Big announcement! I am writing an opinion column for Columbus Alive newspaper. I’ll be writing about LGBT topics twice a month. My first column is about the National Prison Strike.
Striking prisoners are demanding an end to prison slavery, which is legal under the 13th amendment; increased access to rehabilitation services; the reinstatement of Pell grants; an end to racial disparities in sentencing; the reinstatement of voting rights for former prisoners with felony convictions; the redress of grievances local to individual institutions, and more. These demands are not only reasonable; they address some of the most pressing forms of racism in our country.
Joy Michael Ellison 