On this edition of Your Call: What are the demands of prisoners who are striking across the country?
In April, seven prisoners were killed at the South Carolina Lee Correctional Institution after officers failed to respond to deadly riots. In response, incarcerated leaders in the South Carolina prison system joined with allies in prisons across the country to demand a national strike. Their collective goals: “Humane living conditions, access to rehabilitation, sentencing reform and the end of modern day slavery.”
Guests:
Amani Sawari, media representative of Jailhouse Lawyers Speak
Bilal Mafundi Ali, coordinator of the Bay Area National Prison Strike Solidarity Committee
Web Resources:
ShadowProof: ‘I’M FOR DISRUPTION’: INTERVIEW WITH PRISON STRIKE ORGANIZER FROM JAILHOUSE LAWYERS SPEAK
The Official Twitter Account for Jailhouse Lawyers Speak
Sawari Mi: Do Prisoners have Rights?
ACLU: The Nationwide Prison Strike: Why It’s Happening and What It Means for Ending Mass Incarceration
ShadowProof: INTERVIEW: SOUTH CAROLINA PRISONERS CHALLENGE NARRATIVE AROUND VIOLENCE AT LEE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION
Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee
The Marshall Project: Prison Labor, a curated collection of links
Pacific Standard: 'MODERN SLAVERY': THE LABOR HISTORY BEHIND THE NEW NATIONWIDE PRISON STRIKE
The New Republic: Another Clinton-Era Law that Needs to Be Repealed
The Prison Litigation Reform Act is still trampling on prisoners' legal rights
