Category: Campaigns & Events

This video coverage of a MAPS protests shows describes how “a group of community members made up of anti-prison activists and people who've spent time behind bars themselves marched through downtown Lansing this afternoon to raise awareness about a nationwide prisoner strike.” It features an interview with a MAPS organizer.

This article, written by MAPS, describes a protest in which they blocked the intersection outside of the Michigan Department of Corrections office in solidarity with the Millions for Prisoners Human Rights March.

This article describes a protest organized by MAPS outside the Michigan Department of Corrections office. The protest was organized in solidarity with the Millions for Prisoners Human Rights March.

This article describes a MAPS protest, organized to coincide with the Millions for Prisoners Human Rights march. The protest was meant to draw attention to “racism and fascism in the Michigan prison system.”

This article promotes a call-in to a Michigan prison demanding an end to harassment of prisoners for speaking out against the wrongful death of their fellow inmate. 

This article describes a support campaign for a Kinross rebel. After facing 10 months in administrative segregation, Cedricx was transferred back to Kinross without any of his possessions. 

This article celebrates the release of 60 Kinross rebels being released from administrative segregation. It also describes the continued efforts of MAPS' solidarity campaign to support these rebels' transition back to general population. 

This article, written by MAPS, describes a protest the group organized outside of the private home of the director of the Michigan Department of Corrections, Heidi Washington. They organized the protest to pressure the MDOC to release the remaining Kinross prisoners being held in solitary confinement back into general population.