BEYOND TRENCHES

Beyond Trenches (fka Black Inmate Commissary Fund) offers direct aid + programs throughout the South for those affected by mass incarceration.

[BEYOND TRENCHES @BlackInmateFund]

What is The Black Inmate Commissary Fund (BICF)?

Look below for a thread of our programs, updates, resources, and links.

[The Marshall Project @MarshallProj]

🚨 We're hiring!

• Audience Director
• Executive Assistant
• Senior Editor
• Senior Editor, Investigative

See full details, including salary range, benefits and more, and apply ⬇️ https://t.co/OLXyLHNAgm

[Harriet’s Dreams @HarrietsDreams]

It’s not to late to register and attend a conversation around @dreanyc123 book #NoMorePolice at 6:30pm. Link to register: https://t.co/xPi1E2M3ay

[Maxwell Alejandro Frost @MaxwellFrostFL]

I am Congressman-Elect Maxwell Alejandro Frost and I will be the first member of Generation-Z in the United States Congress.

WE MADE HISTORY!!! Don’t count young people out.

[RailroadedUnderground @RailroadUnderg1]

To clarify, my roommate was sentenced to life under the 3 strikes law for petty theft. His first two offenses were not rape or murder like some folks suggest. It’s funny ppl rather believe this isn’t true than to face the fact America incarcerates over 2 million of our own ppl.

[RailroadedUnderground @RailroadUnderg1]

If we want folks to safely and meaningfully reenter society, we must give incarcerated folks access to cellphones and teach them how to use a phone to navigate our world today. Let’s be honest, most of us out here can’t even walk down the street without GPS on our phones.

[RailroadedUnderground @RailroadUnderg1]

We currently pigeonhole incarcerated folks to either, break the rules by using a cellphone and be ready to reenter society, or don’t break the rules and struggle when you’re free.

[RailroadedUnderground @RailroadUnderg1]

Prisons claim to be about rehabilitation yet punishes you if you learn how to use one the most important tools to be a human in todays modern society - a cell phone.

[RailroadedUnderground @RailroadUnderg1]

I only served 10 years compared to my roommate’s 27. Even so, when I was released I was still shocked by all of the technological advancements that we consider commonplace today. Like talking TVs. I love telling my TV to go to Netflix.

[RailroadedUnderground @RailroadUnderg1]

He struggles to receive help because he doesn’t know to how text, pick up calls, or listen to a voicemail when he misses a call. When I try to teach him how to use his phone it is extremely overwhelming for him. Keep in mind, he was incarcerated in 1995!!!

[RailroadedUnderground @RailroadUnderg1]

My roommate was recently released after serving 27 years in prison for petty theft. He never broke the rules while inside, so that means he has never used a cellphone. He came home to find out our entire lives exist on this device. 📲🧵

[BEYOND TRENCHES @BlackInmateFund]

#ShutDownADOC2022

[BEYOND TRENCHES @BlackInmateFund]

Mass mobilization of funds for our @BlackInmateFund comrades inside of Alabama Department Of Corrections (ADOC):

[BEYOND TRENCHES @BlackInmateFund]

13,000 incarcerated folks have stopped working inside one of the harshest prisons in the south and they currently only have a 7 day food supply.

$500 feeds one block for one day. We aim to disperse funds to 9 blocks.

$BeyondTrenches on cashapp, @/blackinmatesmatter on Venmo.

[BEYOND TRENCHES @BlackInmateFund]

Join Black Trans Lives Thrive and help us get up to $500 in extra funds! We're getting $100 for every 10 new members that join and make a recurring donation in June. https://t.co/L3gyI9xQWI

[Qasim Rashid, Esq. @QasimRashid]

Most of you have heard of Crystal Mason, the Black Texas woman sentenced to 5 years prison for inadvertently voting. Her vote never counted, but she was sentenced anyway.

Meanwhile white MAGA voters are getting off w/wrist slaps.

A thread on the systemic racism behind this:

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[Atlanta Jail Support @jail_support]

One protester was arrested for no apparent reason at the #StopCopCity protest this evening. Cops were on-edge, looking for excuses to harass people. If you see anyone targeted when leaving a protest, document it and get in touch!

Donate toward bail at https://t.co/T3Ha7BuxjX

[Saxapahaw Prison Books @SaxapahawB]

We received such amazing books from @Shrineonline this weekend! Church members donated from their libraries and Aminka curated an amazing list of titles! People inside are going to get joy and knowledge. Many thanks @BlackInmateFund for making this happen!

[☀️👀 @zei_squirrel]

"shoplifting is the worst form of theft and no one is doing anything about it!!!"