the-work-and-us.bsky.social
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The Work and Us is an inside/outside participatory research project, that supports imprisoned people in conducting social movement research.
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Importantly, there are supplemental materials you can use with the book or on their own here: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/resources-al...
Prisons Must Fall — Interrupting Criminalization
Prisons Must Fall is a powerful children’s book showing the harm that prisons cause and exploring abolitionist solutions, such as meeting people's basic needs, restorative justice, and community suppo...
www.interruptingcriminalization.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Importantly, there are supplemental materials you can use with the book or on their own here: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/resources-al...
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Xinachtli’s treatment highlights the core of prisons’ treatment of political activists, organizers said: Ensure the cause they fought for dies with them.
https://prismreports.org/2025/12/18/xinachtli-political-prisoner-protest/
https://prismreports.org/2025/12/18/xinachtli-political-prisoner-protest/
Protest calls for better treatment of Chicano political prisoner Xinachtli
Xinachtli, an activist imprisoned for over two decades, did not receive proper health care after a bad fall in the shower, activists say
prismreports.org
December 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Xinachtli’s treatment highlights the core of prisons’ treatment of political activists, organizers said: Ensure the cause they fought for dies with them.
https://prismreports.org/2025/12/18/xinachtli-political-prisoner-protest/
https://prismreports.org/2025/12/18/xinachtli-political-prisoner-protest/
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If you want to support our project or learn more about our work, please email us at [email protected] or DM us @the-work-and-us.bsky.social
December 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you want to support our project or learn more about our work, please email us at [email protected] or DM us @the-work-and-us.bsky.social
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You can check out a piece we released in @inquest.bsky.social to get a sense of our methodology. We use participatory research as an entry point to bring incarcerated people into the abolitionist movement and engage in political education. inquest.org/why-incarcer...
Why Incarcerated People Work - Inquest
A new research project seeks to understand present prison labor conditions—and build a path toward lasting freedom.
inquest.org
December 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
You can check out a piece we released in @inquest.bsky.social to get a sense of our methodology. We use participatory research as an entry point to bring incarcerated people into the abolitionist movement and engage in political education. inquest.org/why-incarcer...
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I helped found @the-work-and-us.bsky.social in 2021. After a little hiatus, we are officially relaunching the project and are expanding our work to include an Incarcerated Research Fellowship. Because we believe that people inside are experts of their own experiences.
December 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I helped found @the-work-and-us.bsky.social in 2021. After a little hiatus, we are officially relaunching the project and are expanding our work to include an Incarcerated Research Fellowship. Because we believe that people inside are experts of their own experiences.
The Work and Us was started in 2021 by Stevie Wilson and 3 outside researchers and organizers who were interested in exploring incarcerated people’s perspectives on prison labor.
December 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The Work and Us was started in 2021 by Stevie Wilson and 3 outside researchers and organizers who were interested in exploring incarcerated people’s perspectives on prison labor.