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Georgia Prison Strike: A Hidden Labor Force Resists

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Georgia Prison Strike: A Hidden Labor Force Resists By Michelle Chen December 17, 2010 In These Times Last week a diverse group of nonviolent protesters across Georgia stood up for their rights, calling for decent wages, better social services and respect for their civil liberties. It didn't take long for the government to crack down on the demonstrations, however: the protesters were already in prison. The uprising of Georgia inmates on December 9 defied the stereotype of the chaotic "prison riot" in the public imagination. Yet neither did "Lockdown for Liberty" fit within the conventional model of civil disobedience or industrial action. But when the inmates in at least six different prisons refused to leave their cells to report to work and other activities that day, a strike began...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on December 19, 2010 (boomark / email).