Drawings

Child Imprisonment – John T. Vance
Drawing done by John T. Vance who has been incarcerated for 30 years, since the age of 15. This drawing is meant to depict the absurdity of child imprisonment.

Omar – Ghassan Elashi
A drawing of his young son, Omar.

Untitled – Ghassan Elashi
A letter to his young son, Omar.

Prison Industrial Complex – Todd Hyung Rae Tarselli
Commentary on the industry of incarceration. Developed as part of a political education course. Created using pencil, ash, toothpaste.

Prison Torture – Todd Hyung Rae Tarselli
Art as a political and emotional outlet, using pencil and ash.

The Spirit Lives – Todd Hyung Rae Tarselli
Art as a political and emotional outlet, using pencil and ash.

Bushka – Russell “Maroon” Shoatz
Tracing of photos

Gilded – Russell “Maroon” Shoatz
Tracing of photos

African Women Guardian Angels – Russell “Maroon” Shoatz
Tracing of the Goddess Isis using pen, toothpaste and coffee

Untitled – Marj Na’ja School
These drawings were made by Palestinian children in Marj Na’ja School in Jericho, as they describe their vision of the conditions of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons.

Untitled – Marj Na’ja School
These drawings were made by Palestinian children in Marj Na’ja School in Jericho, as they describe their vision of the conditions of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons.

Untitled – Marj Na’ja School
These drawings were made by Palestinian children in Marj Na’ja School in Jericho, as they describe their vision of the conditions of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons.

Untitled – Marj Na’ja School
These drawings were made by Palestinian children in Marj Na’ja School in Jericho, as they describe their vision of the conditions of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons.

Untitled – Marj Na’ja School
These drawings were made by Palestinian children in Marj Na’ja School in Jericho, as they describe their vision of the conditions of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons.

“Nights must be settled, and chains must be broken.” – Amer Qawasmi et al.
Junaid Prison 1995

Untitled – Abu Jihad Museum
Drawings by Palestinian mother prisoners for their children. Inside the heart, they wrote the names of their children.

Untitled – Yaser Abu Baker
Drawing made by Palestinian prisoner Yaser Abu Bakr, who is serving a three life sentence and 40 years in Israeli prison.

Untitled – Yaser Abu Baker
Drawing made by Palestinian prisoner Yaser Abu Bakr, who is serving a three life sentence and 40 years in Israeli prison.

Untitled – Suhaib Al-Faqeeh
A drawing and a poem by Palestinian prisoner Suhaib Al-Faqeeh as a gift to his mother. He describes his love, admiration, and gratitude to his mother. He wrote, “you are the hopes and dreamers.”

Untitled – Salam Jum’a
This illustration represents Palestinian prisoners’ psychological status inside Israeli prisons and detention centers, counting the days till freedom.

Untitled – Salam Jum’a
This illustration represents the daily struggle of Palestinian children living under the Israeli occupation. The Israeli Occupation Forces systematically arrest Palestinian children within arrest campaigns for collective punishment. Children are subjected to different forms of psychological and physical torture and are not afforded protection.

Untitled – Salam Jum’a
This illustration represents the policy of ill-treatment and medical negligence endured by Palestinian prisoners while in Israeli prisons. Palestinian prisoners are transferred from prison to the hospital while being cuffed and would lay in the hospital bed with hands and feet pinned down and shackled to the bed.

Untitled – Andrea Mims (Fire Inside)
Assorted art pieces that have appeared in the pages of the newsletter since 1996.

Two headed woman – Fire Inside
Assorted art pieces that have appeared in the pages of the newsletter since 1996.

Woman on Mountain – Fire Inside
Assorted art pieces that have appeared in the pages of the newsletter since 1996.

Two Women – Fire Inside
Assorted art pieces that have appeared in the pages of the newsletter since 1996.

Death Mask – Fire Inside
Assorted art pieces that have appeared in the pages of the newsletter since 1996.

Death Behind Bars – Fire Inside
Assorted art pieces that have appeared in the pages of the newsletter since 1996.

Drop LWOP Poster
This poster was made by an incarcerated man at San Quentin prison in solidarity with the DROP LWOP campaign which seeks commutations for all people with this death sentence.

The World Outside – Shukri Abu Baker
Drawn in Terrehaute, Indiana, nicknamed “mini-Guantanamo”.

Incarceration – Shukri Abu Baker

Freedom – Shukri Abu Baker
Drawn in Terrehaute, Indiana, nicknamed “mini-Guantanamo”.

COVID 19 & Preventable Deaths, 2020 – Laura Lutrell
These graphic Comics were created in response to COVID-19 pandemic inside prison.

COVID 19 & Preventable Deaths, 2020 – Laura Lutrell
These graphic Comics were created in response to COVID-19 pandemic inside prison.

Scene from the Intifada – 1989 – Laura Whitehorn
Pen and ink drawing based on photo made while awaiting trial in Washington DC jail.

Palestine Notecard – 1988 – Laura Whitehorn
Drawing made for notecards while awaiting trial.

Rasmea – Marius Mason
Marius, inspired by Rasmea Odeh, produced the cover of the solidarity pamphlet for the 2016 US Prisoner Solidarity Delegation to Palestine.

Prison Gates – Rashid Johnson
Features a quote by Ho Chi Minh, the Vietnamese Communist leader and a principal force behind the Vietnamese independence struggle against French colonial rule and US imperialism.

Isabelita – Alicia Rodríguez Vélez
“Isabel Rosado was a trail blazer and an icon of the liberation struggle. I treasure her visits while I was in prison and our visits after my release. Isabel Rosado is a transcendental figure who graced us with love and tenderness. Her legacy will continue to live on for many generations to come.” Charcoal drawing.