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We are #live from #Philadelphia covering a protest against prison profiteer companies the local Aramark Offices nitter.net/i/broadcasts/1Zk…
One of the organizers points out that this event was largely organized by people inside prison. She is reading a statement from one of the people behind bars.
Global Tel Link (GTL) is the largest telecommunications provider in prisons and jails.
The next speaker is with the Human Rights Coalition. They are reading letters from incarcerated people who took part in hunger strikes in Pennsylvania.
“We hope that this hunger strike will shed light on the inhumane conditions and treatments of all of the fathers, brothers, uncles and sons that are being warehoused and tortured with me.” — From an incarcerated person’s letter
The next speaker is from Workers World Party. She mentions how “one of the main torturers” at Abu Ghraib got his training at SCI Greene Prison in Pennsylvania–Charles Grainer.
A woman from Black Alliance for Peace is now speaking. She tells the crowd about the incredibly low health, safety, and respect standards at Aramark including maggots in potatoes, and fried chicken and grape koolaid served as a special during Black history month.
The next speaker reminds everyone that today is the anniversary of the murder of 17-year-old Jonathan Jackson, who in 1970, was killed trying to free the Soledad Brothers from prison.
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