Ella Fassler is an independent writer, researcher and prison abolitionist.

Labor
Unpaid Prison Barber Made to Work During Covid Says, “We Aren’t Properly Disinfecting Anything”
Ella Fassler

Feature
For Incarcerated Workers, Summer Heat Can Be a Death Sentence
Incarcerated workers are subject to cruel--and dangerously hot--conditions in the summer. This will only worsen with climate change.
Ella Fassler

Labor
For Incarcerated Workers, Summer Heat Can Be a Death Sentence
Ella Fassler
Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
Freelance contributors are essential to the quality and success of In These Times and independent media, and this agreement is one way to demonstrate their value to our publication and our commitment to transparency.
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