Justice Newzzz
new reports expose that incarcerated COVID patients are still treated horribly; sexual abuse by prison staff is more frequent than we would expect
#metoo behind bars: FCA Dublin now counts four of its prison staff members to be charged with sexual abuse of their incarcerated women. Witness LA (Jan. 19, 2022)
communities not cages: A group of lawmakers, judges, and formerly incarcerated individuals of New York officially introduced three new bills to address mass incarceration. amNY (Jan. 19, 2022)
to read is to be: Prison support organizations and community bookstores across the country battle the prison restrictions and pandemic struggles to send books to incarcerated people. NBC News (Jan. 20, 2022)
food matters: Six food and agriculture organizers discuss the role of resistance, healing, and community in regards to incarceration. - “What does an abolitionist approach to food systems change sound and look like?” Civil Eats (Jan. 17, 2022)
not just a justice work: Rethinking about incarceration and workplace diversity, and how hiring formerly incarcerated individuals could actually be beneficial economically. Forbes (Jan. 20, 2022)
no common sense for the convicted…: When a 70 year old man serving in one of Alabama’s minimum security prisons began having medical issues, the prison staff transferred him to another prison instead of taking him to the hospital, resulting in death. Alabama Political Reporter (Jan. 21, 2022)
the struggle continues in omicron spikes: Four currently incarcerated individuals filed a federal lawsuit when they were given antiparasitic drugs for treating COVID without being told what it was. NPR (Jan. 18, 2022)
turned blind eye: The cruel reality of how often sexual abuses happen in prisons and how often they’re unaddressed. WFYI Indianapolis (Jan. 21, 2022)
not forgotten: Community members and organizers protest against the notorious conditions and violence against women happening in Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility. The Michigan Daily (Jan. 18, 2022)
exposed: Small Alabama town faces lawsuits for aggressive policing for profit, which included “fabricating charges, using racist language and “making up laws” to stack counts on passersby. Advance Local (Jan. 20, 2022)
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