Kit OConnell

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Kit O'Connell is a gonzo journalist and radical troublemaker from Austin. He is a staff writer at MintPress News and has also appeared in Truthout, The Establishment and Firedoglake.

Articles by Kit OConnell

Austin protesters, demonstrating at the same time as hundreds of incarcerated people across the country, cast unpaid prison labor as modern-day 'slavery.'

Texas Activists Protest Modern-Day ‘Slavery’ in Prisons

Prison abolitionists gathered in Austin on the 45th anniversary of the Attica prison riots.

by Kit O'Connell

huntsville walls unit death row capital punishment

Social Media Ban Could Curb Free Speech Behind Bars

by Kit O'Connell

The Travis County Jail in Austin. recidivism

New Technologies Connect Prisoners to the Outside World

'Returning citizens' develop apps and initiatives to reduce recidivism.

by Kit O'Connell