from … DC Direct Action News
A Convoy of vehicles is one way to BREAK THE BAN on demonstrations
On the 8th of March, a noisy car caravan took to the streets of DC, demanding that all prisoners in the DC Jail and in Central Cell Block be released immediately so they don’t contract the deadly COVID-19 coronavirus.
This is a life-and-death matter! There are 126 people currently quarantined in the DC Jail after contact with a “staffer” who tested positive for the coronavirus. .
There are now 28 confirmed positive cases in the jail, which could easily detonate into infection of nearly every prisoner if they are not quickly released from close confinement with each other. The DC Jail has been described as a coronavirus death trap given these statistics.
Kamal Dorchy, an inmate at the D.C. Jail, suffers from leukopenia, or a lowered white blood cell count. And as the count of coronavirus cases climbs past three dozen at the jail facilities, he fears the worst.“Every day a new person gets sick, and if I get sick, I fear that I will die due to my fragile health,” he wrote in a declaration to the D.C. District Court. “I am preparing for my death.”
Most of the 1,600 prisoners in the jail are awaiting trial and legally presumed innocent, yet facing a death sentence due to the virus. A few are serving sentences for minor offenses, none of which would provike any court even in the US to issue a sentence of death.
There are only a few days to act if we want to avoid killing a large percentage of DC’s pretrial detainees and those convicted of “stealing a candy bar” level offenses.
Video of the noise protest motorcade 1 min 10 sec
A Convoy of vehicles is one way to BREAK THE BAN on demonstrations
Car Caravan noise protest at DC Jail demands release of all prisoners to avoid COVID 19 death sentence — DC Direct Action News
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https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/protest-philadelphia-jails-social-distancing-coronavirus-covid-19-20200330.htmlA woman appears out of the sunroof of her car as part of a protest to demand that Philadelphia and Pennsylvania officials reduce the population of jails, prisons, and detention centers in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
The din of honking horns reverberated off the walls as dozens of cars slowly circled City Hall on Monday afternoon, with signs reading “Inaction=Murder” and “Jail the Virus — Free Our People” taped to their tightly shut windows.
This demonstration — a call to reduce the population of Philadelphia jails and state prisons, where officials have confirmed that prisoners and staff have tested positive for the coronavirus — was one indication that even under Gov. Tom Wolf’s stay-at-home order, Philadelphians will find new ways to take their demands to the streets.
In cities around the world, under similar lockdowns, car caravans have quickly emerged as one means of mobilizing within the strictures of social distancing.
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https://www.kuow.org/stories/caravan-protest-of-ice-detention-center-in-tacoma-hunger-strike-ongoingThe protest is taking the form of a carcaravan to maintain social distancing. … He spent 20 days in solitary in Tacoma’s immigrant jail. Others spend far longer. Connect With Us.
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Most of the 1,600 prisoners in the jail are awaiting trial and legally presumed innocent, yet facing a death sentence due to the virus.
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