Kristen Burgess

Wife. Mama. Love babies. Passionate about building families and communities. Passionate about justice that restores and heals.

[Kristen Burgess @ksburgess]

@ChrisGautz @beeanne @WLNS It could be that they’ve figured out that you aren’t exactly trustworthy when it comes to telling the truth about what’s going on in the MDOC. Sugar-coating and gaslighting leave a bad impression.

[Kristen Burgess @ksburgess]

#LetMiPeopleGo Those in prison and their families count as Michiganders, too, @GovWhitmer @LtGovGilchrist

[Kristin Palm @kpalm313]

In #Michigan, 5,331 prisoners have COVID, 89 died incl. 5 this week. @GovWhitmer Michiganders have had your back. Now we ask that you stand up for our friends & loved ones. They're Michiganders too.

[Joshua B. Hoe @JoshuaBHoe]

Thank you everyone.....we were trending several times...but most important, it was incredible to help share what is happening in Michigan prisons with all of your help!!!

Thank you
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#LetMiPeopleGo

[Kristen Burgess @ksburgess]

@GovWhitmer @LtGovGilchrist please read this as "Michigan sentences FAMILIES 40% longer than other states, on average, with no ability to earn good time." Children are suffering massive damage due to mass incarceration #LetMiPeopleGo

[MIJusticeAdvocacyOrg @MIJustadvocacy]

Michigan sentences people to 40% longer than other states, on average, with no ability to earn good time.

We also have over 3,000 people locked down 23+ hours per day. And in some of the prisons all they get for a meal is a sandwich, cookie and a cup of Kool-aid

@GovWhitmer

[MI Criminal Justice @AFSCMICJProgram]

#letmipeoplego How many friends have you lost @GovWhitmer

[Wholeness Engineers @WholenessEng]

Troy Chapman, 60-90 yr sentence, a rehab success by even .@MichiganDOC stds, trouble breathing for weeks, neg test results with ANOTHER INMATE'S bdate and ID on them - .@GovWhitmer when will you #freethemall4publichealth? #letmipeoplego

[KathieGourlay @KathieGourlay]

#LetMIPeopleGO @HeidiWashington @GovWhitmer Review all people serving parolable life sentences who have served 15 or more years. Presumption of parole for those receiving high probability of success on standard evaluations.

[Kristen Burgess @ksburgess]

People in prison are eating preschool-sized portions of what equates to dog food. Rotting potatoes and milk, disgusting mystery sludge. It's cruel and appalling. @GovWhitmer maybe you should dine a la MDOC to see what it's like? #LetMiPeopleGo

[Kristen Burgess @ksburgess]

Will you lock up tens of thousands for the idiocy of a few? These are our mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, daughters, sons - they had nothing to do with this matter. @GovWhitmer is endangering countless Michigan communities - prisons are overrun with COVID. #LetMiPeopleGo

[Joshua B. Hoe @JoshuaBHoe]

A few other people have said people should stay locked up because @GovWhitmer has been threatened with kidnapping

These have NOTHING to do with each other...we are asking for particular demands, including aged and infirm people getting a chance at release

#LetMIPeopl

[Kristen Burgess @ksburgess]

Yes - @GovWhitmer the MDOC breaks the backs of prison families to get their greedy fingers on millions in kickbacks for phone calls. Who is paying for that? Inheritances and futures stolen from our children to fund your plague-ridden prisons #LetMiPeopleGo

[KathieGourlay @KathieGourlay]

#LetMIPeopleGO @HeidiWashington Provide free phone calls for people in prison and their communities. End the special equipment fund that is included in the cost of phone calls.

[Sophie Ordway @SophieOrdway]

Don't let the advocacy end here. We need to keep fighting until @GovWhitmer @HeidiWashington @LtGovGilchrist @Michiganhhs listen to us and respond. #LetMiPeopleGo

[Kristen Burgess @ksburgess]

Children do not deserve the overly-harsh sentences most Michigan families endure. The trauma of an incarcerated parent is EQUAL to abuse and neglect. Yet now you've created a death sentence for many moms & dads... #letmipeoplego

[Kristen Burgess @ksburgess]

@GovWhitmer @HeidiWashington you are holding sick people in cages, continuing to move people around to spread infection, and letting plague run rampant through communities across the state. Step up, stand out, and #letmipeoplego

[R Monts @roddm1]

“The Central Michigan Correctional Facility also has 135 staff members that have tested positive for the virus” #LetMIPeopleGo #FreeThemAll. https://t.co/TtA0Y0zAPH

[Kristen Burgess @ksburgess]

You let them out because you're paying billions of dollars for long sentences that do not result in any public safety gains. Because they're humans who made mistakes and have families that do not want them dead. You let them out because second chances matter. #letmipeoplego

[Joshua B. Hoe @JoshuaBHoe]

I keep seeing random people troll with things like "why would you let people out"

We have posted evidence from multiple peer-reviewed experts and from the National Academy of Sciences explaining why.....come on people...at least try to keep up?

#LetMIPeopleGO

[Kristen Burgess @ksburgess]

@LtGovGilchrist @GovWhitmer - please, care about our families. We do not deserve a family death by MDOC. #letmipeoplego

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@oddgreywolf It is too old if you die in prison from COVID when you were not sentenced to a death in prison. I dont want to start over @GovWhitmer @LtGovGilchrist #LetMiPeopleGo #MIprisonreform @shaunking @akhan1437 @KevinARing

[Kristen Burgess @ksburgess]

@GovWhitmer you have allowed strongholds of disease to fester in prisons all across Michigan. How many deaths can be attributed to plague festering around our trapped fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, sons and daughters? #letmipeoplego

[Audrey @audpall]

@GovWhitmer Enough is enough! Prisons are making the pandemic worse. Time to #LetMIPeopleGo

[MI Criminal Justice @AFSCMICJProgram]

People we have loved for years have gotten sick.They have watched their friends fall ill and die.They have been exposed to even more gruesome trauma. #LetMiPeopleGo @GovWhitmer give a damn, please. The voting block is shifting. What you do now will define your political future.

[Kristen Burgess @ksburgess]

Dangerously understaffed, obnoxiously oversentenced, impossibly overcrowded... and now death by plague. Cruel and unusual punishment. Step up @GovWhitmer - our loved ones are dying every day while you and @HeidiWashington stay silent. #letmipeoplego

[KathieGourlay @KathieGourlay]

#LetMIPeopleGo Prisons are often overcrowded. Michigan prisons are. When the Michigan prison population declines, prisons are closed rather than using the space as it was originally.

[Sophie Ordway @SophieOrdway]

It is IMPOSSIBLE to social distance in prison @GovWhitmer @HeidiWashington @LtGovGilchrist Do Something!

“The conditions and characteristics of correctional facilities...accelerates transmission of the novel coronavirus”

#LetMIPeopleGo #FreeThemAll

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