Tag Archives: #CruelAndUnusual

.@GovRonDeSantis: To reduce contraband and restore peace, please issue an Executive Order undoing tobacco ban within @FL_Corrections

In 2001, I merely wanted to get out from under a dangerous “husband” in Brevard County, Florida without losing everything I’d ever worked for or had been gifted with. (A contract achieved by fraud is illegitimate.) In researching some of … Continue reading

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COURT FINDS SYSTEMIC CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS BY CALIFORNIA DEPT OF CORRECTIONS

Originally posted on Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity:
Extends Settlement to End Indefinite Solitary Confinement in California January 28, 2019, Eureka – Late Friday, a federal judge found that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is systemically violating the…

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Justice for some living Louisiana inmates, but no justice for Florida inmates, living or dead. Fix this, .@TheJusticeDept.

The most harrowing part of advocating for Florida’s incarcerated innocents is knowing how deadly our lockups have become while Rick Scott has been our Governor. There is every form of abuse and neglect imaginable going on, including officer-on-inmate homicides. Per … Continue reading

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From Cornwall, with consternation … [updated]

  Frank Lee Smith died screaming from inadequate pain management for cancer on Florida’s death row. Months later, he was posthumously exonerated. Jeffrey Srang received inappropriate care for his cancer within Florida’s prison system. He was released early – under … Continue reading

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No one deserves to die the way Larry Mark did in a #LoveFL lockup. No one.

Prisoner kills cellmate, heads to chow hall with victim’s ear on a necklace, sources say Read more here: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/special-reports/florida-prisons/article218386225.html#storylink=cpy Aubrey Land, a former inspector with the Florida prison system, said that gangs are controlling many of the state’s 50 prisons. … Continue reading

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.@GovernorVA: Don’t transfer activist inmate Kevin #Rashid Johnson again

Rashid Threatened with Transfer — Hearing on Sept 10th — BLOCK THE PHONES! We have learned that the Virginia Department of Corrections is planning to hold a hearing Monday September 10th, to have Rashid transferred out of state yet again. … Continue reading

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.@GovernorKayIvey: You got mail.

When I briefly co-managed a campground in Northern California, I spent a lot of time on the computer – tracking registrations, automating the bookkeeping, creating brochures. I was new to California, and spent time off the computer learning what to … Continue reading

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Please RT to support #OperationPUSH, the @FL_Corrections inmate labor strike to end various forms of abuse

Originally posted on Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity:
The Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Coalition stands in solidarity with the Florida Prison Strikers. Stay informed and updated with links below. Please help amplify the striking prisoners’ voices. These are the strikers’ demands…

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PEACEFULLY MARCHING PRISONERS AT MICHIGAN’S KINROSS TEARGASSED, ZIP-TIED, LEFT OUT IN RAIN

Source: PEACEFULLY MARCHING PRISONERS AT MICHIGAN’S KINROSS TEARGASSED, ZIP-TIED, LEFT OUT IN RAIN OCTOBER 9, 2016 Contact: Duncan Tarr, 313-409-8615, mailto:miprisonabolition@gmail.com KINCHELOE, MI – More than two weeks after prisoners at Kinross Correctional Facility participated in a nationwide prison workers’ … Continue reading

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.@GovAbbot: Don’t let Virginia Ghost become a ghost in Texas

San Francisco Bay View » ‘TDCJ placed me in harm’s way because I spoke out in reference to the extreme heat’ Our plea for help The Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the Texas Attorney General’s Office have established a … Continue reading

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