A growing community of formerly incarcerated people & loved ones fighting to end the use of solitary (torture) in Rhode Island. Contact: [email protected]
Rhode Island
Joined April 2022
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Solitary Confinement Tragedies Expose Flaws in Rhode Island’s Prison System
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(1/4) How does mass incarceration affect Rhode Island? How are local organizations working to address human harm and conflict?
Image: Leonard Jefferson, The Survival Dance of the Black Belt, 1980. Courtesy of the artist.
ALT Image description: A young stands in a martial arts stance, his right arm raised to his chin and his left arm raised protectively to his torso. Behind him, grass gives way to a pile of bricks, with a dilapidated bike and door amongst the rubble. Brick and concrete buildings occupy the background, with a glimpse of blue sky and clouds behind them.
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(3/4) Panelists include local artists John Barnes and Leonard Jefferson (whose painting is featured here), Nick Horton from OpenDoors (@OpenDoorsRI) and Raquel Baker from the Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women (@thecouncilus).
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(2/4) Join Africana Studies Assistant Professor Lisa Biggs for a frank discussion with local artists and activists about the state of policing, prisons, and human wellbeing in Rhode Island.
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(4/4) Healing Harm in Rhode Island
Thursday, October 27, 6pm
Martinos Auditorium, Granoff Center for the Creative Arts
154 Angell Street, Providence, RI
Free and open to the public.
#markingtimeartintheageofmassincarceration
Forty Jamestowners came out last night to hear coalition members Eddie Franco speak about his ten years in solitary confinement. This is a statewide fight, this is a human rights issue. jamestownpress.com/articles/…
This self portrait by Billy Sell, on display at the Bell gallery in Providence as part of “Marking Time,”was drawn before he died as part of a hunger strike protesting solitary confinement.
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This is why I stand with community groups like @StopTortureRI @amornetwork @DARE_BtW to honor Hui Lui Ng (known as Jason) who died at the Wyatt Detention Facility and call for the closure of this semi-private prison, where a guard attacked @NeverAgainActn pacifists with a truck – at Pawtucket, RI
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.@GovDanMcKee laughs when asked if he will end solitary confinement in Rhode Island.
He laughed.
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On Ending Solitary Confinement @GovDanMcKee: "That Doesn't Make Sense At All"
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@RIACLU @UnlockTheBoxNow #EndSolitaryConfinement
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"Think about yourself inside of a four-wall box. You go days without showering, you barely eat the food they give you. Once you see yourself, you don’t even look like yourself... It deteriorates you.” themarshallproject.org/2022/…
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While many 14, 15, and 16-year olds are returning to school, others are alone in #solitaryconfinement, in jails & juvenile prisons. This Fall, we’re working with @UnlockTheBoxNow to make sure these kids aren’t forgotten @The_CCLP @CJJRGU @JusticePolicy @cjca_pbs @solitarywatch
Unlock the Box is dedicating the rest of the month to children in solitary confinement; working with @stopsolitary and @The_CCLP to help you understand the devastating impact solitary has on young people and what can be done about it! Stay tuned for what's to come!
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Here in #RhodeIsland we can support @StopTortureRI & @DARE_BtW and push for the passage of the Restrictive Housing Act, H5740/S0395, which would greatly restrict the use of solitary confinement in Rhode Island’s prison facilities.
#EndSolitaryConfinement
#SolitaryIsTorture – at Cranston, RI
“Even if I wanted to seek out human contact by whispering down the hallways, it was hard to find someone in a mentally stable state to talk to for a few minutes here & there. Furthermore, I’d risk getting written up for misconduct.” Solitary is torture.inquirer.com/opinion/comment…
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“Even if I wanted to seek out human contact by whispering down the hallways, it was hard to find someone in a mentally stable state to talk to for a few minutes here & there. Furthermore, I’d risk getting written up for misconduct.” Solitary is torture.inquirer.com/opinion/comment…
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Just got off the phone with a man incarcerated at the ACI here in Rhode Island.
Did you know there are no fans in maximum's segregation unit? If you are put in solitary, you bake in a small room, with no ac, no fans.
@RhodeIslandDOC @DarePVD @OpenDoorsRI
On Monday, we marched in the Cumberland 4th of July parade to raise awareness about solitary confinement in our state. On a day that celebrates "freedom," many of our loved ones and community members remained in their 8x10 cells for 23 hours. We must end torture in RI! ✊🏾
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Solitary by any other name is still solitary confinement. And #SolitaryConfinementIsTorture. We must continue to fight for #TreatmentNotTorture and an end to solitary for all! truthout.org/articles/mental…
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We’re here at City Hall demanding an end to solitary confinement. Solitary is torture and it has no place in our city. Follow along for updates to today’s rally with @nycpa
We'll be tabling all day at Pride tomorrow, right up until the evening parade! Bring a friend and come learn about how LGBTQ+ community members are disproportionately harmed by solitary and our ongoing campaign to end the abusive practice in RI prisons. ✊🏾🌈❤️
ALT LGBTQ+ people are overrepresented in solitary confinement: > In Black and Pink’s survey of 1,118 LGBTQ+ incarcerated people, 85% of respondents had been held in solitary confinement > BIPOC LGBTQ+ incarcerated people are twice as likely to put in solitary compared to white LGBTQ incarcerated people > Transgender people face extremely high rates of harassment and physical and sexual assault, often leading to prison staff placing them in "protective" solitary confinement
ALT Stop by our table to meet coalition members, sign a postcard in support of ending prolonged solitary confinement in RI prisons, and buy a t-shirt created by Leonard Jefferson, one of our formerly incarcerated members!