BLACK PRISONERS SETTING THEMSELVES ON FIRE TO ESCAPE WHITE SUPREMACY

Twelve Black men at Red Onion Prison set themselves aflame to escape racist torture while the warden responds with "no comment". This isn't negligence it's methodical white supremacist dehumanization.

Inside Red Onion State Prison — image via Solitary, Catapult Film Fund

CONTENT WARNING: This article contains descriptions of racist violence, anti-Black state violence, and self-harm in prisons that may be distressing for some readers.

WHEN BLACK PRISONERS ARE SETTING THEMSELVES ON FIRE to escape racism, let’s skip the palatable bureaucratic term of ‘sys…