“Every day we hear from incarcerated people and their loved ones how poorly this outbreak is being handled and how terrified they are,” writes Decarcerate NOW.
"Any life lost is a loved one lost— a father, son, sister, a mother," said Ms Sheila of DARE, by telephone. "And it’s sad and it’s...
"808 incarcerated people are infected with Covid at the ACI and the number is growing. For nine months, family members, community organizers, public health experts and...
"...our focus is to support the Department of Corrections' leadership, help ensure that there isn't any increase in spread and make sure our inmates and staff...
"They could send people who can go home - send them home, because clearly they can't keep them safe in these walls… The other ting is...
Presently, the number of cases among incarcerated individuals at the ACI, is surging past 570 with nearly 100% of those incarcerated in the Maximum Security building...
Cash bail "is another way of pimping," said Representative Anastasia Williams. "Pimping the poor community, the community of color, the disenfranchised - so the system can...
Dr Jennifer Clarke, the now former medical programs director at the Rhode Island Department of Corrections, added her support to the petition in an affidavit. The...
“Our community members behind bars are extremely vulnerable because we can’t see what’s happening to them. The state thinks that this is a license to abuse...
“Throughout history, forced sterilizations have been used as a means of controlling undesirable populations, immigrants, people of color, poor people, unmarried mothers, the disabled, the mentally...