Spoon Jackson writes from prison of the freedom he enjoys as he flies: ‘My heart pounds behind no chest.’
At Night I Fly: The Good Life Introduces Spoon Jackson, a Poet Behind Bars
February 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The Disposability of Black Men
February 2, 2013 By 66 Comments
Black men are brutally murdered and systematically incarcerated. Is this genocide?
Spoon Jackson: Writing From the Inside Out
January 27, 2013 By 3 Comments
Spoon Jackson has been behind bars since 1977, and trying to tell his story in poetry for much of that time. He spoke to the Good Men Project about what he does and why.
The Last Meals Project
November 3, 2012 By 1 Comment
Jonathon Kambouris visually documents the face and last meal of convicted killers in order to question how society is really served by the death penalty.
Incarcerated Youth Write the Stories of Their Lives
October 18, 2012 By 3 Comments
A writing and mentoring program in Los Angeles for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated youth is changing their lives from the inside out.
Naomi Wolf: The State Can Strip You
April 28, 2012 By 10 Comments
Naomi Wolf has, lately, been rather facepalmy regarding the whole porn/sex/sex work issue, so it’s nice to see her actually talking about something that doesn’t make me want to look at my copy of The Beauty Myth and cry. Although it kind of makes me want to cry for my country. Our surveillance state shown considerable determination [...]
Racialicious on Walking While Black
April 27, 2012 By 15 Comments
Racialicious has an excellent post on walking while black. I have felt like Trayvon Martin. Many many times while walking at night, being pulled over by police, being told that I’m not supposed to ‘be.’ My ‘being’ in a space has caused questions, concerns, suspicions. In the back of my mind I always wondered if there [...]
The Prison-Industrial Complex is Anti-Man
April 23, 2012 By 8 Comments
Ozy Frantz takes on the prison-industrial complex and how it affects the lives of American men.
Sexual Abuse in US Immigration Prisons
April 22, 2012 By 4 Comments
The USian Immigrations and Customs Enforcement service has recently revised the rules applying to immigrants detained and awaiting their deportation hearings. Most notably for me, they’ve strengthened the absolutely shit regulations regarding sexual abuse in detention. The Prison Rape Elimination Act (which is already inadequate, but at least it’s a step) does not apply to [...]
The Prison-Industrial Complex Is Anti-Man
April 22, 2012 By 11 Comments
This article in AlterNet makes a compelling case for a new American racial caste system built on the back of the drug war. Where Americans comfort ourselves that we are a post-racial society due to affirmative action, black CEOs, and Obama, in reality the average black person is at a far higher risk of being imprisoned [...]
Imprisonment and Men of Color
March 27, 2012 By 11 Comments
According to an article on AlterNet, the American criminal justice system is disturbingly raced and gendered to the detriment of men of color. 1 in every 15 black and 1 in every 36 Hispanic men in America are currently incarcerated. One in three black American men will be imprisoned at some point in their lives. Seriously. One [...]
On Trayvon Martin
March 23, 2012 By 39 Comments
The Million Hoodie March in protest of the death of Trayvon Martin was today, so it’s a good opportunity to reflect on the injustice of his death. The details of Trayvon’s death are simple: Trayvon Martin, carrying Skittles and an ice tea for his little brother, walked to his father’s house in a suburban Florida [...]
Slate on False Accusations of Rape
March 21, 2012 By 42 Comments
Trigger warning for rape. Note: rape apologist bullshit in the comments is NOT ALLOWED. Slate has a fascinating article about how Virginia has DNA evidence that may prove that dozens of men were convicted of crimes that they did not commit. In September 2004, the governor of Virginia ordered a random audit of 31 criminal cases [...]
Hard-Hitting Piece On Male Rape At Feministe
February 22, 2012 By 137 Comments
I’m often frustrated by some of the issue coverage at Feministe, though I also envy some of the excellent writing they’ve got. This piece by Jill, however, is an unequivocal condemnation of the rape of men in the U.S. prison system, and framed in terms designed to speak to the kind of feminist who hasn’t [...]
Human Rights Abuses and Rape of Men
February 18, 2012 By 11 Comments
Trigger warning for discussion of rape. I linked this in one of my roundups of information about rape a few days ago, but I think it’s interesting enough that I want to delve into it a little deeper. The article addresses the rape of men (unfortunately, it seems to be only rape by penetration, not rape by [...]
Which Is More Expensive, Prison or Princeton?
January 28, 2012 By 15 Comments
In California alone, spending averages $48,214 per inmate and only $7,463 per student.
“I’m happy I have a wife, and having two people both contributing across the board goes a long way.”
This is a comment by Lars Fisher on the post “I’d Benefit From a Traditional Wife”.
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