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BREAKING: In a front page, NY Times exposé published this morning, @NYGovCuomo’s administration admits that New York has no plan to follow CDC guidelines and vaccinate incarcerated people in state prison.
The story features RAPP Leader Theresa.
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The story features RAPP Leader Theresa.
nytimes.com/2021/01/26/nyr… 1/
“I’m afraid that by the time they offer this vaccine and get the education around it, it’ll be too late for [my husband].” - Theresa Grady, whose incarcerated husband is 66 years old with underlying health issues. 2/
Our statement in response to the story:
New York must listen to public health experts, ensure that incarcerated people have access to the vaccine, and decarcerate our prisons.
#ClemencyNow #ParoleJusticeNY
New York must listen to public health experts, ensure that incarcerated people have access to the vaccine, and decarcerate our prisons.
#ClemencyNow #ParoleJusticeNY
The university which prides itself on serving communities of color should not be investing in the exploitation of our communities. It is time for CUNY administration to cut ties w/ Corcraft, divest from prisons, and support the call for #ClemencyNow
Tinyurl.com/CUNYDivestFrom…
Tinyurl.com/CUNYDivestFrom…
Link to read the full open letter penned to @ChancellorCUNY, CUNY Board of Trustees and @NYGovCuomo in petition above and here: docs.google.com/document/d/1y_…
"CUNY’s endowment has over $275,000 worth of investments in the private prison industry; funding corporations such as Geo Group, Inc., the Corrections Corporation of America, Aramark, and G4S"
1/A coalition of immigrant's rights organizations have called for a virtual press conference & rally today, 12:30pmEST
💥ICE Wants to Deport Shakoure, A U.S. Citizen!💥
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💥ICE Wants to Deport Shakoure, A U.S. Citizen!💥
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2/134 days in ICE Jail & Shakoure's U.S. citizenship STILL denied. Last week's hearing was contentious. Vital records from several agencies have still not been received by his attorney. Without these records, nothing moves forward and he sits in jail day after day. #FreeShakoure
3/Help us free Shakoure before ICE manages to deport him to a country he has never even visited.
Now, more than ever, we must work together for justice and freedom.
#FreeShakoure
@NYGovCuomo
We demand, #clemencynow
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Now, more than ever, we must work together for justice and freedom.
#FreeShakoure
@NYGovCuomo
We demand, #clemencynow
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Welcome to the S&P 30 Days Challenge #TowardAbolition! Take 2 actions every day until July 4 in solidarity with communities everywhere resisting fascism, state violence, gender-based violence and racial capitalism! Use #TowardAbolition to let us know you're participating.
DAY 1 Action 1 #TowardAbolition
Support @supporthosechi #FreeLeLe campaign! In honor of #PRIDE and #IWD2020, let’s get #AlishaWalker free. "LeLe" is a Black sex worker who was criminalized for self-defense against sexual violence.
Toolkit w/ directions: bit.ly/AlishaAdvocate
Support @supporthosechi #FreeLeLe campaign! In honor of #PRIDE and #IWD2020, let’s get #AlishaWalker free. "LeLe" is a Black sex worker who was criminalized for self-defense against sexual violence.
Toolkit w/ directions: bit.ly/AlishaAdvocate
Like many, Alisha Walker is being punished, criminalized for surviving. There are countless others just like her.
Use: bit.ly/AlishaAdvocate for numbers, sample tweets, scripts & call/email/fax/bombard @GovPritzker to demand he #FreeLeLe #FreeThemAll!
#TowardAbolition
Use: bit.ly/AlishaAdvocate for numbers, sample tweets, scripts & call/email/fax/bombard @GovPritzker to demand he #FreeLeLe #FreeThemAll!
#TowardAbolition
UPDATE: Today, Cuomo was asked specifically about Alec Baldwin’s call to use his clemency power to release more people. His smug response is a page out of the Willie Horton playbook: “How about if they’re violent & they just started their sentence.”
Here’s video of Cuomo responding to Alec Baldwin. The reporter pressed Cuomo that Baldwin was talking about elderly, pregnant women, vulnerable, & those in last year of sentence. Cuomo’s dodge: “We’re already doing that.” But, he is not already doing that.
The reality of Cuomo's inaction:
40k+ caged in Cuomo’s jails/prisons w/ no ability to social distance
5k+ serving time on technical (non-crime) parole violations
7k+ people set to be released w/n 1 year
6k+ clemency petitions gathering dust on his desk
< 1% of elders released
40k+ caged in Cuomo’s jails/prisons w/ no ability to social distance
5k+ serving time on technical (non-crime) parole violations
7k+ people set to be released w/n 1 year
6k+ clemency petitions gathering dust on his desk
< 1% of elders released
WOW. Just received. A powerful video message from Alec Baldwin to @NYGovCuomo: "As the pandemic spreads, public health, safety, & basic moral decency demand you use your power to issue clemency to the most vulnerable & reduce the overall population of state jails & prisons.”
“This is a difficult time for NYC, for our state, & entire world. I wish everyone good health. That includes people in prisons, jails, & immigration detention, where social distancing & proper hygiene are simply not possible & countless people are at risk of illness and death.”
“This message is for Andrew Cuomo.” Prisons are breeding grounds for the spread of coronavirus, infecting incarcerated people, officers, families, & the public at large. @NYGovCuomo must save lives by granting #ClemencyNow & reducing the prison population.cuomoletthemgo.com/demands
