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27 Nov 2023

In Washington State, Prison Closure Divides Abolitionist Community

When the Washington State DOC announced it would close the Washington State Reformatory, it caused a rift between incarcerated abolitionists. 

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19 Sep 2023

From Behind Enemy Lines, Prison Journalists Report On Conditions At Their Own Risk

Practicing journalism in prison is necessary, but incarcerated reporters face enormous risks and aggressive retaliation.

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26 Jun 2023

Rebuilding A Life After Years In A Cage

Rebuilding a life after years in a cage is a daunting task and some of those challenges are quantified and documented. But there are many more complicated, nuanced challenges that are less popularly known and harder to turn into data.

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19 Jun 2023

Redacted: Massachusetts Withholding Plans For New Women’s Prison

Massachusetts is refusing to share information about plans for a new women’s prison with concerned citizens through a controversial exemption to the state’s public records law.

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Illustration by Andrew Mulhearn
16 Jun 2023

In The South, ‘Georgia Prisoners Speak’ Organizes Against Incarceration From The Inside

Inside Georgia’s prisons, Georgia Prisoners Speak fights barriers to the outside and engages in abolitionist political education. 

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14 Jun 2023

Interview: Returning To General Population After San Quentin Closes Death Row

Jovan Strong speaks to Steven Anthony Jones about adjusting to life after Death Row.

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The Dissenter

14 Dec 2023

Shadowproof Is Shutting Down

After eight years, we have decided that it is time to shut down Shadowproof, but that does not mean that the independent journalism that we fostered is coming entirely to an end.

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21 Jul 2023

What’s Next In The Julian Assange Case

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his legal team believe that Assange may be extradited to the United States before the end of summer. It is unfortunately time for us to prepare for court proceedings, and so far, you came through for us marvelously. I am so grateful to our readers

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21 Jun 2023

Protest Song Of The Week: ‘John Wayne Was a Nazi’ By Fucked Up & The Halluci Nation

The song challenged the celebrated actor for his bigotry and role in helping to prop up an oppressive colonial system. It refers to his movies that often portrayed Wayne as a heroic cowboy fighting against the villainous Native Americans.

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17 Jun 2023

The Loving Truth-Teller That Was Daniel Ellsberg

The attention Dan gave to you was a sign of the love and respect that he had for those who were willing to fight for the same causes that were crucial to him.

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13 Jun 2023

The Espionage Act Is Not The Answer To Donald Trump

While the United States Justice Department has increasingly wielded the Espionage Act to make an example out of government employees or contractors, federal prosecutors have been reluctant to charge current and former high-ranking officials. That makes the thirty-one Espionage Act charges against former President Donald Trump stunning.

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07 Jun 2023

Protest Song Of The Week: ‘Indignation’ By Divide and Dissolve

Divide and Dissolve is an Australian-based instrumental doom metal duo that features saxophonist and guitarist Takiaya Reed and percussionist Sylvie Nehill. For the female duo, the act of simply inhabiting a prominently white male genre space is political.

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24 May 2023

Protest Song Of The Week: ‘La Banda Más Chingón en Wyoming’ By No-No Boy Featuring Mariachi Los Broncos

No-No Boy is a multimedia project formed by Julian Saporiti & Erin Aoyama while pursuing their doctorates at Brown University.

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10 May 2023

Protest Song Of The Week: ‘I Know How It Feels’ By Dropkick Murphys

Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys recorded this song based on unused lyrics from Woody Guthrie for their forthcoming album, “Okemah Rising.”

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08 May 2023

Die Jim Crow Records Releases New Music From Hip-Hop Artist Wrongfully Convicted And Imprisoned For 25 Years

Die Jim Crow Records, the first record company to work exclusively with musicians impacted by the United States prison system, has collaborated with another formerly incarcerated artist named EL BENTLY 448.

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Prison Protest

27 Nov 2023

In Washington State, Prison Closure Divides Abolitionist Community

When the Washington State DOC announced it would close the Washington State Reformatory, it caused a rift between incarcerated abolitionists. 

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19 Sep 2023

From Behind Enemy Lines, Prison Journalists Report On Conditions At Their Own Risk

Practicing journalism in prison is necessary, but incarcerated reporters face enormous risks and aggressive retaliation.

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26 Jun 2023

Rebuilding A Life After Years In A Cage

Rebuilding a life after years in a cage is a daunting task and some of those challenges are quantified and documented. But there are many more complicated, nuanced challenges that are less popularly known and harder to turn into data.

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19 Jun 2023

Redacted: Massachusetts Withholding Plans For New Women’s Prison

Massachusetts is refusing to share information about plans for a new women’s prison with concerned citizens through a controversial exemption to the state’s public records law.

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Illustration by Andrew Mulhearn
16 Jun 2023

In The South, ‘Georgia Prisoners Speak’ Organizes Against Incarceration From The Inside

Inside Georgia’s prisons, Georgia Prisoners Speak fights barriers to the outside and engages in abolitionist political education. 

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14 Jun 2023

Interview: Returning To General Population After San Quentin Closes Death Row

Jovan Strong speaks to Steven Anthony Jones about adjusting to life after Death Row.

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09 Mar 2023

Healthcare As Punishment: Seeking Medical Care In Washington Prisons

Prison health care is designed to avoid or withhold care for as long as possible, often to the point of causing serious harm.

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28 Feb 2023

Georgia Prisoners May Lose Critical Lifelines As Prison Officials Overhaul Communications And Target Contraband Phones

As Georgia prison officials move towards fully digitizing communications with Securus and curtailing access to contraband cellphones, incarcerated people and their loved ones are speaking out.

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06 Feb 2023

Mutual Aid Inside: How Incarcerated Communities Survive Together

James Jones and Caren Holmes surveyed incarcerated people in the US and UK to collectivize our knowledge of mutual aid practices in prisons. 

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Shadowproof has ceased publication as of December 14, 2023. Thank you to everyone who read and supported our work over the past 8 years.
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