Oklahoma’s Bible-quoting Governor Kevin Stitt seems to think there’s nothing wrong with what is going on, and uses every bit of his duly constituted governmental power to see that abuses continue
The son of a pastor, Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Kevin Stitt quotes from biblical verses in his speeches and presents...
The United States today has by far the world’s largest incarceration rate, with nearly two million people living in prisons and jails.
The conditions in those facilities are often substandard, with Amnesty International criticizing the dehumanizing practice of holding prisoners in prolonged solitary confinement.
Benjamin Weber’s book, American Purgatory: Prison Imperialism...
Prosecutors don’t get promoted by offering shorter sentences
Like many Americans, I follow criminal justice developments closely. The arrest and coming prosecution of Sean Combs, also known as P. Diddy, among other things, will likely remain in the headlines for months, and perhaps years, and promises to be fascinating. Prosecutions...
Donald Trump, at the start of both his first and second terms, said that he would order the Department of Justice (DOJ) to clean up its act in the area of prison health care.
Trump also pledged to push states to improve health care in their prison systems. That has...
Listen to the latest episode of Randy Credico’s acclaimed radio show “Julian Assange: Countdown to Freedom,” an ongoing exploration of the prosecution and persecution of the imprisoned WikiLeaks founder, featuring regular updates from the Courage Foundation’s Nathan Fuller.
In this 6th installment, Randy speaks with Assange's legal advisor Renata Avila,...
Listen to the latest episode of Randy Credico’s acclaimed radio show “Julian Assange: Countdown to Freedom,” an ongoing exploration of the prosecution and persecution of the imprisoned WikiLeaks founder.
Part One: Alicia Castro and Martin Stolar
Alicia Castro, currently Argentina’s ambassador to the Russian Federation, first met Julian Assange in London,...
The summer of 2013 was my first summer in prison after being incarcerated for blowing the whistle on the CIA’s torture program.
When summer arrived in Loretto, Pennsylvania, I had already made a handful of friends, most of whom came from the prison’s “Italian” population. One warm day in the...
Listen to the eighth installment of political satirist and civil rights activist Randy Credico’s show “Julian Assange: Countdown to Freedom,” an ongoing series in support of imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. This episode features special co-host, Aaron Maté, journalist and host of The Grayzone’s media show, Pushback. This podcast is...
In this interview, Randy speaks with Estelle Dehon, public law barrister at Cornerstone Barristers, as Wikileaks founder Julian Assange appears in the Westminster Magistrates Court, London for an administrative hearing relating to his extradition to the United States.
Assange has been kept in prison since April 2019, when he...
Fits into dubious history of medical coercion and experimentation on vulnerable populations in the U.S.
Two Democratic members of the Massachusetts state legislature have proposed a bill that would give state prisoners between 60 and 365 days off their sentences if they donate a kidney, bone marrow, skin, or “other...
