Since we are all thinking about carceral conditions in Georgia today, here’s breakfast, lunch and dinner from a state prison there. In case you were wondering what incarceration is like for other people.
BREAKING: The CEO of @Hertz wrote a letter to Puerto Rico‘s representative in Congress stating that Hertz has rewritten its policy to make it abundantly clear that Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory - not a foreign country - & because of that Puerto Rico driver’s licenses are not international IDs they are just as valid as any ID from any state in this union. This news follows the story I first reported last week, where a Puerto Rican man at the New Orleans international airport was denied a rental car because at least two Hertz workers said his license was international. On top of that, the man who recorded the incident, had the police called on him by a Hertz employee who said he can never rent from Hertz again because he recorded the incident. *She was wrong; he can rent from Hertz again*. The police officer who responded to the call was dismissive and rude and is now the subject of an internal investigation by his police department because the customer, Mr. Humberto Marchand, filed a complaint with the @KennerPolice. Following our report, Representative @Jenniffer wrote a letter to Hertz asking for a companywide educational campaign, and she got it.
Lastly: Puerto Ricans are United States citizens. Please share.
A phone call from prison is more than just a phone call — it’s one of the few tethers to the outside. But a high cost forces many low-income families to choose between talking with their loved ones or paying other bills.
A look into the fight for change: https://t.co/J3uL30n86f
@JoshuaPHilll @skyriders1 Republicans are trying to make life so unlivable in red states that Democrats leave for blue states, which would give the GOP more influence in the Senate and on the electoral college.