them.

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