Prisons should not be in the business of slave labor, nor should they
be in the business of subjecting inmates to mental and physical
torment and even torture. The sentence is the punishment. Prisons
are not to be holding cells for additional punishment.
I signed this petition.
Carl Jarvis
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From: Maya Schenwar via OrganizeFor <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2017 23:28:06 +0000
Subject: Protect the rights of incarcerated people by signing this
petition today!
To: Carl Jarvis <carjar82@xxxxxxxxx>
Maya Schenwar just started a [1]petition to the United States Congress
stating:
Please pass Congresswoman Duckworth's Video Visitation in Prisons Act,
which would require that the Federal Communications Commission ensure that
correctional facilities that have video visitation do not ban in-person
visits.
[2]Sign Now! ->
[3]Support the Video Visitation in Prisons Act,
Dear Carl,
I just started a petition titled: "[4]Help Me Make it Easier to Visit
Loved Ones In Jail"
Here's why this is important:
When my sister began serving a sentence at Illinois' Lake County jail, I
wanted to visit her right away. She'd been incarcerated in the past, and
visiting her in person was always crucial to maintaining some human
connection within an inhumane
system. However, when I looked up
visiting information about this jail, I discovered that in-person visits
were banned, and all visits were to be conducted via video.
[5]Research has proven that maintaining strong connections with loved ones
helps incarcerated people endure long-term imprisonment and lowers the
chances that incarcerated people will reoffend. If you believe in keeping
families together, please sign this petition.
Video visitation is an important option for people who can't afford to
travel far away to see their loved ones in jail or prison, as well as
people with disabilities, illnesses or time commitments that inhibit their
travel.
But according to the Prison Policy Initiative, jails are increasingly
using video visitation, and, in most cases, replacing in-person visits
entirely. Securus, a company providing phone calls and video visitation
for jails, actually mandates this ban in some of its contracts. (The
company says it will not include this clause in future contracts; whether
it will keep that promise remains to be seen.)
[6]Companies, like Securus, only want to put tighter rules around prison
visitations purely for profit. These companies company make big revenue
off the families of incarcerated people, who are forced to use this
technology to communicate with their loved ones. If you believe in keeping
families together, please sign this petition.
Still wanting to support my sister, I reluctantly tried video visitation.
When I set up my first video visit with my sister, I ran into multiple
problems. Securus' technology failed to connect me with my sister, so I
spent the half hour on the phone with tech support instead, crying. I
worried my sister would think I'd forgotten about our visit.
Aside from unreliable technology, video visits cost money, and many
families go into debt to cover the costs.
But there's some hope. [7]Please sign my petition to ask Congress to pass
Congresswoman Duckworth's Video Visitation in Prisons Act, which would
require that the Federal Communications Commission ensure that
correctional facilities that have video visitation do not ban in-person
visits.
Face-to-face visits help people in correctional facilities retain vital
ties with loved ones on the outside. Jail and prison, by definition, are
places of isolation and disconnection. We cannot allow for the removal of
one of the few opportunities for connection -- and one of the few human
rights -- granted to people who are locked in cages.
Thank You,
Maya Schenwar
[8]Sign Now! ->
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