PSA. For all those now outraged by the brutal, tortuous, inhumane, & deadly conditions on Rikers, know this: These conditions are consistent in local jails throughout the country. And in these jails, we cage 500k pretrial each year. That's more than total incarceration in India.
In Miami, Anthony Swain-a wheelchair bound paraplegic man who contracted COVID- and dozens of others sued about the horrific conditions in Miami West Detention Complex. Denials of needed treatment, crammed with symptomatic people, disgusting food.
https://twitter.com/ScottHech/status/1263448704796766208?s=20
In PG county, MD jail, anyone positive for COVID put into filthy cells where the walls are covered in feces, mucus, & blood. Uninfected placed on 23 hr lockdown. Federal judge dismissed their sworn declarations as “unhelpful” & not relevant.”
Texas: “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. 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. Thrown in solitary. No calls. Deprived food. Had to order cough drops to numb her hunger. She lost the baby. theappeal.org/pregnant-women…
In Chicago: “The living conditions were deplorable. My husband and 50 other gentlemen shared a common space. So there was really nowhere for him to social distance. So we had to do the best with what we could. Cassandra called 132 time’s. Ignored. He died.
Charles Hobbs was suffocating in a cell of men infected w/ COVID in a Miami jail. Those men tried saving his life. Guards ignored them. He died. Those men bravely spoke out. “I went to sleep w/ tears in my eyes. Grabbing my bible.” These are their voice:
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