What you need to know about the 2018 Prison Strike – Prison Talk 17.1

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Prison Strike 2018

End Prison Slavery with two prisoners looking out and one holding a banner that says “strike.”

Rebels incarcerated in prisons across the nation declare a nationwide strike in response to the riot in Lee Correctional Institution, a maximum security prison in South Carolina.

Seven comrades lost their lives when prison officials turned their backs on a riot they provoked. We are demanding humane living conditions, access to rehabilitation, sentencing reform and the end of modern day slavery.

Take Action:
Call for Labor Day Solidarity

Phone Zap Prisons

Write Letters to Prisoners Facing Retaliation

Donate to the strike fund

Endorse the Strike

Learn more:
Day 2 Press Update

Action Roundup of Prison Strike Activity

Original Press Release by Jailhouse Lawyers Speak

Prison Strike Resources
http://sawarimi.org/national-prison-strike

Support the Strike
Educate yourself and others about the strike demands

Read the Prison Strike zine

Listen to interview with Jailhouse Lawyers Speak organizers

Follow #August21 and #prisonstrike on social media

Endorse the strike by emailing your organization’s statement to prisonstrikemedia@gmail.com

Donate to the strike fund
Spread word of the strike both inside and outside – print out stickers, flyers and posters

Organize a phone cluster in preparation for phone zaps

Amplify incarcerated voices via social media using the #August21 and #prisonstrike hashtags

Join or organize a solidarity demo

Demands
Immediate improvements to the conditions of prisons and prison policies that recognize the humanity of imprisoned men and women.

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.

The Prison Litigation Reform Act must be rescinded, allowing imprisoned humans a proper channel to address grievances and violations of their rights.

The Truth in Sentencing Act and the Sentencing Reform Act must be rescinded so that imprisoned humans have a possibility of rehabilitation and parole.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.

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.

An immediate end to racist gang enhancement laws targeting Black and brown humans.

No imprisoned human shall be denied access to rehabilitation programs at their place of detention because of their label as a violent offender.

State prisons must be funded specifically to offer more rehabilitation services.

Pell grants must be reinstated in all US states and territories.

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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