Events/Actions

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Events

New York

Jails Action Coalition General Meeting: Monday, April 29, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, CUNY School of Law, 2 Court Square, Long Island City, NY. For more information contact nycjailsactioncoalition@gmail.com.

Jails Action Coalition Rally and Board of Correction Meeting: Monday, May 13, 8:15 am Rally Outside, 9:00 am BOC Meeting, 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Room 924 New York, NY.

Campaign for Alternatives to Isolated Confinement General Meeting: Tuesday, May 7, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Center for Constitutional Rights, 666 Broadway, NY, NY. Call-in number: 212 614 6487. For more information contact caicny@gmail.com.

Tennessee

Rethinking Prisons Conference: May 3-5, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. Includes panel on ”(Un)covering Prisons: Reporting on America’s Domestic Black Sites,” Friday, May 3, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm.

Petitions and Letter Writing

Follow-up to June 19 Senate hearing on solitary confinement by writing to Dick Durbin and other members of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights: Click here for contact information for subcommittee members.

ACLU of Arizona/AFSC: Arizona Is Maxed Out

American Friends Service Committee: Stop Abuse of Solitary Confinement

Amnesty International: Remove Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox from Long-term Isolation

and After Decades of Injustice, Let the Angola 3 Ruling Stand

Center for Constitutional Rights: Honor the Pelican Bay SHU Prisoner’s Demands

Ella Baker Center for Human Rights: Tell Congress: Please Stop Torture

National Immigrant Justice Center: End Solitary Confinement in Immigrant Detention

National Religious Campaign Against Torture: End Prolonged Solitary Confinement Now

New York City Jails Action Coalition: Stop the Use of Solitary Confinement in New York City

New York Civil Liberties Union: Help End Extreme Isolation in New York’s Prisons