Jeremy Busby

Jeremy Busby is a writer and activist incarcerated in Texas. He is the founder of JoinJeremy, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the works of incarcerated journalists and writers across the country.

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The library is seen through a window during a tour to reveal the recent completion of Phase I of the Rensselaer County Jail in Troy, N.Y. Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. Photo by Lori Van Buren/Albany Times Union via Getty Images)

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Prison-Style Free Speech Censorship Is Coming for the Rest of Us

Jeremy Busby

- Feb. 16

The government wants to make it illegal to possess literature it deems dangerous — a familiar tactic to this incarcerated writer.

Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Brendan Carr appear before the House Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government on oversight of the FCC, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on May 21, 2025. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

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The Latest FCC Censorship Push No One Is Talking About Targets Incarcerated People

Jeremy Busby

- Oct. 3, 2025

Brendan Carr is advancing a plan to choke communications for those of us who use cellphones to expose abuses in prison.

Jeremy Busby

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Prison-Style Free Speech Censorship Is Coming for the Rest of Us

The Latest FCC Censorship Push No One Is Talking About Targets Incarcerated People

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