UMD students hear former prisoners’ stories at Prison Resistance Project teach in

By Brian Abate Members of UMD’s Prison Resistance Project spoke to a crowd of students about injustices faced by people in Maryland and throughout the United States because of prison industrial complex systems. Aging People in Prison Human Rights Campaign members also spoke out against current policies. People who had been helped by the program gave firsthand accounts of their experiences in prison. One leader … Continue reading UMD students hear former prisoners’ stories at Prison Resistance Project teach in

“Free Kenny Collins”: student event shines light on racial bias in mass incarceration

by Jillian Atelsek On the other end of the phone line in Stamp Student Union Thursday night was a man named Kenny Collins, calling from the Roxbury Correctional Institution in Hagerstown, MD. A roomful of students were in attendance for the “Free Kenny Collins” event. Collins has been imprisoned in Maryland for 30 years, including 17 years on death row — charged with the 1986 murder of … Continue reading “Free Kenny Collins”: student event shines light on racial bias in mass incarceration