“Mom, please call them,” Jane wrote in a letter. I haven’t felt the baby all day.”
A young pregnant woman was caged for months pretrial in Texas. Thrown in solitary. No calls. Deprived food. Had to order cough drops to numb her hunger. She lost the baby. theappeal.org/pregnant-women…
A young pregnant woman was caged for months pretrial in Texas. Thrown in solitary. No calls. Deprived food. Had to order cough drops to numb her hunger. She lost the baby. theappeal.org/pregnant-women…
“Jane’s experience isn’t an anomaly in Texas.”
SheddingLight.in is a digital archive that shares letters & spoken testimonies of people incarcerated during the COVID-19 pandemic who have survived abuse inside the state’s jails. Some have been held pretrial for years:
SheddingLight.in is a digital archive that shares letters & spoken testimonies of people incarcerated during the COVID-19 pandemic who have survived abuse inside the state’s jails. Some have been held pretrial for years:
Horror in Texas: "I have a 5 y/o little girl & a 4 y/o little boy. I've lost the rights to them since in jail." Kdee suffers mental health issues & seizures. Caged a year pretrial. Denied medication. Hogtied. Attempted suicide. This is not okay. Torture.
Valerie in Harris County, TX: “I remember a lady seated in front of me sneezing. Some were even without masks. Plus everyone was sharing the same water fountain. And they stopped giving out soap, only one big bottle which everyone fights over. God bless you all.” 
“In another letter @TxJailProject received Sarah, a pregnant woman caged in Taylor County, wrote she told an officer she was cramping & bleeding. More than 2 hours later, the officer brought her a menstrual pad “to see the blood themselves.”
The officer brought her a Tylenol.”
The officer brought her a Tylenol.”
“Sarah has been losing weight since she arrived at the jail. She filed a grievance with the jail, requesting more food. Response: “We do not issue extra snacks for pregnancy, you receive milk at each meal. No violation of jail standards has occurred.”
“On May 11, Sarah went to the doctor. She was more than seven months pregnant & weighed 179 pounds, two pounds less than when she arrived at the jail, according to her letter.
“They treat me like an animal. I was in handcuffs the whole time.”
“They treat me like an animal. I was in handcuffs the whole time.”
“Isolation, abuse, & medical neglect are rampant inside the state’s jails, according to SheddingLight.in & the @TxJailProject’s collections of letters & recordings. If the Texas legislature expands pretrial incarceration it will only inflict these traumas on more people.”
“Inevitably you find people caged pretrial are going to be among the most vulnerable members of our society. Folks we should be supporting investing in. Mental health treatment, substance use services, education, affordable housing. Instead were literally throwing them in cages.”
LISTEN: Taylor was caged for nearly a year in Denton County, TX jail. She couldn't afford to pay restitution for a minor theft case. She told her probation. So they arrested her. "Roaches on the trays. On our meal cart. Inhumane."
Read the article. Read this thread. Follow @TxJailProject. Explore this digital archive of first-hand accounts of the horrors of Texas pretrial caging. Phone calls. Letters. Pain. Too much cruelty.
Right now: Texas is trying to expand pretrial caging. Sheddinglight.in
Right now: Texas is trying to expand pretrial caging. Sheddinglight.in
Pretrial incarceration has become a potential death sentence, inflicting incalculable pain on Texas communities & families. Last thing in the world Texas should be doing right now is making pretrial caging worse. Sign here to tell Texas lawmakers to stop.
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