Coalition to Decarcerate IL

We are working towards abolition and fighting for the rights and dignity of currently incarcerated individuals and their loved ones.

[Coalition to Decarcerate IL @DecarcerateIL_]

We are hiring!!!
🖊️Operations Manager
📣 Community Organizer
📱Social Media Manager

To read the full job descriptions, go to https://t.co/n8W7RC35mO. To apply, send your resume and short letter of interest to [email protected]

[c h r i s o u l a @cd__23]

IDOC always claims to care about people in their custody. Revolting and disgraceful are realistic terms to accurately align with IDOC and their overall severe lack of care and accountability. Another clear example of IDOC “compassion”.😒#WhereAreYouGovPritzker

[Coalition to Decarcerate IL @DecarcerateIL_]

Read our full statement and demands! @GovPritzker
@SoapBoxPO @NRDC @uplcchicago @Final5Campaign

[Coalition to Decarcerate IL @DecarcerateIL_]

“Shawnee water looks grayish, but turns clear after sitting for a while. It smells bad. I only really smell it when in the shower. And tastes like powder," explained a man incarcerated in Shawnee Correctional Center.

@GovPritzker, when will you act? #water4all #prisonwatercrisis

[Coalition to Decarcerate IL @DecarcerateIL_]

📣 Calling out to all community 📣 Save the date! Sunday, April 2nd join us at @BuildCoffee starting at 3:00p for a community action meeting including free food, coalition updates, & community activities💥RSVP at https://t.co/Jif4CaQjw3💥 If you’d like support further, DM us!

[Coalition to Decarcerate IL @DecarcerateIL_]

One year ago today, we lost our dear friend, organizer and coalition member, Lauren Metlock. Please join us in remembering Lauren’s kind heart, bright spirit, and beautiful soul 💜

[Coalition to Decarcerate IL @DecarcerateIL_]

Thread on tonight’s governor debate:

[Chicago Votes Action Fund @ChicagoVotes]

(1 of many!) TONIGHT @GovPritzker and @DarrenBaileyIL are taking the stage to debate one another and earn your vote for Illinois Governor. Tune into the debate at 7pm https://t.co/f63SomGHJq

[Coalition to Decarcerate IL @DecarcerateIL_]

UPDATED FLYER‼️

IDOC IS LYING, PEOPLE ARE DYING!

Join the Coalition to Decarcerate IL for a press conference and rally to demand immediate action to ensure safe water.

🗓 Thursday, August 18th, 10am-10:30am 📍555 W Monroe.

All are welcome to attend.

[c h r i s o u l a @cd__23]

Access to clean drinking water is a basic human right‼️‼️‼️
#WhereAreYouPritzker #DecarcerateNOW

[Coalition to Decarcerate IL @DecarcerateIL_]

IDOC IS LYING, PEOPLE ARE DYING!

Join the Coalition to Decarcerate IL, @uplcchicago, and Equity Legal Services for a press conference and rally to demand immediate action to ensure safe water.

🗓 Thursday, August 18th, 10am-10:30am 📍525 W Monroe.

All are welcome to attend.

[Chicago Votes Action Fund @ChicagoVotes]

RESOURCES FOR FORMERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE‼️

Please share this far and wide! @city_bureau
https://t.co/jQ8rlMkAZL

[Chicago Votes Action Fund @ChicagoVotes]

"IDOC’s care of the elderly was so poor that it constituted elder abuse under Illinois law."

The horrendous healthcare conditions in Illinois prisons are the consequence of a prison system built to lock away, punish, and silence. @ACLUofIL @alan_uplc @uplcchicago @Dentons

[Coalition to Decarcerate IL @DecarcerateIL_]

Mark your calendars for this Sunday! All are welcome to join us at Build Coffee; we’ll be eating, chatting, and filling our cups back up!

[Coalition to Decarcerate IL @DecarcerateIL_]

Come and be in community with us!

When: Sunday, July 24th, 2-6pm.
Where: Build Coffee, 6100 S Blackstone, Chicago
Free food and drinks will be provided!
All are welcome, side dishes are appreciated.

[Illinois Prison Project @ILPrisonProject]

Our Lunch & Learn series is back next Thursday at noon! In this installment, we'll discuss the ongoing problems with commissary in Illinois prisons and ways to help your loved one inside.

🗓: https://t.co/63LdSY2n04

[Coalition to Decarcerate IL @DecarcerateIL_]

PLEASE JOIN US Wednesday, March 23rd at 5pm for this Emergency Briefing and Digital Action!

Zoom Link - https://t.co/EfuCu1ECTQ

We demand humane conditions and releases NOW!

PLEASE SHARE. Press and community are welcome.

[Coalition to Decarcerate IL @DecarcerateIL_]

Take action today - https://t.co/o9RI0HRTp2! Join the Coalition to Decarcerate IL, @RadicalMamas and @CAARPRNow
in demanding immediate mass releases from Illinois prisons and jails and adequate COVID precautions! #CagesDontStopCOVID #FreeThemAll #WhereAreYouPritzker

[Coalition to Decarcerate IL @DecarcerateIL_]

Take action today - https://t.co/o9RI0HAixu.

Join the Coalition to Decarcerate IL, @RadicalMamas and @CAARPRNow in demanding immediate mass releases from Illinois prisons and jails! @GovPritzker

[The Chicago Alliance @CAARPRNow]

COVID is (still!) a Crisis in Illinois Prisons!
Join the @DecarcerateIL_ @RadicalMamas and @CAARPRNow 3:30-4:30 today in demanding immediate mass releases from Illinois prisons and jails.
Tools and more info at https://t.co/6PrccgQiEP