Jennifer ❤️

I’m Jennifer, Advocating for Freddy! After 16 years of incarceration Freddy is home! HELP Freddy rebuild his life! 👇🏼 Click to Donate💕

[Jennifer ❤️ @Freedom4Freddy]

“This is just another way to keep voices on the inside invisible.”
—FREDDY MEDINA, WRITER

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[Chris Gelardi @chrisgelardi]

New York's prison agency is cracking down on incarcerated people's journalism and art. New rules ban:
- depicting prisons in a way that could "jeopardize safety or security";
- mentioning their crime;
- getting paid for their work;
- and more.
https://t.co/Kw0zDnw1Pi

[Jennifer ❤️ @Freedom4Freddy]

“This is just another way to keep voices on the inside invisible.”
—FREDDY MEDINA, WRITER

[New York Focus @nysfocus]

NEW: A new policy blocks incarcerated people from publishing journalism, writing, and art without permission - and forbids them from getting paid.

All depictions of police or prisons "in a manner which could jeopardize safety or security" are now banned.
https://t.co/I3lXifXpkV

[Julia Salazar (@juliasalazar on bluesky) @JuliaSalazar__]

There is not a single person whose incarceration sentence includes depriving them of fresh produce. But DOCCS imposes extrajudicial punishment like this, refusing to even allow family members to send fruits or vegetables to their loved ones like they used to be able to do.

[Empowerment Avenue @EmpowermentAve]

Great piece from Freddy Medina, who is now home from prison and reporting! For @nysfocus, he examines how rising commissary prices, stagnant wages and a package ban are making basic items in NYS prisons inaccessible.

https://t.co/EOI8HLnDFC

[Chris Gelardi @chrisgelardi]

Solid work from Freddy Medina here. Too often, writers with firsthand prison experience are relegated to opinion pages, as if their conviction status somehow strips them of their expertise. Proud that @nysfocus is publishing previously incarcerated writers as reporters.

[Jennifer ❤️ @Freedom4Freddy]

Freddy’s story was published today in @nysfocus bringing light to inflation, wages and banning of packages inside NYS prisons!

https://t.co/UfWyi03LRO

[Jennifer ❤️ @Freedom4Freddy]

Inflation Is Putting Food Out of Reach in New York Prisons By Freddy @nysfocus

https://t.co/UfWyi03LRO

[New York Focus @nysfocus]

New York prisons banned packages mailed from home. Now, skyrocketing food prices and stagnant wages make basic nutrition inaccessible.

“To put it plainly," said the Correctional Association's Sumeet Sharma, "people in the prisons are hungry.”

https://t.co/vriuHWSA2Q

[Release Aging People in Prison Campaign @RAPPcampaign]

BREAKING: Gov. Hochul granted clemency to 13 people. 

Our statement: We celebrate those granted clemency, some of whom are beloved members of the RAPP family. While our hearts break for those who didn't receive good news, we redouble our commitment to fight for their freedom.

[Jennifer ❤️ @Freedom4Freddy]

Freddy will be home very soon 🙏🏼 I started a #GoFundMe to HELP Freddy rebuild his life after being incarcerated for 16yrs👇🏼he’s starting from scratch and doesn’t have much 🥺we appreciate all donations thus far! please retweet or Click to Donate ty 💕

https://t.co/KImNirOdrK

[Jennifer ❤️ @Freedom4Freddy]

Hoping we can make it to $500 before Freddy’s release date next week🙏🏼HELP Freddy rebuild his life after being incarcerated for 17yrs👇🏼he’s starting from scratch and doesn’t have much 🥺please retweet or Click to Donate ty 💕

https://t.co/4CitYMR4eN

[Jennifer ❤️ @Freedom4Freddy]

Hoping we can make it to $500 before Freddy’s release date next week🙏🏼HELP Freddy rebuild his life after being incarcerated for 17yrs👇🏼he’s starting from scratch and doesn’t have much 🥺please retweet or Click to Donate ty 💕

https://t.co/4CitYMR4eN

[Jennifer ❤️ @Freedom4Freddy]

Freddy will be home next week😍🙏🏼 we are $50 away from a $500 goal on his #GoFundMe to HELP rebuild his life after being incarcerated for 17yrs👇🏼we appreciate all donations thus far! please retweet or Click to Donate ty 💕

https://t.co/KImNirOdrK

[Jennifer ❤️ @Freedom4Freddy]

Freddy will be home next week😍🙏🏼 we are $50 away from a $500 goal on his #GoFundMe to HELP rebuild his life after being incarcerated for 17yrs👇🏼we appreciate all donations thus far! please retweet or Click to Donate ty 💕

https://t.co/KImNirOdrK

[Jennifer ❤️ @Freedom4Freddy]

In a few weeks Freddy will be home🙏🏼 I started a #GoFundMe to HELP Freddy rebuild his life after being incarcerated for 16yrs👇🏼he’s starting from scratch and doesn’t have much 🥺we appreciate all donations thus far! please retweet or Click to Donate ty 💕

https://t.co/KImNirOdrK

[Jennifer ❤️ @Freedom4Freddy]

Freddy’s coming home this month 🥳🥰🙏🏼

[Jennifer ❤️ @Freedom4Freddy]

Hoping we can make it to $500 before Freddy’s release date in a few weeks 🙏🏼HELP Freddy rebuild his life after being incarcerated for 16yrs👇🏼he’s starting from scratch and doesn’t have much 🥺please retweet or Click to Donate ty 💕

https://t.co/KImNirOdrK

[Emily Nonko @EmilyNonko]

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