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What is Expected to be the Biggest Prison Strike in History Began Sept. 9th, Here’s Why You Should Join Them

September 10, 2016September 10, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1467 Views 13th Amendment, abolish prisons, American Prisons, assault, Attica, Attica Prison Riots, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, federal bureau of prisons, federal prison, Free Alabama Movement, freedom, Harassment, incarcerated Worker organizing Committee, Industrial Workers of the World, IWW, Justice System, kelly patterson, life in prison, no victim no crime, non-violent drug offense, police, police abuse, Police brutality, Police State, Prison, prison abolition, prison for-profit, prison industrial complex, prison is the new slavery, prison labor, prison overcrowding, prison plantation, prison riots, prison slavery, prison strike, prison system, prisoner abuse, prisoner solidarity, prisoners, private prisons, rights, school to prison pipeline, slave labor, strike the root, The New Jim Crow, The War on Drugs, the war on some drugs, Thirteenth Amendment, Update, victimless crimes, victimless drug crimes, video

Note: Previously, CopBlock Network Contributor Josh Hotchkins also published a post previewing and discussing the prison strike. The growth of

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Proposed British Prison Reforms Don’t Go Far Enough to Address the Real Issues

June 10, 2016June 10, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1376 Views 1984, Accountability, assault, autonomy, behind bars, Britian, British citizenry, British parliament, Brutality, C4SS, center for a stateless society, center of conflict, central purpose of prisons, Civil rights, clear bright line between right and wrong, confining realms of prisons, containment element of prisons, copblock, Copblock submissions, copblock.org, Corruption, cost-effective and moral way of resolving conflicts, criminal element, criminals, deaths in prison, Dishonesty, emphasis on rehabilitation, enforcing the rules of the state, forms of situating justice, freedom, good intentions, gray lines, Harassment, idea of a better world, instilling morality, jail population, jobs, Justice System, kelly patterson, Lord Chancellor, love for others, Michael Gove, misery prisoners go through, moralism, morality, more effective criminal, Nick Ford, no victim no crime, non-violent offenders, on their way out of prison, out-group bias, overcrowding in prisons, police, Police State, Prison, prison reforms, prisoners, Queen Elizabeth, real hope, reconvicted, reform sentencing, restorative and transformative justice, rights, satellite tags, Secretary of State for Justice, serious offenders, strike the root, Suicide, Surveillance, surveillance state, the Prison Reform Trust, the Telegraph, transforming prisons, transition into society, UK, Update, victimless crimes

This post was written by Nick Ford and originally published at the Center For a Stateless Society (C4SS) under the

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Building More Prisons is Not the Solution to Prison Riots

April 1, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 2062 Views Accountability, AL, Alabama, Alabama.com, anarchism, assault, Brutality, building more prisons, C4SS, center for a stateless society, Civil rights, commentary, Common Justice, Community Works West, cop block, copblock.org, correctional facilities, correctional officers, Corruption, COs, degrading conditions, Department of Justice, Dishonesty, DoJ, excessive force, force, freedom, Governor Robert Bentley, Harassment, Holman Prison, Justice System, kelly patterson, lack of accountability, lockdown, meditation, Minorities, Nick Ford, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, police violence, Prison, prison guards, prison overcrowding, prison riots, prison system, prisoners, punishment, Race, racial element, rape, reform, reforms, restitution, restorative justice, rights, strike the root, Suicide, System, Timothy Jason Jones, transformative, WHNT 19 News, WKRG News

This post was written by Nick Ford and originally published at the Center For a Stateless Society (C4SS) under the

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Shifting Prisoners to New “State of the Art Facilities” Won’t Eliminate Prison Abuse

March 5, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 2169 Views abolish prisons, Accountability, AL, Alabama, anarchism, assault, Brutality, C4SS, center for a stateless society, Charles "Rad Geek" Johnson, Christianity, Civil rights, commentary, cop block, copblock.org, correctional facilities, correctional officers, Corruption, COs, Department of Justice, Dishonesty, DoJ, easily reintegrate into another prison, excessive force, force, forced conversion, freedom, Harassment, Julia Tutwiler State Women's Prison, Justice System, kelly patterson, lack of accountability, Lovelady Center, Minorities, Montgomery, Nick Ford, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, police violence, Prison, prison guards, prison system, prisoners, punishment, Race, racial element, rape, reform, reforms, restitution, rights, sex abuse, sexual assault, strike the root, System, Tutwiler Prison

This post was written by Nick Ford and originally published at the Center For a Stateless Society (C4SS) under the

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If You Want True Reform, Abolish The Police!

February 5, 2016February 4, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 2125 Views #BlackLivesMatters, 1st Amendment Rights, abolish the police, Accountability, african-american, anarchism, assault, Bad apples, black panthers, body cameras, Brutality, C4SS, cbs, center for a stateless society, chicago, City of Furgeson, Civil rights, commentary, community policing, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Darren Wilson, Department of Justice, destroying evidence, Dishonesty, DoJ, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, feedback, ferguson, ferguson police department, film the police, first amendment rights, for-profit prisons, force, fox guarding the hen house, freedom, gov jay nixon, Harassment, Homicide, IL, Illinois, Justice For Michael Brown, Justice System, kelly patterson, lack of accountability, Michael Brown, Minorities, Missouri, MO, neighborhood watch, Nick Ford, no crime, people of color, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police misconduct, Police State, police training, police violence, Prison, prisoners, protests, punishment, Race, racial element, Racism, reform, reforms, restitution, revenue generation, rights, st. louis county, strike the root, System, Thomas L. Knapp, tip of the iceberg, traffic stops

This post was written by Nick Ford and originally published at the Center For a Stateless Society (C4SS) under the

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Prisons Can’t be Exonerated of Their Role in The Police State

February 5, 2016February 4, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1522 Views a prisoners’ character, Accountability, african-american, anarchism, assault, assigned social role, barbaric, broken system, Brutality, C4SS, CA, California, center for a stateless society, Children, CIU, Civil rights, confinement, Conviction, Conviction Integrity Units, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, criminal justice system, Dishonesty, disposable, exonerated, false confession, federal convictions, fit of rage, force, freedom, future criminal activities, guilty plea, Harassment, institutions, involved with the wrong people, Justice System, kelly patterson, liberty, medecine, mentally handicapped, Minorities, modus operandi, myriad of reasons, National Registry of Exonerations, NBC, New York, Nick Ford, no crime, ny, one or a handful of incidents, Plea Bargain, police, police abuse, police accountability, police misconduct, Police State, poor exercise in judgement, Prison, prisoners, prisons are not innocent, Professor Samuel Gross, public spectacle, punishment, Race, racial element, Racism, recidivism, reform, restitution, restraint of individual's liberty, rights, state convictions, strike the root, System, Texas, the state, Torture, TX, U.S. District Judge John L. Kane, university of michigan, Witness intimidation, Witnesses, wrongful conviction, You Cannot Exonerate Prisons

This post was written by Nick Ford and originally published at the Center For a Stateless Society (C4SS) under the

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