Thread by @LambdaLegal

📢 ACTION ALERT!
(THREAD)

#COVID19 cases are spreading at San Quentin Prison after a recent transfer. In the midst this, trans people have been abruptly denied access to their regular hormones for over a month.

#StopSanQuentinOutbreak #EmergencyReleaseNow

There is no safe way to social distance while living behind bars in an overcrowded prison. How do you control a pandemic inside a prison?

✔️ Provide access to adequate testing

✔️ #EmergencyReleaseNow: Mass release incarcerated people

#StopSanQuentinOutbreak

AND DENYING HORMONES IS DANGEROUS! Physically, mentally, emotionally. Trans women at men's prisons are amongst our most vulnerable. Their emergency releases & access to hormones must be urgently addressed.

#StopSanQuentinOutbreak

📧 WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP

EMAIL (personalize if you can):
✖️ Amy Miller: [e-mail]
✖️ Clark Kelso: [e-mail]
✖️ Joseph Bick: [e-mail]

Sample script in thread.

#StopSanQuentinOutbreak

SCRIPT (pt 1):

"My name is _______ and I'm writing to demand that transgender people at San Quentin be prioritized for emergency releases and be given access to their hormones ASAP. Cutting off access to hormones is dangerous and destabilizing." (cont.)

#StopSanQuentinOutbreak

SCRIPT (pt 2):

"Transgender women at men's prisons are amongst our most vulnerable community members and these issues must be urgently addressed."

(Remember: personalize your email if you can!)

#StopSanQuentinOutbreak

There are 2,300+ #COVID19 cases recorded in the CA prison system recorded. How many more were refused testing to reduce these numbers? How many more will face #DeathByIncarceration during this pandemic? #StopSanQuentinOutbreak