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5 Women Quarantined and Left w/o Food, Water, Medicine and Staff Support in Mississippi Prison

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5 Women Quarantined and Left w/o Food, Water, Medicine and Staff Support in Mississippi Prison

CJ Lawrence August 6, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Five women have been reported as quarantined in Quick Bed at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility (CMCF). The women have been left without food, water, medicine such as insulin and medical staff support. The guards on duty have placed garbage bags over the windows and cameras preventing the women from reaching out for help. The women are relying on the guards’ good mercy and capacity to...

Happy “Frederick Douglass Said F*ck Your Independence Day” Day

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Happy “Frederick Douglass Said F*ck Your Independence Day” Day

lmclemore23 July 4, 2020

On July 5th, 1852, almost 13 years before slavery was completely abolished in this country, Frederick Douglass delivered a speech at an Independence Day celebration, pointing out the hypocrisy in the holiday and in the Founding Fathers’ ideals. OK, so he didn’t exactly make the speech on July 4th, but he was shitting on July 4th up and down the speech, so we celebrating the speech today, gawd dammit....

Court Orders An Expedited On Site Inspection of Parchman Prison for Roc Nation Attorneys

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Court Orders An Expedited On Site Inspection of Parchman Prison for Roc Nation Attorneys

CJ Lawrence February 12, 2020

Via TeamRoc: The court “authorized expedited discovery in the form of an on-site inspection” at Parchman Prison; it is taking place today in Mississippi. The facilities, medical evaluations, and water and sewage tests will all be subject to scrupulous inspection by subject matter experts chosen by the legal team representing Parchman inmates. A record of the findings will be documented via photography at all stages of the inspection. Read...

A Cry From Inside: Parchman Prisoner’s Medical Conditions Have Gone Untreated for Months

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A Cry From Inside: Parchman Prisoner’s Medical Conditions Have Gone Untreated for Months

codeelll February 7, 2020

Upon his family’s Plea, for help, We demand Parchman State Penitentiary take immediate action on behalf of Wesley Clayton who is being held on lock down. In fear of retaliation, we demand transparency to the families of all men’s medical treatment inside MDOC facilities henceforth. Approximately two weeks ago a Mississippi woman was contacted by her husband from inside Parchman State Penitentiary Unit 29. She was informed that he...

Video: The Video Appears to show Another Day, Another MDOC Death #MSPrisonReformNow

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Video: The Video Appears to show Another Day, Another MDOC Death #MSPrisonReformNow

CJ Lawrence January 26, 2020

In the early Sunday Morning Hours we received a video purporting to show another man who appeared to not be breathing or moving and who the men on the video stated was dead. They banged on the windows attempting to get the attention of guards stating that the man had been laying unresponsive for hours. Over $345 million is spent on MDOC each year by taxpaying citizens of the...

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