Support the Nationwide Prison Strike on August 21st!
#August21#PrisonStrike
The Boston May Day Coalition will hold a vigil in solidarity with striking prisoners on August 21 @ 6 PM at the Suffolk County Jail (20 Bradston St, Boston, MA 02118). This facility is also used to house prisoners abducted by I.C.E. who have no criminal history. The prisoners want humane living conditions, access to rehabilitation, sentencing reform and the end of modern day slavery. The strike is in response to the prison riot at Lee Correctional Institution in South Carolina, instigated and largely ignored by guards, that took the lives of seven prisoners. These prisoners need our support!
Their demands:
1) Immediate improvements to the conditions of prisons and prison policies that recognize the humanity of imprisoned men and women.
2) An immediate end to prison slavery. All persons imprisoned in any place of detention under United States jurisdiction must be paid the prevailing wage in their state or territory for their labor.
3) The Prison Litigation Reform Act must be rescinded, allowing imprisoned humans a proper channel to address grievances and violations of their rights.
4) The Truth in Sentencing Act and the Sentencing Reform Act must be rescinded so that imprisoned humans have a possibility of rehabilitation and parole. No human shall be sentenced to Death by Incarceration or serve any sentence without the possibility of parole.
5) An immediate end to the racial overcharging, over-sentencing, and parole denials of Black and brown humans. Black humans shall no longer be denied parole because the victim of the crime was white, which is a particular problem in southern states.
6) An immediate end to racist gang enhancement laws targeting Black and brown humans.
7) No imprisoned human shall be denied access to rehabilitation programs at their place of detention because of their label as a violent offender.
8) State prisons must be funded specifically to offer more rehabilitation services.
9) Pell grants must be reinstated in all US states and territories.
10) The voting rights of all confined citizens serving prison sentences, pretrial detainees, and so-called “ex-felons” must be counted. Representation is demanded. All voices count.
#August21#PrisonStrike
The Boston May Day Coalition will hold a vigil in solidarity with striking prisoners on August 21 @ 6 PM at the Suffolk County Jail (20 Bradston St, Boston, MA 02118). This facility is also used to house prisoners abducted by I.C.E. who have no criminal history. The prisoners want humane living conditions, access to rehabilitation, sentencing reform and the end of modern day slavery. The strike is in response to the prison riot at Lee Correctional Institution in South Carolina, instigated and largely ignored by guards, that took the lives of seven prisoners. These prisoners need our support!
Their demands:
1) Immediate improvements to the conditions of prisons and prison policies that recognize the humanity of imprisoned men and women.
2) An immediate end to prison slavery. All persons imprisoned in any place of detention under United States jurisdiction must be paid the prevailing wage in their state or territory for their labor.
3) The Prison Litigation Reform Act must be rescinded, allowing imprisoned humans a proper channel to address grievances and violations of their rights.
4) The Truth in Sentencing Act and the Sentencing Reform Act must be rescinded so that imprisoned humans have a possibility of rehabilitation and parole. No human shall be sentenced to Death by Incarceration or serve any sentence without the possibility of parole.
5) An immediate end to the racial overcharging, over-sentencing, and parole denials of Black and brown humans. Black humans shall no longer be denied parole because the victim of the crime was white, which is a particular problem in southern states.
6) An immediate end to racist gang enhancement laws targeting Black and brown humans.
7) No imprisoned human shall be denied access to rehabilitation programs at their place of detention because of their label as a violent offender.
8) State prisons must be funded specifically to offer more rehabilitation services.
9) Pell grants must be reinstated in all US states and territories.
10) The voting rights of all confined citizens serving prison sentences, pretrial detainees, and so-called “ex-felons” must be counted. Representation is demanded. All voices count.
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