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Skip to main content Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee Donate now Main menuAboutLocalsCampaignsNewsResourcesPhone ZapsGet Involved We are a union for the incarcerated fighting for prison abolition. Join the movement Prison Abolition in the Pandemic As the threat to health and safety of COVID-19 grows, local IWOC crews have been mobilizing with all hands on deck to meet the challenges in local areas.Get Involved Latest Updates News Article March 13, 2022 Shackles and Solitary: Inside Louisiana's Harshest Juvenile Lockup by Annie Waldman, ProPublica; Beth Schwartzapfel, The Marshall Project; and Erin Einhorn, NBC NewsProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. News Article February 10, 2022 Inmates’ hunger strikes take powerful stands against injustice News Article February 1, 2021 Alabama Correctional Officers Respond to Mental Health Crisis With Deadly Force, Leaving at least Four Men Injured, Two in Critical Condition "Alabama Correctional Officers Respond to Mental Health Crisis With Deadly Force, Leaving at least Four Men Injured, Two in Critical ConditionJanuary 31, 2021 News Article January 31, 2021 Alabama DOC on Lockdown/Incarcerated Activist Robert Earl Council Transported to University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMedia Contact: Featured Resources July 20, 2017 The Fire Inside Resource Types:Allied LiteratureFrom FireInside.noblogs.orgThere is a fire seething in US prisons. September 9th of 2016 saw some of the largest prisoner rebellions in history. This August, prisoners are calling to fan the flames up again.Topics:Outside Solidarity, Prisoner Resistance, Theory and Strategy July 20, 2017 Freedom First! Resource Types:Allied LiteratureFreedom First, a new zine by Firehawk and Ben examining the role of prisoner resistance in prison abolition efforts. Topics:Prisoner Resistance, Theory and Strategy August 10, 2018 Prison Strike Poster by Melanie Cervantes Resource Types:PosterA prison strike poster designed by Melanie Cervantes, Xicanx artist and cultural worker and co-founder of Dignidad Rebelde.Topics:Prison Strike 2018 August 10, 2018 Prison Strike 2018 Informational Video Resource Types:VideoInterviews with Cole Dorsey (IWOC), Chris Lockett (Planting Justice), Anthony Forest (Planting Justice), Darryl Aikens (Planting Justice) on why a prison strike is taking place this August.Topics:Prison Strike 2018 Supporters View All Supporters FacebookTwitterYouTubeRSS ContactLogin All content is free to be copied and repurposed under Creative Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) unless otherwise noted.