Nineteen Prison Deaths in Two Months
Dear Friends,
When an injustice takes place in a far away state like Mississippi, the need for us to take a stand may not be immediately clear. Please read my latest piece, Nineteen Prison Deaths in Two Months, at http://jessicahenryjustice.com/nineteen-prison-deaths-in-two-months/. where I make the case that the recent spate of deaths in Mississippi prisons should matter deeply to all of us.
If you want to get involved in improving prison conditions, you can support local and national organizations that are working to end brutal and inhumane prison conditions such as the American Friends Service Committee in Newark, NJ, the ACLU, or FAMM, to name only a few. There are also online petitions to close the Parchman Prison in Mississippi, if you are interesting in signing one. But the one thing we can’t look do is look the other way. Lives truly depend upon our willingness to call out the mistreatment of the incarcerated.
As always, I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Take care,
Jessica