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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In this issue of Prisons, Prose & Protest, my comrade & friend Holly Krig writes about the effort to obtain a pardon for abuse survivor Keshia Golden, I recommend a podcast about police sexual violence as well as several recent articles and essays, and more...

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Prisons, Prose & Protest - #43

Rants, Musings and More

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Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Sent a postcard of a beach to a woman serving LWOP & applying for clemency. She responded, "going to the beach right now :) i don't even remember the last time i went, but i know i would love to feel the sand under my feet and the the sun on my face."

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Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

TN governor denied her clemency & the state plans to execute Christa Lee tomorrow (9/30).

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Jeanne Theoharis @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hi @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, we are lucky to have you as mayor & were proud that you stressed how Netanyahu is a war criminal & said if you had the power, you would arrest him. But why then did you let the NYPD SRG (a unit you vowed to disband) arrest more than 100 for protesting him? Do better.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Are you a member of NYC-DSA? Please consider supporting a resolution to allocate 1% to parks and 0.5% to public libraries in the city expense budget. The proposal needs 28 more co-sponsors to move to the next stage: convention.socialists.nyc/proposals/08...

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Member Login | 2026 NYC-DSA Convention

Convention 2026 planning tools.

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

You can't, and shouldn't seek to, replace public schools or libraries with bookstores. You can't replace a public good with a private business, no matter how well-meaning or well-organized it may be.

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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

One of the really cool things about this case is that one of the lead plaintiffs is Lioness - a nonprofit run by women who did time in sweltering Texas prisons themselves. Then they got out and spearheaded this lawsuit that could drastically improve life for all their sisters still inside.

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Mannie T'Chawi … (the “T” is silent) @mannietchawi.com · 23/09/2026

This story is a great example of when @prisonculture.bsky.social speaks on picking something to focus on, organize around it, and keep at it! You don’t have to do it all, but what you do, could make all the difference.

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Kwaneta Harris @kwanetaharris.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This month, Kwaneta recommends Imperfect Victims by @leighgoodmark.bsky.social and Corridors of Contagion by @victorialaw.bsky.social. Both of these are must-reads for anyone interested in abolition.

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dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

zak’s brother nikkos carrying the banner

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Melsie J @melsiej.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Needed something tangible to do recently, even if tiny, so made a few bookmarks to send to the Liberation Library

Photo of parts of bookmarks made with colored pencils or watercolors on yellow paper; one with sunflowers, one the moon and stars and the word dream, one with fish, one with mountains and the setting sun, one with a little cloud dragon

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I had an organizing meeting on Sunday and I rushed over to this celebration to catch the last few minutes. I'm happy I could make it because it was a reminder once again that we can make a difference by doing small things with great love. Congratulations to the co-founders & all of the volunteers!

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Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

CUNY prof Claudia Orenstein on the strategic optics of puppetry protests: "You look dumb if you're arresting a puppet."

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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 17/09/2026

A new crop of adult puppeteers, building on the city's rich network of DIY performance spaces, is embracing the racy and radical possibilities of puppetry.

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New York Is a Real Puppet Town

A summer inside our city's thriving, political, increasingly weird puppet underground.

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Ron Hogan @ronhogan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

“As these sex workers see it, it makes perfect sense some of the most vulnerable people in the country would seek new ways to defend themselves in a world that seems increasingly hostile to their very existence.“— @kimkelly.bsky.social talks to sex workers who’ve decided it’s time to pick up the gun

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Meet the Women Forming Gun Clubs for Self Protection

Sex worker gun clubs are popping up across the country as a form of self-defense and community protection.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/09/2026

Could new bus shelter roofs help New Yorkers stay cool in extreme heat? We're testing a few in Brownsville to find out: a green roof covered with native plants, and reflective roofs covered with low-cost, heat-resilient film.

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Gothamist @gothamist.com · 16/09/2026

City and state health officials say vaccines are the best protection against getting sick during respiratory virus season: gothamist.visitlink.me/QMbCuO

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.” - Goethe

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Liliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

FB reminded me of this post just yesterday, quoting the man who righteously threw his shoes at George W. Bush, a mass murderer and stain on us all.

"If those who blamed me knew how many destroyed houses I walked over with those shoes that I threw; and how many times those shoes mixed with the blood of the innocent....then it was probably the proper response." -- Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi, upon his release from prison.

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Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Going thru unlabeled recordings on my phone (why do I have so many?). One is an imprisoned man struggling with debilitating illness, thanking me for cards & photos I sent. "It warmed my heart as I was laying there. It's good to have someone think about you bc it gets kind of dark for me sometimes."

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Librarians! Zine-Makers! This new Temporary Services zine (made with @doormouse12.bsky.social) is for you! We interviewed 4 public librarians that maintain zine collections and the result is a beautiful 44 page booklet. See and learn how they do it! $10.00 (or $3.00 PDF) from www.halfletterpress.com

From the front and back cover of the booklet:

Public Librarians Discuss Zine Collections

We asked librarians at four public libraries to talk about their library’s zine collection. What advice can they share with zine makers that want to get their work into a public library, or librarians that want to start a collection at their library? Was it hard to convince others that zines are a resource that the library should collect? What collecting models did they follow? How did they build the collection?

Interviewees:

Tim Devin / Somerville Public Library
(Somerville, MA)
Angi Brzycki & Ziba Pérez /
Los Angeles Public Library
(Los Angeles, CA)
Alicia Tate / Multnomah County Library
(Portland, OR)
Alina Josan / The Free Library of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA)

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Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"Books are lifesaving. You know its so many semiliterate folks inside and we got around it by having storytime, when I read aloud." -woman incarcerated in Texas (upon hearing about Books Through Bars NYC's 30th anniversary)

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Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I was thrilled to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Books Through Bars NYC, an all-volunteer group I co-founded. Since 1996, BTB NYC has sent app 168,000 book packages to people in 38 states (one package has multiple books). Help them keep sending books to imprisoned readers: booksthroughbarsnyc.org

White rectangular cake with green trim and words that say "Happy 30th NYC BTB!" and a red & white pair of candles that say "30" against a red wall.

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Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Sent an electronic message to a woman in prison back in July. She just got it a few days ago.

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Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

AP News finds: U.S. Dept of Justice failed to secure felony convictions against most of the 102 protesters in 4 major cities last year that they over-charged with assaulting federal authorities apnews.com/article/immi...

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I am looking for a free or cheap space for 100 people in the Bronx. It needs to be wheelchair accessible and close to public transportation. Need it from 10am to 5pm on a Saturday. Appreciate any real leads. Thanks so much.

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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

9/11 also happens to be the anniversary of augusto pinochet's 1973 coup in chile, backed by the nixon administration. thousands of left-wing politicians and activists were tortured and "disappeared" in the aftermath.

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1973 Chilean coup d'état - Wikipedia

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Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Must-read by @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social "It is only by examining the birth of the massive law enforcement apparatus built in 9/11’s wake and the climate of fear that fueled it that we can understand how to dismantle it."

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Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The 1980 Classified Information Procedures Act, enacted originally to prevent graymail by intelligence ofcrs accused of crimes (who could threaten to expose classified secrets) but now twisted to keep evidence classified from defendants, such as Fahad Hashmi: www.bostonreview.net/articles/9-1...

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9/11’s Unlearned Lessons

The anti-terrorism cases that garnered little outrage should have concerned us all.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Being kind actually makes you a happier person. Scientific research supports this assertion. Do good things and others might do good things too creating a virtuous cycle. What good thing or deed will you do today?

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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 11/09/2026

The 170,000 documents that were released by Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration reveal how government officials—especially Mayors Rudy Giuliani and Mike Bloomberg—deceived New Yorkers about the dangerous chemicals that were in the air in the days and months following 9/11.

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Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Anyone have suggestions for easy (or at least not super-difficult) #vegan dishes using lemongrass?

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Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Asad Dandia was only 8 years old on 9/11. In 2012 he was caught in NYPD's sweeping surveillance apparatus designed to target Muslims involved in local mosques, Muslim student associations, & other community-based organizations. inquest.org/when-counter...

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When Counterterrorism Comes for You - Asad Dandia interviewed by Hira Ahmed - Inquest & Acacia

At nineteen, Asad Dandia discovered that an NYPD informant was spying on him. He joined a landmark suit against the department—and won.

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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 09/09/2026

“Everyone is stronger, including the community and including California, when we can keep families together,” says the California legislative sponsor of a new reform to help formerly incarcerated parents.

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California Could Give Formerly Incarcerated Parents a Chance to Get Their Kids Back - Bolts

People who lost parental rights helped pass a bill to reform California

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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 09/09/2026

Do police need a warrant to access your gmail account? What local laws could restrict data tracking? How do other countries protect data privacy? Our Q&A with legal expert Andrew Guthrie Ferguson answers these and other questions on police surveillance:

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“Everything, Everywhere, All at Once Surveillance”: Your Questions Answered - Bolts

A legal expert on digital surveillance answers questions from Bolts readers about how police track your personal data, and what public officials could be doing to restrict it.

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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 09/09/2026

"Denying care hurts trans kids' growth, Mount Sinai honor your oath!" a crowd chanted on East 97th Street on Tuesday evening. Dozens of New Yorkers showed up to protest the hospital's cowardice, and other links to start your day. hellgatenyc.com/trans-care-k...

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It’s 25 years since 9/11 and it’s now more publicly acceptable to be a bigot than it was then, which is really saying something

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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 08/09/2026

The mayor of New York City plans to visit Ground Zero on Friday to commemorate the 25th anniversary of 9/11—a fitting tribute, until you consider the fact that Mayor Mamdani has the nerve to do so while also being Muslim. hellgatenyc.com/mamdani-9-11...

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Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Chris used a drone to fly his invented person’s smartphone into a wealthy neighborhood & bought food. The drone phone got a 19% discount on a DoorDash order from White Castle. 300 feet away, outside the wealthy area, the price was $8 higher. joindeleteme.com/incognito/in...

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Incognito — September 2026: Are You Being Robbed by Your Own Data? | DeleteMe

Welcome to the September 2026 issue of Incognito, your monthly privacy and security deep dive with DeleteMe.

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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 04/09/2026

Pan in Motion received a permit from the DOE authorizing them to practice in a local school parking lot; their director reached out to locals to create personal avenues for noise complaints, even giving out his personal cell number. But for at least one neighbor, that was not enough.

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Noise Complaints Are Threatening the Last Steel Panyard in Crown Heights

After a series of concerning emails from an unhappy neighbor, steel orchestra Pan in Motion is rallying its supporters ahead of its most important weekend of the year.

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