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Sep 30 • 5 tweets • 5 min read
A motion to intervene has been filed on behalf of prisoners in Alabama, citing the failure of ADOC to provide adequate meals, in retaliation to the strike and especially putting the lives of prisoners with medical/dietary needs in severe danger (ALT text below in 🧵)
#ShutDownADOC2022 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, V. IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT C3. Plaintiffs are the subjects of an ongoing Department of JPlaintiffs, this intervention is necessary. 8. Plaintiffs' s
#ShutDownADOC2022 became subjected to limited food provision, both in quantity The complaint holds that "...the conditions at Alabamafrom prisoner-on-prisoner violence and prisoner-on- prisonerreport to their jobs. This strike is a coordinated effort, w
#ShutDownADOC2022 guidelines, parole policies and exploitative practices. The pressure inmates to cease engaging in a peaceful strike doesexception to the standard of three meals per day is designedan inmate (shown below), the dissent from established standa
#ShutDownADOC2022 potatoes and a small portion of canned fruit. Standard. measfood they receive in an attempt to stymie organizing effortsthat some might be delayed. The leadership at Donaldson CorrWHEREFORE, Plaintiff respectfully moves this Court to allow

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Sep 29
Spoke to an Alabama prisoner with knowledge of how strike organizing efforts have taken shape earlier today. He strongly disputed the claims that are circulating that this strike was somehow organized by people on the outside. 🧵
While prisoners are very happy to have support on the outside. This person confirmed that such reports & claims are totally bogus. I'm going to be looking to write something up about this (feel free to hmu outlets if you're looking for a story), but just wanted to clear that up
conversely they did note (to my surprise) that the outside was not organized by the inside. And some on the inside were skeptical of the outside organizers ability to deliver on their part of this, but are so far pleased to see the organizing occurring outside the walls as well
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Sep 29
The demands of prisoners on strike in Alabama comprise a program of decarceration through available legal means #ShutDownADOC2022
They haven't asked for anything that is not actionable or even that goes against available legislative maneuvers by those holding the levers of power. They've demanded changes that would be very simple for the state of Alabama to put in place
Any refusal to do should be understood as a program of deliberate extermination.
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Sep 28
This is a remarkable admission by @ALCorrections. They're admitting that 1) the strike is still underway across most of their prisons 2) #ShutDownADOC2022 has dramatically affected their ability to provide basic food and other services KAY IVEY GOVERNOR September 28, 2022 State of Alabama Departservices given that inmate workers make up a large part of t
I've been doing media support work for prison strikes since 2016. I've never seen an admission like this. As they note, families are worried. As they don't note, prisoners are posting ADOC's pathetic "holiday" meal options which don't meet dietary requirements of many prisoners
The Free Alabama Movement's thesis for years has been that DOCs do not have the labor to operate the prisons without prison labor, at least not for any length of time. We're on day 3 of the strike and already the prison system is basically admitting that thesis is correct.
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Sep 28
One has to laugh at this to keep from crying. In our Journalism for Liberation & Combat series back in the Spring, we talked about this exact framing as a common method of media counterinsurgency New York Times" "Alabama Inmates Strike, DenouncinMarshall Project 2 (Nicole Lews, 8/24/18) Analysis: What's R"Tactics of Pig Media counterinsurgency Between the Vox
it's also funny because while there are some other issues in the article I'm not particularly happy about, the article itself says nothing about questioning the size and scale which is pretty self-evident, and the strike has been confirmed by ADOC & the governor's office
either way though, it's in the New York Times, which now means a lot of outlets will have to step up and follow suit.
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Sep 27
The strike in Alabama prisons is still going strong in Day 2. Free Alabama Movement has confirmed strike still underway at Donaldson, Bibb, Easterling, St. Clair, Fountain, and certainly more facilities (perhaps all) that have not yet been confirmed today
Keep following @FREEALAMOVEMENT for more updates from inside.
Yesterday Governor Kay Ivey's office issued a sneering dismissal of the strikers' reasonable demands for parole & sentencing reforms. Going so far as to put the words "demands" in quotes, & saying they "are unreasonable and would flat out not be welcomed in Alabama"
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Sep 26
What are the demands of the current Alabama prison strike? According to Free Alabama Movement, they are the following: 🧵
1) repeat habitual offender law immediately
2) make the presumptive sentencing retroactive immediately
3) repeal the drive-by shooting statute
4) create a statewide conviction integrity unity
5) mandatory parole criteria that will guarantee parole to all eligible persons who meet the criteria
6) streamlined process for medical furloughs and review of elderly incarcerated individuals for immediate release
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