Erica Meiners and Priya Kandaswamy on how prison guard unions use the valor of labor movement to reinforce the prison industrial complex.
TW: Discussion of brutality, murder, sexual assault and suicide of prisoners at the hands of prison employees.
"Prisons Are Anti-Labor Institutions. We Need an Anti-Carceral Labor Movement." (Truthout)
https://truthout.org/articles/prisons-are-anti-labor-institutions-we-need-an-anti-carceral-labor-movement/
Legal Aid Society: "I'm Just Collateral Damage. The Human Cost of an Illegal Prison Strike"
https://legalaidnyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/LAS_PrisonersRightsProject_ClientStoriesReport_Final.pdf
Southern Poverty Law Center on white supremacy among prison guards
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hate-watch/new-york-fired-racist-prison-guard-identity-evropa-membership/
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