Posted on 08/26/2018 2:56:35 AM PDT by Libloather
NEW HAVEN — Ending modern day slavery in prisons in the United States was one of the demands made at a rally Saturday in New Haven where about 70 people gathered for speeches and a march in support of a nationwide prison strike for reforms, including more than below minimum wage pay and rehabilitation services.
“No justice, no peace,” the crowd chanted in unison, some holding signs, led by Jamarr Jabari of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, New Haven. “It’s time for us to start treating people as human beings, not just for profit,” he said.
“We’re fighting for them to have a better chance, a better choice,” Jabari told the people who gathered for the rally.
In support of a nationwide prison strike, the Connecticut Green Party, the Party for Socialism and Liberation of New Haven and others gathered at Superior Court, Juvenile Matters, gave speeches and marched to the New Haven Correctional Center around the corner, where they stood chanting for a short time.
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> The message is really very simple If you don’t want to work for those low wages, don’t commit a crime. Duh.
It is physically impossible not to commit a crime in the United States. Even if one is a catatonic vegetable on life support.
That’s the end result of a code of law dozens of times the length of the Bible, and regarding which there is not a single person alive who fully understands it.
busting rocks daily for free would work too to pay back their debt to society......”””
I remember when the ACLU went after Sheriff Joe Arpaio about “Only the men are on the chain gangs, busting rocks”. The women are not out there in the heat, so it was discriminatory.
The very next day, Sheriff Joe had chain gangs of women out in the heat busting rocks.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Mariposa County of Arizona:
1. Housed his prisoners in Surplus Military tents.
2. Fed them oatmeal & peanut butter & jelly sandwiches. Had numerous nutrition specialists come from all over the country when the ACLU challenged him about his menus. They gave him a Gold star.
3. Dyed the mens underwear pink when he found that those who were done with their sentences were wearing as many as 10 pair going out the gates.
4. Took over the Animal Control Department when the County Commissioners complained about how much it cost to run that department. Joe used trustees to run it——FOR free labor, no vacations & no other ‘benefits’.
5. Put BOTH the men & women prisoners onto chain gangs—actually breaking rocks in the hot sun.
When they complained about the hard work & heat, he told them that our military was carrying 120# packs in 120 degree heat in Afghanistan. They should shut up.
He constantly told them: IF you don’t like conditions here, don’t come back !!!
Sheriff Joe’s recidivism rate was about 14%.
USA average is about 83%.
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