IWOC | #PrisonStrike @iwoc@anticapitalist.party

Guards have always been the backbone of "contraband" hustles.And prisoncrats always use the blackmarket as a pretext to amp up repression on prisoners, family and privileges.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/dec/14/queensland-prison-guards-giving-inmates-drugs-and-weapons-damning-report-finds?CMP=share_btn_tw

It isn't a "justice system".
It's mainly theater and dressed up racist violence.

#abolition

Night before a man’s scheduled execution, TX prosecutors admitted they purposefully swayed the jury by showing the surviving victim her husband’s autopsy photo so she would break down on the stand. They lied about it for 2 decades. Then they executed him before he could appeal. https://twitter.com/davidminpdx/status/…
https://twitter.com/ScottHech/status/1073195713931173889

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Hey everyone, take 5 minutes out your day and call Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam and request that he grant Cyntoia Brown clemency. His hotline number is 615-741-2001.

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/cyntoia-brown-clemency-governor-bill-haslam-767677/?fbclid=IwAR1zPH-ZWN9coSB2aPuAOa1wTwTqDxdCf7B1WDKt5HGFFq5m56L7tH8w_4I

RT @iwoc_gnv@twitter.com
today we got the alachua county commission to vote on cutting their contracts with DOC and ending their use of prison slavery. AND WE WON! the commission voted 4-0 to end the contracts by 12/31/2018. #endprisonslavery #florida #cuttheties #prisonabolition ##alachuacounty

Demand #2
#prisonstrike

Judge refuses to dismiss wage effort at immigration jail https://kiro.tv/2L9fGy4 via @KIRO7Seattle@twitter.com

A shout out from inside for the work of SoChicago ABC's lit program.

Kick down so that all may rise up!

https://www.gofundme.com/20th-anniversary-fundraiser
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RT @Merlin_Buk@twitter.com
My comrade locked up in Vacaville has something to say about Anthony Rayson 🏴🐉
https://twitter.com/Merlin_Buk/status/1072324921462804481

"...six of the suspected overdose cases happened between the previous Sunday and last Tuesday"

We need to talk about dope fr

"This is clearly a spike in overdose events, on top of a baseline of one or so per month," Willis said in an email Sunday. https://www.kqed.org/news/11710744/san-quentin-deaths-come-amid-increase-in-drug-overdoses-at-prison

RT @Prison_Health@twitter.com
This Jail Is Accused of Favoring Christians Who Agree to Live in 'God Pod'. Muslim prisoners, meanwhile, say they were starved during Ramadan and deprived of religious texts. http://ow.ly/z7OE30mVm4L MT @vice

CDCR has an $11bn budget.

CA min wage inside is 8 cents an hour.

Law says all prisoners get health care. Reality says medical neglect is another tool of control and debasement.
#deathbyincarceration

https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2018/12/06/some-california-prisoners-work-more-than-60-hours-to-afford-a-doctor-visit/

RT @_IWW@twitter.com
“On Friday, 115 offenders assigned to the facility’s anagram balloon factory refused to work for a full day until prison administrators met with them to hear their complaints” @IWW_IWOC @tciwoc #IWW #Wobblies #1u http://strib.mn/2zJSYrK

RT @_IWW@twitter.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: IWW Affiliates with the International Confederation of labor #IWW #1u #labor #union https://iww.org/content/iww-affiliates-international-confederation-labor

RT @MichRobin@twitter.com
@joelcampbell26@twitter.com spoke with Alejo Stark of @MI_Abolition@twitter.com & @rustbeltradio@twitter.com about prison abolition, strikes, and solidarity. They delved into the Kinross Uprising and what's currently happening with prisons in #Michigan.

#prisonstrike #prisonsareforburning
http://patreon.com/posts/no-new-jails-no-23163294

115 prisoners on strike in MN!
"J. a prisoner also in Rush City, said their collective action was "a message of unity between inmates, and across all the races.”
#prisonstrike

https://incarceratedworkers.org/news/striking-prisoners-negotiations-minnesota-department-corrections-over-conditions-guard-abuse-0

RT @tciwoc@twitter.com
Parole officers are 2x as likely to send a black parolee to prison and 3x more likely to send a Native parolee to prison than a white parolee. Infographic @ technical violations in Hennepin County👇

On November 25th incarcerated workers inside Rush City Correctional Facility went on strike.

Demands:
* stop delaying essential canteen orders (toiletries, medication, food, etc.)
* end to prison guard abuse

#prisonstrike
https://incarceratedworkers.org/news/striking-prisoners-negotiations-minnesota-department-corrections-over-conditions-guard-abuse