Free Alabama Movement

The Free Alabama Movement is an inmates rights group. With the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee,[1] the Free Alabama Movement has organized the 2016 U.S. prison strike that involves an estimated 24,000 prisoners in 24 states, the largest prison strike in U.S. history.[2] It began on September 9, 2016, the 45th anniversary of the Attica Prison uprising.[3]

References

  1. Kim, E. Tammy (October 3, 2016). "A National Strike Against "Prison Slavery"". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on August 31, 2018. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  2. Hylton, Antonia (October 3, 2016). "We spoke to the inmate in solitary who inspired a national strike against 'modern-day slave conditions'". VICE News. Archived from the original on February 20, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  3. Speri, Alice (September 16, 2016). "The Largest Prison Strike in U.S. History Enters Its Second Week". The Intercept. Archived from the original on September 16, 2016. Retrieved October 26, 2016.


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