A growing community of formerly incarcerated people & loved ones fighting to end the use of solitary (torture) in Rhode Island. Contact: [email protected]
(1/4) How does mass incarceration affect Rhode Island? How are local organizations working to address human harm and conflict?
Image: Leonard Jefferson, The Survival Dance of the Black Belt, 1980. Courtesy of the artist.
(3/4) Panelists include local artists John Barnes and Leonard Jefferson (whose painting is featured here), Nick Horton from OpenDoors (@OpenDoorsRI) and Raquel Baker from the Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women (@thecouncilus).
(2/4) Join Africana Studies Assistant Professor Lisa Biggs for a frank discussion with local artists and activists about the state of policing, prisons, and human wellbeing in Rhode Island.
(4/4) Healing Harm in Rhode Island
Thursday, October 27, 6pm
Martinos Auditorium, Granoff Center for the Creative Arts
154 Angell Street, Providence, RI
Free and open to the public.
#markingtimeartintheageofmassincarceration
Forty Jamestowners came out last night to hear coalition members Eddie Franco speak about his ten years in solitary confinement. This is a statewide fight, this is a human rights issue. https://t.co/dkfTkhwqep
This self portrait by Billy Sell, on display at the Bell gallery in Providence as part of “Marking Time,”was drawn before he died as part of a hunger strike protesting solitary confinement.
This is why I stand with community groups like @StopTortureRI@amornetwork@DARE_BtW to honor Hui Lui Ng (known as Jason) who died at the Wyatt Detention Facility and call for the closure of this semi-private prison, where a guard attacked @NeverAgainActn pacifists with a truck
"Think about yourself inside of a four-wall box. You go days without showering, you barely eat the food they give you. Once you see yourself, you don’t even look like yourself... It deteriorates you.” https://t.co/XSceg3rrUJ
“Even if I wanted to seek out human contact by whispering down the hallways, it was hard to find someone in a mentally stable state to talk to for a few minutes here & there. Furthermore, I’d risk getting written up for misconduct.” Solitary is torture.https://t.co/ig6j7mUDbW
Just got off the phone with a man incarcerated at the ACI here in Rhode Island.
Did you know there are no fans in maximum's segregation unit? If you are put in solitary, you bake in a small room, with no ac, no fans.
@RhodeIslandDOC@DarePVD@OpenDoorsRI
On Monday, we marched in the Cumberland 4th of July parade to raise awareness about solitary confinement in our state. On a day that celebrates "freedom," many of our loved ones and community members remained in their 8x10 cells for 23 hours. We must end torture in RI! ✊🏾
Solitary by any other name is still solitary confinement. And #SolitaryConfinementIsTorture. We must continue to fight for #TreatmentNotTorture and an end to solitary for all! https://t.co/a91cenzM8b
We’re here at City Hall demanding an end to solitary confinement. Solitary is torture and it has no place in our city. Follow along for updates to today’s rally with @nycpa
We'll be tabling all day at Pride tomorrow, right up until the evening parade! Bring a friend and come learn about how LGBTQ+ community members are disproportionately harmed by solitary and our ongoing campaign to end the abusive practice in RI prisons. ✊🏾🌈❤️
Solitary confinement is no exception.
Over 85% of LGBTQ+ people in prison have been incarcerated in solitary. Furthermore, LGBTQ+ people of color are subjected to solitary at twice the rate of white LGBTQ+ people who are incarcerated.