Freedom of the Press
🎙️ Jeremy Busby, a journalist incarcerated in Texas who has twice written for FPF about the retaliation he has endured for his reporting, recently called into the Project Censored Show from prison to discuss his situation.
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https://www.projectcensored.org/prison-conditions-palestinian-rights/
Freedom of the Press
The inmate response to his journalism “is huge,” Busby said.
His reporting on the “largest” hunger strike in Texas prison history in 2023 “got the media involved” on the outside, which led the state’s prison system to “rewrite the whole entire use of force plan.”
https://www.projectcensored.org/prison-conditions-palestinian-rights/
Freedom of the Press
After Busby’s telephone time expired, Seth Stern added that the discipline he and other journalists face in prison “might be a preview of how the rest of society looks if antispeech authoritarians get their way.”
https://freedom.press/news/incarcerated-journalist-and-fpf-columnist-speaks-out/
Freedom of the Press
Busby also detailed the retaliation he has faced for reporting from prison.
“Over the course of my career, which spans over 20 years, I’ve been subjected to chemical agents, assault, [and] I’ve been placed in solitary confinement multiple times, including now,” he said.
https://www.projectcensored.org/prison-conditions-palestinian-rights/
Freedom of the Press
Alongside Busby, FPF Advocacy Director Seth Stern joined the radio program to talk about the obstacles facing journalists seeking to cover prisons — both from the inside and the outside.
https://freedom.press/news/incarcerated-journalist-and-fpf-columnist-speaks-out
Freedom of the Press
On the call, Busby spoke about the first time he was reprimanded for his journalism.
The warden said “that perimeter fence is to keep the public out of here, and the thing that you're doing is you're allowing the public to have access to here,” he recalled.
https://www.projectcensored.org/prison-conditions-palestinian-rights/
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