Please help us raise funds for Marius’ cats vet bills. Click here to donate Peace is the sweetest of the five cats Marius had to leave behind. He was born with a neurological problem, most likely caused by an infection…
Seen This Before (new poem by Marius)
Seen This Before Once on a snowy Detroit street, I saw a dog I knew Crouched, tail-tucked and teeth-bared, Freezing and arrested in the the road The Pound’s truck parked Engine running, door flung open And a man in uniform,…
Carswell Holiday Show Report Back
This past December Marius and two other prisoners on his unit, wrote and performed a puppet show. The show was performed for Admin Unit prisoners and staff and was based off of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Marius said the show…
Melomys Rubicola. . .Good Night
The story is a sad one. This tiny mammal, Melomys Rubicola, used to live on a little island in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. It was the only place in the world where they lived, but they could not survive the…
Statement from Marius Mason for Jan. 22 Events in Solidarity With Trans Prisoners
Below is a letter from Marius. Please read at your January 22nd events and distribute widely. Dear Family and Friends, This has been a strange and intense year, both for me personally and for so many others as this world…
Lou Sullivan painting
Lou Sullivan was an organizer, an advocate for civil rights for both the gay and trans communities – and an unabashed commentator when the two communities refused to have each other’s backs and emphasized points of divergence rather than their…
Dec. 10 International Human Rights Day
Strike Mail Rejected
News: Carswell is rejecting all mail mentioning the National Prison Strike. Any mail sent to Marius about the strike, letters or news articles, will likely be destroyed or returned as “correspondence that threatens the security and orderly running of the institution.”…
Pangolin: new painting by Marius
The new 17th Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is addressing the endangered status of pangolins by banning the trade that is driving their extinction. They’re an amazing animal with an fantastical appearance…
“Netting Vaquitas” by Marius Mason
“MEXICO: An effort to save the critically endangered vaquita porpoise is being helped by banning the use of gill nets in all waters where it is found. The vaquita (‘little cow’ in Spanish) lives only in the northern part of the…