Tag: immigration
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Hurricane Laura Aftermath: Demand Safety for ICE Detainees
[Last Updated 8/31/2020 4:30PM CST] In the aftermath of the Category 4 Hurricane Laura, we know that incarcerated people in parts of Louisiana and Southeast Texas have been experiencing power outages, water shortages, and other impacts of the hurricane combined with institutional abuse and neglect. Information is slow to get out. If you have a…
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BREAKING: Activists Lock Down GEO Group HQ in Boca Raton, Florida!
BREAKING: Activists Lock Down GEO Group HQ in Boca Raton, Florida! HELP SUPPORT THE BAIL FUND: https://www.everribbon.com/ribbon/view/74891?fbclid=IwAR3H8fFYRkQTnuoO52qCnp-i7qi1zcxF63t4-sdLA7mHGn_0kTQSLiF1yb8 BOCA RATON, FL – Florida based for-profit prison company, GEO Group is again the center of controversy as human rights activists lock down outside their Boca Raton headquarters early Tuesday morning. Activists from a myriad of organizational backgrounds…
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Anti-Prison Protesters Face Jail Time for Holding the DOJ Accountable
Update: 12:00 EST: All charges have been dropped! Anti-Prison Protesters Face Jail Time for Holding the DOJ Accountable For media inquiries, please contact: Katie Nolan 410-960-4979 NOVEMBER 7, 2019 — Five people are in court today after arrests stemming from an October 1, 2019 protest outside of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), when dozens…
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BREAKING: DC Abolition Coalition Blockades U.S.Dept. of Justice Entrances in Protest of Prison Abuses
BREAKING: DC Abolition Coalition Blockades U.S.Dept. of Justice Entrances in Protest of Prison Abuses DONATE TO LEGAL AND MEDICAL FEES FOR THE 5 PEOPLE ARRESTED TODAY: Gofundme.com/DCLocksDownDOJ Date: October 1st, 2019 Location: U.S. Department of Justice UPDATE: 10:20pm EST: All 5 folks arrested have been released. Court Dates TBD. UPDATE 5:00pm EST: The last two…
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Growing a Coalition to Stop The Heat
Merging Movements to Bring Climate Justice, Abolish ICE and End Prison Slavery from our partners at NationInside.org Larry McCollum was supposed to return home to his family after serving a two-year sentence for passing a bad check. Instead, he died of heatstroke in Hutchins State Jail near Dallas, Texas. McCollum spent his last moments trapped…
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