California committed more than $200 million toward refashioning San Quentin as a hub for rehabilitation. Prisoners followed suit with their own plans to beautify the place with world-class murals.
“I never thought I would see a mural like that in a dismal place like prison.”
Guess nobody ever taught the TACO not to shoot the messenger.
Cuz he fired someone simply because they didn't lie and make up a bunch of fake #job statistics to make him look good.
He really does want to be a #dictator at this point. I'm sure if he could have gotten away with sending the guy to #prison or straight up execution he would have. I have absolutely no doubt.
#ElizabethFago had particular incentive to curry favor with #Trump at the time.
As NYT previously reported, she was appealing to Trump to #pardon her son, #PaulWalczak, who had pleaded #guilty to tax #crimes late last year.
Less than 3 weeks after Fago attended the dinner, Trump signed a full & unconditional pardon for Walczak. It spared him from having to pay nearly $4.4M in #restitution & from reporting to #prison for an 18-month sentence.
2/ Les familles des détenus sont les premières touchées. Beaucoup y voient une forme de "double peine". Elles devront en effet assumer une charge supplémentaire, en plus des dépenses déjà élevées liées à la vie en prison.
#GhislaineMaxwell quietly moved from Florida to lower-security #prison in Texas as lawyers seek #Trump #pardon.
You know, #JeffreyEpstein was moved to a #LowSecurity prison by Trump right before he died.
#criminal #law #CoverUp #RapistInChief #rape #felon47
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/01/ghislaine-maxwell-prison-transfer
Just days after convicted #sextrafficker #GhislaineMaxwell sat for 2 days of interviews with Deputy #AttorneyGeneral #ToddBlanche,, she was quietly transferred from her #Florida facility to minimum-security #prison camp in #Texas. It’s the first signal that Maxwell is negotiating with the Justice Department #DOJ about publicly addressing the scandal in exchange for a lighter sentence, or a #pardon. https://www.narativ.org/p/orchestrating-the-cover-up #crimes #criminal #corruption #ruleoflaw #justice #courts #trump #maga
Puget Sound Anarchists: **Solidarity with Alfredo Cospito! (Olympia)**
https://pugetsoundanarchists.org/solidarity-with-alfredo-cospito-olympia/
anonymous submission – Letter Writing & Info Night Monday, August 11th 8PM @ Yauger Park Shelter Masks Required & Provided It’s a potluck!…
#Event #Prison #Uncategorized #Alfredocospito #Letterwriting #Olympia #Prisonersolidarity #Stcas
Republican’s #TownHall Blows Up in His Face as He’s Showered in Boos
by Robert McCoy
Fri, August 1, 2025
"#BryanSteil entered the Elkhorn High School auditorium on Thursday to resounding boos, and faced a raucous crowd for the duration of the 80-minute session, including fierce questions on his support of Trump’s agenda, as well as frequent interruptions, chants, and jeering.
"Attendees were evidently fired up over Steil’s support of Trump’s budget, poised to tilt taxes in favor of the #rich while tattering the #SocialSafetyNet. Steil defended his vote on the bill, which is also estimated to balloon the national debt by trillions of dollars. (When the lawmaker mentioned national debt as a pressing issue, one attendee interjected: 'Thanks to you!')
"He also voiced his support of Trump’s controversial immigration policies—a topic which elicited 'some of the loudest boos,' according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
"More than one person in attendance referred to the Florida immigrant detention camp callously dubbed '#AlligatorAlcatraz' as a #ConcentrationCamp, which Steil objected to. A constituent noted that 'the difference between a #prison or a #DetentionCenter and a concentration camp is #DueProcess.'
"Steil also had to address Trump’s tariffs (which one attendee called 'a terrible tax that’s going to be placed on the citizens of the United States'), as well as Trump’s push to all but abolish the Department of Education ('Education is best resolved at the local level,' Steil said).
"Many questions Steil faced reflected a widespread perception that Steil is in Trump’s pocket. One attendee said, 'Southeast #Wisconsin has not been represented by you. President Trump seems to run Southeast Wisconsin through you.'
"Another made similar remarks in the context of immigration. 'What I see happening to our #Immigrant population embarrasses me—horrifies me,' she said.
You have not raised a voice to complain about it. Where do I see your leadership? I see no leadership—I see you following Trump 100 percent of the time.' In response to this latter question, Steil, ironically, 'lauded Trump’s executive orders and #deportations,' Wisconsin #PublicRadio reports."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/republican-town-hall-blows-face-132736634.html
black august starts tomorrow -- originally a memorial of the deaths of the jackson brothers, it is a month of remembrance for all black political prisoners and a commemoration of black liberation against oppression at large.
my friend Malik is facing some intense racial prejudice from guards at snake river correctional in east oregon, and has called for anyone of any background to workout in solidarity with him -- if you do, consider writing him a letter to let him know how it went!
The DOJ has halted lawsuits accusing Louisiana of keeping prisoners locked up long after they were meant to be released and South Carolina of institutionalizing thousands of mentally ill people — sometimes for decades — in violation of federal law.