SOLITARY IS TORTURE IL

[SOLITARY IS TORTURE IL @SOLITARYisT]

1 IN 100 BLACK MEN WILL BE TORTURED WITH 1 YEAR STRAIGHT of SOLITARY BEFORE THE AGE OF 32. UPON RELEASE victims of SOLITARY ARE 129% MORE LIKELY TO COMMIT SUICIDE. 70% MORE LIKELY TO DIE OF HOMICIDE. 24% MORE LIKELY TO DIE OF overdose, & 38% more likely of premature death

[Scott Hechinger @ScottHech]

122,840. This is how many people are trapped in solitary confinement in the U.S. for 22 or more hours on any given day. Let that sink in. A new report just came out. That finally assessed the total numbers of people the US tortures in solitary. A short thread:

[Midwest Books to Prisoners @MidwestBooks2P]

@CookSheriffIL is spreading War on Drugs disinformation to justify escalating attacks against incarcerated people’s right to access discovery to defend themselves as well as the right to books and reading materials. 🧵

[Oakland Abolition & Solidarity @OaklandAboSol]

"In the Pelican Bay SHU, I was prohibited from learning languages -Gaelic, Nahuatl, Swahili- which they associated with prison gangs"

Jennifer, Salinas Valley SP

[Sit with that... To learn, reconnect with pre-colonial languages is automatically deemed a threat or gang code]

[SOLITARY IS TORTURE IL @SOLITARYisT]

@KimKardashian

[Justice for Keith LaMar @FREEKeithLaMar]

AVAILABLE TODAY on all streaming platforms: FREEDOM FIRST—the first-ever album created & released from death row & the culmination of a year+ of composing, writing & recording w/ over 20 pro jazz musicians on two continents!
Get it & Share it! #justiceforkeithlamar @marquesjazz

[SOLITARY IS TORTURE IL @SOLITARYisT]

@KimKardashian

[Justice for Keith LaMar @FREEKeithLaMar]

The countdown to Keith’s proposed execution has begun… He’s innocent. We intend to stop this. Please watch, share & choose a way to get involved.
@_soinformed @DesmondHoward @MarkGodsey3 @ohiojpc @OhStopExecution @DeathPenaltyAct @helenprejean @KimKardashian

[SOLITARY IS TORTURE IL @SOLITARYisT]

@KimKardashian

[Justice for Keith LaMar @FREEKeithLaMar]

“I’m wondering if you hear my voice. Are you hearing me? I’m innocent. I’m about to be murdered for something I didn’t do. If you hear me, please help me if you can. Please hear me.”
—Keith LaMar, Feb 2023 https://t.co/sKGTg1zbeX

[Midwest Books to Prisoners @MidwestBooks2P]

Monitoring the closure of USP Thomson’s torturous SMU unit: all 50 of the ppl we correspond with have already been transferred out, mostly to USP Terre Haute, USP Hazelton, and FTC OKC(but more moves are likely). Congrats all - we can shut them down when we organize and fight.

[SOLITARY IS TORTURE IL @SOLITARYisT]

Rededicate yourself, remain in the highest level in many forms . Replenish yourself, search for an increase in your potency. Join the struggle of those inside. Spread love, practice abolition

[IDOCWatch @IDOCWatch]

Please attend the habeas corpus hearing for long-term Indiana political prisoner Aaron Isby-Israel, who was illegally held in solitary confinement for 28 years and won the precedent-setting lawsuit against Indiana's indefinite solitary regime in 2018!
https://t.co/7bCAaZcCDw

[SOLITARY IS TORTURE IL @SOLITARYisT]

Free Abdul Olugbala Shakur and Joka Heshima Jinsai! Survivors of over 50 years of combined torture by solitary confinement in California prisons.

[Justice for Keith LaMar @FREEKeithLaMar]

URGENT: Call to Action!
Keith LaMar is on Hunger Strike. Call Warden Bowen at [phone] option 8, and demand a working phone so he can communicate with loved ones as he fights his wrongful conviction from Ohio’s death row!

[SOLITARY IS TORTURE IL @SOLITARYisT]

CALL, SHARE, AND FOLLOW @FREEKeithLaMar https://t.co/achY1oR7I0

[Jailhouse Lawyers Speak @JailLawSpeak]

Your calls are urgently needed. Please call to ask that 1. James “Doc” Holiday be released from confinement 2. The prison admin look into the Black prisoners complaints of an openly racist environment allowed and encouraged by prison staff https://t.co/FpnjsxTv7b

[SOLITARY IS TORTURE IL @SOLITARYisT]

From Walpole March 15-May 18th 1973. Prisoners had control of Walpole prison. & were demanding a workers union, minimum wages for prisoners, higher safety standards. Another goal was to exercise self determination, showing the world prisons were unnecessary.

[SOLITARY IS TORTURE IL @SOLITARYisT]

Suicides occur disproportionately more often in segregation units than elsewhere in prison.
https://t.co/Y90aNG65qF https://t.co/X7VJNdwU1m https://t.co/BE9CHHMHPL. The Anthony gay Bill https://t.co/Jd6elaZtBR

[SOLITARY IS TORTURE IL @SOLITARYisT]

Send emails to The heads of IDOC demanding the release of David Starks #N03758 from solitary. Links on solitary https://t.co/P6OsgKikdZ Nearly 1 in 100 black men experienced solitary for a year or longer by age 32
https://t.co/ydlKzzQ6kC