Re: Fwd: Protect Incarcerated People from COVID-19! End Investments in Private Prisons!

[Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

Decided to make a donation.

 > From: heather Howard <http://www.gmail.com/~hhoward40>
 > Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 11:02:44 -0700
 >
 > > Begin forwarded message:
 > > From: "Natalie Patrick-Knox, Jobs With Justice" <http://www.jwj.org/~action>
 > > Subject: Protect Incarcerated People from COVID-19! End Investments in  Private Prisons!
 > > Date: March 31, 2020 at 11:00:38 AM PDT
 > > To: http://www.stanford.edu/~hlhoward
 > > Reply-To: http://www.jwj.org/~action
 > > 
 > > SIGN THE PETITION: END THE USE OF PRIVATE PRISONS
 > > Dear Heather,
 > >  
 > > We are living through an unprecedented and terrifying moment. As the COVID-19 
 > > pandemic sweeps through the world, millions are at risk. Some of the most 
 > > vulnerable people among us are incarcerated in private prisons throughout the 
 > > United States.
 > >  
 > > Companies like GEO Group and CoreCivic continue to use tax dollars—our 
 > > money—to exploit the pain of Black and people imprisoned in their 
 > > facilities. We know that even as governments made dramatic cuts to other 
 > > critical areas, they continued pumping money into private prisons, allowing 
 > > GEO Group and CoreCivic to profit, while prisoners suffered in overcrowded, 
 > > unsafe, and sometimes deadly conditions.
 > >  
 > > That’s why we’re calling on state and federal lawmakers to end the use of 
 > > private prisons and protect incarcerated people from COVID-19.
 > >  
 > > Several prisons are already reporting outbreaks of COVID-19 and some 
 > > prisoners have succumbed to this horrible disease. Make no mistake, COVID-19 
 > > outbreaks inside private prisons is a major health risk to prisoners and 
 > > staff. Now is the time to ensure those individuals are safe and hold GEO 
 > > Group and CoreCivic accountable. 
 > > TELL STATE & FEDERAL LAWMAKERS TO END THE USE OF PRIVATE PRISONS!
 > > In recent years, we’ve seen major breakthroughs in this campaign. Major 
 > > investment banks like JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo committed to end the 
 > > financing of private prisons and that was because of activists just like you.
 > >  
 > > That’s why we’re sending you this message in a time of crisis. We must 
 > > use this moment to make the changes we need to keep people safe and finally 
 > > end state and federal investments in private prisons once and for all. We 
 > > cannot sit by idly while prisoners get sick, suffer, and possibly die at the 
 > > hands of greedy companies like GEO Group and CoreCivic.
 > >  
 > > Sign the petition and help bring an end to private prisons.
 > >  
 > > In solidarity,
 > > Natalie
 > > Jobs With Justice
 > >  
 > > Donate <
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