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Reading sworn declarations from people caged in Metro West Detention Center in Miami. All derailing a man named Charles Hobbs. Abandoned by guards and locked in a COVID-19 quarantine chamber as he struggled to breathe & they banged on the doors. He’s dead now. More soon.
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TAKE ACTION: We need your help to pressure local and state governments to do the right thing and release people from jails and prisons, allowing them to safely quarantine and social distance in their homes. secure.everyaction.com/wQ-Qmpj6HU60xT…
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For the last several weeks I’ve been hearing from people locked up & their family, friends, & communities. In places like Miami, Houston, Michigan, & NY. Bearing witness. Sharing experience. Fear. Somehow hope. Tonight, you’ll get to hear from some. In an unexpected way. More:
In partnership w/ defenders, organizers, advocates, activists, & artists, people directly impacted by this cruel, unhealthy system we call “justice” started the process of documenting powerful witness statements. Audio. Video selfies. Letters. They’re taking a risk to be heard.
Working w/ local & national journalists to get these stories out. Soon launching a site called “Hear Us” to direct outrage into local demands & action calling on those in power to stop ignoring human suffering and do something to save lives. Tonight there is a special event.
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Today, a federal appeals court ruled that the Miami jail that killed Charles Hobbs would "suffer irreparable injury" if it was forced to supply each person incarcerated w. soap & disinfectant. Overturned a lower court's decision that required basic humanity & health. Despicable.
Here is the decision. I feel sick. media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/f…
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This is Susan Farrell. The first woman to die of COVID in Michigan prison. She was 74. Served over 30 years for allegedly killing her husband, who sexually & physically abused her. Just heard from her bunkmate, who alerted guards. They put her in solitary for it. It's even worse:
They let Susan Farrell seize in cell for 45 minutes w the bunkmate screaming for someone and watching her die before healthcare came. Then they cuffed the bunkie, brought her to the command center, then stripped her down and put her in "bam-bam" for 3 full days. What is bam-bam?
The punishment for screaming for help for a dying woman was bam-bam. An extreme form of solitary. "Solitary with 0 property, the lights on the entire time and a camera rolling, a Prison Observation Aide coming by every 15 minutes, and essentially nothing at all in the room."
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