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Ivan Kilgore

6 posts in ‘Ivan Kilgore’

Defending Prison Journalism

No First Amendment for Prison Journalists

The law has constructed a regime in which incarcerated journalists like myself are silenced, punished, and disappeared for telling the truth about what happens behind these walls.

Ivan Kilgore

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A closer look

Punishing Through Bureaucracy

An obscure policy claimed to reward me for doing the work of rehabilitation—by sending me back to a high-security prison.

Ivan Kilgore

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first person

The Reality of Love Behind Bars

Neither of us imagined that love and prison were compatible until we met. Now the state is weaponizing our marriage.

Ivan Kilgore & Halima Kilgore

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In the States

The People v. the Prison

California is discovering the hard way that you can’t leave decarceral reforms in the hands of prison officials.

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activism

Asymmetrical Partners

Activism must involve incarcerated people—but few outside advocates really understand the dangers and limitations that imprisoned organizers face.

Ivan Kilgore, Paula Lehman-Ewing & Glenn E. Martin

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social control

Against ‘Work’

Calling incarcerated people 'workers' displaces the gravity of their situation and obscures the nature of carceral violence.

Ivan Kilgore

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