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IN CONTEMPT returns with the next monthly prison rebel roundup. Packed in as always are updates, action and analysis we hope helps build inside-outside networks of resistance. Over 100 copies are sent to comrades behind bars each month!
Following the closing of It’s Going Down, a new collective will continue publishing monthly “In Contempt” updates on this noblogs. Please submit any updates and calls to action to the new email in_contempt at autistici dot org.
A lot has been happening, so lets get to it!
Phone Zaps
Call in For Mumia Abu-Jamal!
Political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal is being denied essential medical care
As of February 2026, Mumia has not received treatment for his diabetic retinopathy or agressive glaucoma. His vision has been restored to a point after having a procedure done, but his vision is still at risk without further treating the underlying condition. He needs an opthamologist or he risks going blind!
Please call, email, and write letters to SCI Mahony and the secretary of the Pennsylvania department of corrections this week. They are open Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM EST.
Call:
SCI Mahanoy superintendant Bernadette Mason: (570) 773-2158
PA Department of Corrections secretary Laurel Harry: (717) 728-4109 or (717) 728-2573
Email:
PA DOC secretary: ra-crpadocsecretary@pa.gov
Send a Letter:
Berndatte Mason SCI Mahanoy 301 Grey Line Drive, Frackville PA 17931
Basic Script:
“Hello, my name is _____ and I am calling to request that Mumia Abu-Jamal #8335 needs to be seen and treated by specialists, who treat diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma. He also needs to be examined for new glasses, a heart healthy diet, filtered water, and regular exercise, indoors and out.”
At The Gates: Fighting Detention Centers
“If they build it, they will fill it. “
Homeland Security seeks to purchase 23 massive warehouses to expand imprisonment capacity by an additional 76,000 beds even as it already holds an estimated 73,000 people, the highest ever, in conditions so abysmal that 23 people have died in custody since Trump retook office. Personal stories recount mass violations of human rights and cellphone videos shows ghastly conditions inside. Those detained during DHS’s “Operation Midway Blitz” in Chicago are disapeared into a vast byzantine web of detainment facilities designed to prevent family and support from making contact, wearing down people to surrender due process rights and sign deportation agreements.
Bloomgerg reports these locations and bed capacities that ICE seeks to acquire: Tremont, Pennsylvania- 7,500. Roxbury, New Jersey-1,500. Hamburg, Pennsylvania-1,500.
Wired reports that DHS also secretly leased over 150 additional locations for ICE offices; many communities were caught off guard and are now organizing to stop the concentration camps from being opened.
