ACTIVISM:
End Solitary Confinement In Illinois petition from CREDO and hard copy petition from Illinois CAT.
Printable info flier to circulate.
Sources/further reading:
"I-CAT is Launching a Campaign to End Solitary Confinement in Illinois Prisons”
"Funding Approved for Activation of ADX/USP Thomson, New Federal Supermax Prison” via Truthout
“Essential Prison Industrial Complex Reading List” from Prison Culture a blog everyone should read and a vital follow on Twitter.
"Chicago City Council Resolution to Make the City 'Torture Free’” via Illinois CAT
"Incarcerated Workers Launch Nonviolent Work Strike Against "New Jim Crow" Across Alabama Prisons” from Truthout
"Tennessee bill to bring back electric chair headed to governor”
"A Prisoner Says Farewell to Solitary Confinement – Writing by Lee Savage” via Prison Culture
Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich