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Alabama inmates plan work strike as families say crisis continues in the prison system
Inmates plan to halt critical prison jobs statewide on Feb. 8 to demand sentencing reforms, end forced labor, and address conditions found unconstitutional by the U.S. Department of Justice.
- On Feb. 8, the Free Alabama Movement announced a statewide inmate work strike, organizers said, near the site of a new prison in Elmore County.
- Organizers say the strike responds to decades of unconstitutional sentencing practices, forced prison labor and an ongoing humanitarian crisis, while the HBO documentary The Alabama Solution reveals crowded dorms and a mother's search after a death linked to officer violence.
- The plan calls for inmates to stop assigned prison jobs such as laundry and food service, while the U.S. Department of Justice alleged constitutional violations and the state maintained officers acted in self-defense.
- Organizers warned of repeated pleas without action, urging the public to support Diyawn Caldwell and advocates who said, `Just sitting home watching is not going to change anything,' and called for ongoing calls for answers.
- Rufus Ricks Jr., formerly incarcerated spokesperson, said he cannot forget men still behind bars and stressed advocates' urgency to enact change for successful return to communities and reentry.
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Alabama inmates plan work strike as families say crisis continues in the prison system
Family members of men and women incarcerated in Alabama prisons say they want to keep a public spotlight on problems in state lockups.
·United States
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Alabama prison inmates plan work strike as advocates say ‘humanitarian crisis’ rages on
Advocates for incarcerated men and women say they are determined to keep the public spotlight on the “humanitarian crisis” depicted in the new HBO documentary about Alabama prisons.
·Alabama, United States
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