3,000 YEARS AND LIFE: Prison Organizing Then and Now

May 31, 2023 - 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

In the fall of 1972, the men incarcerated at the state prison in Walpole, Massachusetts organized themselves into a labor union—the National Prisoners Reform Association (NPRA). In March of 1973, when Walpole’s guards went on strike, the NPRA took over the prison and ran it…