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“The Alabama Solution” and Exposing Truth with Contraband Cell Phones
“The Alabama Solution,” a 2025 film directed by Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman, is nominated for Best Documentary at the 98th Academy Awards. The film follows abuses exposed by incarcerated people recording guards with…
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Finding Purpose Through Fatherhood in Prison
by Jeremy Busby, originally published on PrisonWriters.com: Becoming a father was no doubt my greatest achievement in life. The responsibilities that came with fatherhood gave me a sense of purpose like nothing else. I…
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When Reporting Is a Crime
Last month, Inquest published this article by Corinne Shanahan and Andrew Manuel Crespo on Jeremy Busby and other journalists behind bars’ experiences with endless retaliation: In the summer of 2023, after a bad batch…
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Michael Montgomery: The Impact of Juvenile Life Sentences
The United States is the only nation in the world where a child can be legally sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole. Michael Montgomery is one such survivor of what…
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Jeremy Busby on Inmate Tea with A&P
JoinJeremy is excited to announce our partnership with Inmate Tea with A&P, a podcast dedicated to raising awareness of the injustices within the judicial and carceral systems through conversations with incarcerated individuals. Inmate Tea…
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Seth Stern: Americans rallied for Jimmy Kimmel. Do the same for Mario Guevara
Editor’s Note: Seth Stern is Advocacy Director for Freedom of the Press Foundation, JoinJeremy’s Board Chairperson, and Associate Editor for The Collective. This article was first published by Freedom of the Press Foundation on…
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Introducing The Collective, plus two new articles by Jeremy Busby
This month, we are launching The Collective, JoinJeremy’s digital newsroom for inside and outside voices advocating for the urgent protection and inclusion of incarcerated journalists. Read Jeremy Busby’s introduction here. Retaliation is an ongoing…
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Happy Birthday Jeremy!
Today, August 8, is journalist and organizer Jeremy Busby’s 48th birthday, and his 27th consecutive birthday behind bars. Join me in sending Jeremy your wishes for his birthday – I will compile and send…
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Jeremy Busby: Gov. JB Pritzker should take a page out of Donald Trump’s book by freeing Larry Hoover
New Commentary by Jeremy Busby in the Chicago Tribune. Read the full article here. Excerpts: During the early 1970s when Black people were plagued with the perilous impacts of unchecked racial injustices, [Larry] Hoover…