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Comrades, Brothers and Sisters: Heidi Boghosian and I just returned from a very moving visit with Mumia. We visited yesterday, Thursday, February 2. This was Mumia’s second contact visit in over 30 years, since his transfer to General Population last … Continue reading →

AFTER DEATH ROW TRANSFER, NLG VP MUMIA ABU-JAMAL LANGUISHES IN SOLITARY – A LETTER TO THE PA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS [ EMAJ note: You can sign on to the letter below by SIGNING THE PETITION LETTER HERE.] January 11, 2012 Mr. John … Continue reading →

MUMIA IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT – A LEGAL UPDATE Mumia is still in Administrative Custody (AC)—the hole—at SCI Mahanoy. The confinement conditions in all the Restricted Housing Units (RHU) are degrading and tortuous. Mumia is on a cellblock that houses AC … Continue reading →

New Poem for Mumia by Alice Walker, Courtesy of Prison Radio Occupying Mumia’s Cell   ©2011 by Alice Walker I Sing of Mumia brilliant and strong and of the captivity that few black men escape if they are as free as … Continue reading →

He should be freed I find it “deeply frustrating” that PG columnist Tony Norman would blame Mumia Abu-Jamal for his conviction rather than police and prosecutorial misconduct and judicial bias, which infected his trial (“Abu-Jamal Deserves Prison, But Not Death,” … Continue reading →

Dear Friends: I visited Mumia yesterday, December 15, in the new prison that houses him, SCI Mahanoy. Even though he has been released from death row, he remains in Administrative Custody while he awaits transfer to general population. Because he … Continue reading →

PRESS RELEASE RESPONSE TO DA SETH WILLIAMS’ DECISION ON THE MUMIA ABU-JAMAL CASE For Interview Contact Dr. Johanna Fernandez, 917.930.0804 Dr. Suzanne Ross, 917.584.2135 Dr. Mark Taylor, 609.638.0806 Archbishop Desmond Tutu Calls for Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Release “Now that it is … Continue reading →

***MAPS *** DIRECTIONS *** PARKING *** For additional maps and directions, see the website for the National Constitution Center, here. Your special invitation to the December 9 event. – SPECIAL NOTE ON PARKING FOR DECEMBER 9 GUESTS. Please note that … Continue reading →

Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, and Ohio State University law professor, INVITES US ALL TO PHILADELPHIA for the December 9th event there at the National Constitution Center. See her youTUBE … Continue reading →