Communities Not Prisons

We are here to demand #nonewprisons in Alabama. Our people deserve better than endless expansions of a violent, racist system of mass incarceration.

[Communities Not Prisons @CommsNotPrisons]

New prisons will not keep us safe, inside or outside of them. Think of how much good the ARP funds could do if allocated to schools, healthcare, housing, etc. Let's not waste them. https://t.co/wYCjvf6MRy #nonewprisons #classroomsnotcages

[NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact]

Alabama is using $400 million of its federal COVID-19 funds to construct a new prison as the virus continues to ravage the state

[Communities Not Prisons @CommsNotPrisons]

Even the federal government knows that the state's recently approved plan for prison construction will not address the real issues of abuse and neglect within Alabama prisons. https://t.co/ieBXKnN7ze #NoMorePrisons #nonewprisons #AmericanRescuePlan #covidrelief

[Communities Not Prisons @CommsNotPrisons]

We defeated the first plan and we'll take down every plan they throw at us because we deserve better than mass incarceration. Create more humane conditions within the prisons while decreasing the prison population. Now that's a plan worth funding!
https://t.co/4jyQH1Nort

[Communities Not Prisons @CommsNotPrisons]

The primary reason AL is facing a crisis in its prisons, a lawsuit from the DOJ, and a continuous cycle of Alabamians who have been destabilized is because the Legislature continues to ignore root causes of crime and violence.

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[Communities Not Prisons @CommsNotPrisons]

Gov. Ivey hasn't given up on new prisons. We have to get the word out to Alabamians across the state to contact their leaders and demand alternatives to more incarceration.
Phone bank (every other Tuesday): https://t.co/A9Pvaiy16A
Canvass:
https://t.co/VOCxBQr6eK

[Communities Not Prisons @CommsNotPrisons]

We're glad to have SURJ as a coalition partner. To get involved with racial justice work in Alabama, you can join the SURJ Alabama monthly meeting THIS EVENING. You can register for that one, and all future SURJ Alabama meetings here. https://t.co/K9ufm1LNLO

[Communities Not Prisons @CommsNotPrisons]

We asked Stifel's CEO and board to withdraw from facilitating the construction of massive new prisons in Alabama. Unfortunately, they still have not done so. We invite you to make that request alongside us by sending them an email using this link!

https://t.co/Icwr3Lbymy

[Communities Not Prisons @CommsNotPrisons]

Leslie Ogburn, a homeowner near the proposed prison site, and prisoner rights activist Rev. Kenny Glasgow, along with the state auditor and an Alabama legislator, have filed a lawsuit against Gov. Ivey for signing prison leases without proper approval.
https://t.co/Qvghy7aejA

[Communities Not Prisons @CommsNotPrisons]

3 funders down, 1 more to go! Check out this phone zap to tell @Stifel bank they're on the wrong side https://t.co/8xotZWvuO6 #nomoreprisons

[Candide Group @CandideGroup]

They want more prisons, we the people said no. Celebrating this historic win with activists & #impactinvestors like @CommsNotPrisons @alagainstprison, @WorthRises, @PresenteOrg, @FightXPrisons, @svcimpact, @adasina_ & so many more we're honored to be fighting the good fight with

[Communities Not Prisons @CommsNotPrisons]

ACTION ALERT: PHONE ZAP
We need your help tomorrow 4/22 to let the 1 remaining bank know they're gonna hear from us until they back out of this deal. Funding incarceration is just wrong and we won't tolerate it! #nomoreprisons
https://t.co/8xotZWvuO6

[Communities Not Prisons @CommsNotPrisons]

One bank, Stifel, has yet to make a formal statement on their funding for CoreCivic’s prison construction project in Alabama. The other 2 banks, KeyBank and Barclays, have backed out of the deal- tell Stifel to do the same! #nofundingforprisons https://t.co/RZJKU18eQb

[Communities Not Prisons @CommsNotPrisons]

3/3 It's gonna take a bit more work to make sure the Governor and ADOC don't EVER get this project off the ground so please take a moment to share this wonderful news and donate to support our work. A better world is possible, and it's on its way.
https://t.co/olnetWWSbn...

[Communities Not Prisons @CommsNotPrisons]

1/3 WHAT A WAY TO START THE WEEK! WE WON!!!
Barclays and KeyBank, 2 of the 3 banks involved in funding the proposed prison expansion, have backed out of the deal, reinforcing what we've always known- when we organize, we win!

[Communities Not Prisons @CommsNotPrisons]

2/3 Huge shout out to the residents, students, landowners, activists, and community leaders who worked so hard for the last year to make this success possible.

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[Communities Not Prisons @CommsNotPrisons]

ACTION: Big banks are trying to raise money around the world to build private prisons in rural Alabama. Use this platform to tell these investors that we don't want their prisons! https://t.co/RZJKU18eQb

[Communities Not Prisons @CommsNotPrisons]

JOIN US IN A CARAVAN FOR JUSTICE. Saturday, March 27, in Montgomery. Alabama's elected officials need to know that we demand better, and that we're not going anywhere. #alpolitics

You can find the Facebook Event here: https://t.co/CMLs3oHb2I

[Communities Not Prisons @CommsNotPrisons]

@GovernorKayIvey's plan is a guarantee that #Alabama will continue to violate human rights for decades to come, and a conscious choice NOT to invest in our people. This plan will flush billions down the drain, and we will be left with nothing. That's why we demand: #nonewprisons

[Communities Not Prisons @CommsNotPrisons]

@TheJusticeDept has declared #Alabama's prison system unconstitutional for "cruel and unusual punishment" TWICE since 2019, and have sued the state. They have explicitly said that building new prisons will not solve the crisis. What gives, @GovernorKayIvey? #nonewprisons

[Communities Not Prisons @CommsNotPrisons]

The new prisons proposed for #Alabama are supposedly meant to address overcrowding, but @ALCorrections admits that even the new prisons would be overcrowded on DAY ONE. We need to release people from our overcrowded prisons, not build new ones. #nonewprisons

[The Crimson White @TheCrimsonWhite]

CoreCivic, a private prison company, will break ground in Alabama next year. Regions Bank is funding the effort, and now members of @alagainstprison are calling them out.

https://t.co/3d773KqBD1