#nonewjails

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

New York: "No new jails -- close Rikers Island now!" Rally and march at City Hall to tell City Council and Mayor Bill de Blasio #NoNewJails, October 17, 2019.

Photos by redguard   

[supporthosechi]

The Support Ho(s)e Collective sends its love and solidarity to our comrades in the No New Jails NYC coalition and to all of you today who want an end to the criminalization and caging of our sex working and hustling communities.

Our collective is comprised of current and former sex workers and militant co-conspirators. We seek to build radical community for sex workers in Chicago, comrades who are incarcerated at Decatur Correctional, and here in NYC. Our organizing is directly guided by the insights of our currently incarcerated collective member and insider organizer, Alisha Walker, and by our formerly incarcerated comrade, Judy.

Alisha wanted to directly share the following thoughts about what her time spent in jail, in pre-trial detention for 18 months, meant for her and fellow prisoners:

All the jailers did was dope us up on psych medications while awaiting trial. They tried to make us docile and complacent in our caging. We were barely fed, and when we were, there was never nutritious food. We regularly found roach eggs and pieces of plastic in our “meals.” We were actively pressured to take horrible deals to escape the abusive treatment and isolation. We were routinely dehumanized, drugged up, exposed to emotional and physical violence. We had no shower curtains or doors on our toilets, COs stared at our naked bodies and as we menstruated or shit. This is a system that works as designed. All jails and prisons do this. Call them humane, and I’ll call bullshit. I’m in downstate Illinois and I’m fighting against jails in New York City for this very reason. No person belongs in a cage.

Corey Johnson, do you hear Alisha? Do you hear us?!

For our comrade and for ourselves, we rise up with you today to demand the immediate closing of Rikers. We rise up with you today to shout “no new jails!” As sex workers we are keenly aware of the police and prosectutors roles in caging and criminalizing.

The violence of policing like raids on massage parlors, or in-call spaces in the name of rescue has never been justifiable. The targeting of vulnerable communities like migrant or new immigrant workers must stop. The police-led propaganda campaigns to incite people to report on their neighbors whom they suspect to be selling sex must stop! We want an end to police demanding sexual services for free and entrapping workers! We want an end to police coercing people to become informants! If you’re concerned about labor trafficking, remember this, the police traffic survivors of violence into the courts and jails.

DAs and prosecutors aggressively prosecute sex workers, especially Black and Brown, queer and trans folx to the fullest extent of the law, and migrant workers are pushed through the Human Trafficking Intervetion courts and into a system of surveillance.

District Attorneys, so-called “progressive” prosecutors, do you hear us? We are done with you! We have been done with you!

We will not have safer communities through policing! We will not have safer communities through jailing. We will not have safer communities so long as elected officials only care about their wealthy and well-connected constituents who are dripping with respectability politics that shames their neighbors!

We know that we must insist on and demand community-led solutions to harm. We know what’s best for our lives, our families and our broader communities--because we and our fellow hustlers live this shit everyday!

Comrades, accomplices, queers, fellow radical hos, it’s going to take all of us, advocating and fighting to build a better world—one that recognizes our value, humanity, bodily autonomy and agency as sex working or trading people. A world that protects our trans and gender non-conforming fam, a world that is free from white supremacy and bigotry. A world that truly believes Black lives matter. A world that fully acknowledges sex work is work. A world without police, without prisons, and without the criminalization of survival.

We will only see personal and political safety when those directly impacted lead their communities, develop solutions that do not rely on fear, arrest, entrapment, deportation and incarceration that the police bring.

We will only see safety when the cops are out of our communities, and sex workers are able to freely and openly address the real harms, grievances and struggles they already self-organize to address every single day without the threats and harassment they currently survive!

No cops, no new jails, not here, not anywhere, not ever!

(Art by Alisha Walker, words by SxHx Collective members)

[womanistgrrrl]

“Rikers killed Kalief Browder. It’s sickening that the largest mental health facilities in this country are jails. Today we’re shutting it down b/c we believe in a world that invests in the safety + wellness of Black + brown community. We deserve it. Let’s win today #NoNewJails” - BYP 100

If you can’t go out and protest, please call the NYC city council and let your voice be heard! Here is a call script taken from this doc.

“Script: Hello, my name is {your name}, I live in {neighborhood} in {Councilmember’s} district. I’m calling today to say that [Councilmember] must vote no to the borough-based jails plan. The only things guaranteed by this land use proposal are that we will have more jails, more cages, and more brutal policing of Black and Brown communities to fill those cages. We can and must close Rikers without new jails. If {Councilmember} believes that our youth have a right to high quality public education and housing, to living free of violent police enforcement, to a bright future, then they will vote no on the Mayor’s jails plan.”

 If you’re calling someone out of district use the same talking points but mention that you live in NYC and this city-wide jails plan impacts us all.

[trascapades]

🎨#ArtIsAWeapon FAITH RINGGOLD⁠ 'For the Women's House', 1971⁠ Oil on canvas⁠ 96 x 96 in. (243.8 x 243.8 cm)⁠ This @faithringgold artwork will be moved from New York's notorious #RikersIsland jail complex to the Brooklyn Museum @brooklynmuseum. • Reposted from @acagalleries ⁠ For the Women’s House, which shows women at work in fields ranging from medicine and public transportation to policing and professional basketball, was dedicated to the Correctional Institution for Women on Rikers Island in 1972. Later, when men moved into the facility in the ’80s, it was whitewashed before being saved by an officer, after which point the painting was restored and relocated to a new women’s facility, where it has remained ever since.⁠ ⁠ With aims to close the notorious jail complex on Rikers Island by 2027, DOC Commissioner Vincent Schiraldi said in a statement, “While we rightly move off Rikers, there is much history to remember and reflect upon. Bringing this piece into public view is an important part of learning and growing from this history. We thank Faith Ringgold who dedicated her talents to offer a bit of beauty in an otherwise difficult place.”⁠ ⁠ Anne Pasternak, director of the Brooklyn Museum, said her institution is “thrilled to have one of Faith Ringgold’s most iconic paintings return to our care”—referring to its previous inclusion in the Brooklyn Museum’s 2017 exhibition “We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85.” Pasternak continued, “We are excited to share it with millions of people locally and around the globe and engage them in dialogues about this groundbreaking artist’s work and themes of mass incarceration, women’s equality, the artistic movements of the 1970s, and more.”⁠ ⁠⁠⁠With special thanks to:⁠ @brooklynmusuem⁠ @artnews⁠ Andy Battaglia ⁠ ⁠ Read the full article here:⁠ https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/faith-ringgold-rikers-island-brooklyn-museum-1234614904/⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠#FaithRinggold #Artist #AmericanArt #BlackArtists #ACAGalleries⁠ #BlackGirlArtGeeks ⁠#CloseRikers #NoNewJails #EndMassIncarceration https://www.instagram.com/p/CYl1kBoA1BA/?utm_medium=tumblr

[crewmannumbersix]

PLEASE do not let this performative act blind you to the fact that the DC Mayor, Muriel Bowser, has consistently not supported BLMDC, is trying to build a $500M new jail and just increased the Metropolitan Police budget.

She has also ignored the murders of three black men by police in DC. D’Quan Young. Terrence Sterling. Jeffrey Price.

Here’s a toolkit on how to advocate for the DC City Council to defund the police.

A Bold Black Lives Matter Statement Transforms a Street Leading to the White House in Washington D.C.

[prncsslyssaart]

We are the help we seek The revolution we crave The masters of our own We represent the colors of the world The diversity that makes the Earth spin We are here to uplift each other To smash the patriarchy and build an inclusive society We don’t know what stumbling blocks are Because nothing can stop us from fighting for the freedom of our sisters & brothers who are enslaved mentally and physically Join the fight my friend✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊ . . . . #revolutionaries #hereforchange #abolishthepolice #abolishprisons #endmassincarceration #nonewjails #freeus #blacklivesmatter #indigenouslivesmatter #colorsunite #pocjoinforces #nyartists #nyactivists #artforchange #birthdaycelebration #fighterfriends #blessed #prncsslyssathoughts (at Boka) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4zvOjQH2BL/?igshid=3ztx5sql7wkm

[lordofemotion]

Support all the #communities in #humanity #lgbtq #blm #musiccommunity #skateboardingcommunity #hardcorecommunity #allcommunities #communitiesstrike #humanprogression #rocnation #afropunk #nonewjails #abolishprisons #prisonreform #changethelaw #changethelaws #happyfriday #weekendmotivation #beinspired #sentencingguidelines #bethechangeyouwanttosee #bethechange #nysdoccs #humanawarenesscommunity (at Live AND Enjoy Movement) https://www.instagram.com/p/B265C1un61L/?igshid=1a9y7h817cp64

[how2009ofme]

New bumper stickers 🤘🏻#ICOPA17 #criticalresistance #blackandpink #nonewjails #prisonabolition

[caribbeaeequalityproject]

Earlier this evening, we joined @drumnyc for a #NoNewJail action on Liberty Ave., in #RichmondHill #Queens. Organizer Will Depoo spoke-out against the building of 4 new jails in #NYC. @nonewjails_nyc Shoutout to our community partners @nawscq for helping us to lead this fight in Queens! 🎥 by @kasekaiserina https://www.instagram.com/p/B3dW_K_hVSe/?igshid=1hfipvc2de90u

[daloy-politsey]

ALL OUT AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM & WHITE NATIONALISM! 10/27 - 3PM - UNION SQUARE NYC 2 Pittsburgh, Poway 2 El Paso Let's show the world: WE'RE STILL HERE! On the 1 year anniversary of the Tree of Life Massacre, we are mobilizing for a day of unity against anti-Semitism and white nationalism in Union Square Park. This action will be centering communities currently facing racial and colonial violence from New York City to Kurdistan to Kashmir. It will be a space to mourn and to organize:  for rage, for grief, and for growth. Join us for music, a memorial, storytelling, a speak-out, and more. We need solidarity, not surveillance. Education, not incarceration. Care, not cops, camps, or cages. Bring your banners, your people, your love, and your rage -- we’ll see you in the streets on the 27th. With: MuJew Antifa: Muslim Jewish Anti-Fascist Front No New Jails NYC Stand With Kashmir United Against Racism and Fascism NYC And more! #StillHere #AquiEstamos #NoNosVamos #MirZaynenDo * * * * * The year since the Tree of Life massacre has been the deadliest on record for the American Jewish community. But we are not alone. A wave of white nationalist terror is sweeping the world. But we are not afraid. The racist right continues to menace our communities across NYC. But we are fighting back. On Sunday, October 27, the one-year anniversary of the Pittsburgh Pogrom, we are calling on all Jews, all those in the line of fire, and all those who stand with us to join together in a day of unity. We will gather at Union Square North at 3PM. Spread the word and save the date! Organizations that share this vision are asked to endorse this call to action and day of unity. #OutliveThem #NoMasMuertes #AbolishICE #CommunityDefense #NoNewJails #NoOldJails #WeKeepUsSafe #MuslimJewishSolidarity #BlackLivesMatter #ClosetheCamps #OpentheBorders #RefugeesWelcome #NYC2PGH #SafetyThroughSolidarity * * * * * Outlive Them NYC, formed in October 2018 in response to the Pittsburgh Massacre, is an all-city coalition of Jews and allies organizing to defend all of our communities from those who would exterminate us. We answer anti-Jewish terror with Jewish solidarity. This same solidarity is our answer to all forms of violence against racial, gender, sexual, and other oppressed minorities.

[dmnsqrl]

#Repost @nnyjcoalition (@get_repost) ・・・ Meet Rev. Beth Chronister, one of the clergy members locked down today to demand #NoNewYouthJail “As a Unitarian Universalist, I believe that every person has inherent worth and dignity. Essentially, all are sacred and worthy. Building a youth jail to lock up children who are often the most affected by systemic injustice denies the inherent worth and dignity of these children at a critical juncture in their life and development. In the words of Bryan Stevenson, "each of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done." Alongside this, it is important to remember the vast majority of the kids locked up at 12th and Alder are being detained for very minor acts. My faith calls me to be in solidarity with those who would be cast out by society and to act against structures that deny people the possibility of returning to love, belonging, and the healing that is possible only within community. peace, Rev. Beth Chronister Minister of Social Justice and Care University Unitarian Church” #PeoplesMoratorium #WheresDow #NoNewJails #FaithLeadersAgainstYouthJails

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

By Greg Butterfield

“Close Rikers now! No new jails!” The chant was loud, the demand was clear, as hundreds of prisoners’ family members, former prisoners and prison abolition activists rallied and marched at New York’s City Hall on Oct. 17. That day, the City Council was set to vote on a proposal backed by Mayor Bill de Blasio to close the city’s notorious Rikers Island prison complex by 2026  — but only to replace it with four new high-rise jails at a cost of at least $8 billion.

Another popular chant was, “If they build it, they will fill it!” — recognizing that building new jails would in no way lead to less racist policing and mass incarceration. Protesters also called out de Blasio, who styles himself a progressive, as “Trump’s mayor,” to point out that with his moves to build new jails and privatize public housing, he serves the very same big capitalist interests as Trump.

[supporthosechi]

We’ll be sending a statement in solidarity with No New Jails NYC, primarily foregrounding our comrade, #AlishaWalker’s, experiences with pre-trial detention in Cook County jail.

Her insight, fight and fire guides us— #NoNewJails anywhere. ever.

See y’all there.

[elizabethhrueda]

the words we choose to use matter. #nonewjails #nooldjails #nonewyouthjail

[trascapades]

🎨🚫🏗🛑 #ArtIsAWeapon #NoNewJails #CloseRikers #NYC PLEASE contact your @nyccouncil member TODAY and urge them to vote "NO" tomorrow (Oct. 17) on the proposed plan to construct four new jails in #theBronx, #Brooklyn, #Manhattan and #Queens. (Swipe ⬅️) Also tomorrow there will be a rally at City Hall, 10:00AM. More information: www.nonewjails.nyc . Reposted from @nonewjails_nyc - IT’S ON: [Link in Bio] The City Council must vote no on an 11 billion dollar plan to lock our futures up. Despite a crisis of poverty, homelessness, corporate extraction, displacement, and much more, Bill de Blasio wants to build new jails...the City Council will vote on the Mayor's catastrophic plan to spend over $10 billion on 8-12 new jails. We'll be at City Hall all day, starting at 10am, this Thursday October 17. Join us! 10 AM: We will gather on the steps of city hall to ground ourselves in powerful abolitionist, transformative, community. We need you there. If you're able to join us, take off work, do phone zaps offline, please do! 10:40 AM: We will march! 11 AM Onwards: We will hold community care space in City Hall Park. Join us in Abolition Square: https://forms.gle/SwCpxaaPdfcaQMjo6 The consequences of Thursday's vote will resonate for generations. Just last week, de Blasio boasted that these jails would incarcerate our community members for a century to come... Meanwhile, grassroots organizations, movement elders, and other campaigns for liberation have shown up in droves to endorse and support No New Jails. The city and the Non-Profit Industrial Complex are desperately scrambling to secure their votes, and we are gaining ground every day. We need your support right now. Whether you've been out with us before, or haven't been able to come through yet, now is the time. ____________________ ‪“People working on the front line of the struggle against violence against women, should also be on the front line of abolitionist struggles.” ‬‪- #AngelaDavis ‬ Image 1: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ‪art: Vienna Rye ‬@vrye ‪pic: Frances Perez-Rodriguez‬ @freedomfranso no new jails flyer design: @shellyne_r_studio #TakeAction #NewNewJailsNYC #StopMottHavenJail #TraScapades #ArtIsAWeapon https://www.instagram.com/p/B3sL0zuheiS/?igshid=lzdlt3z12e7z

[minister-erik]

No New Jails NYC: 1 Year Anniversary by ERIK MCGREGOR Via Flickr: One year anniversary celebration of No New Jails NYC at the Solidarity Center. A space for celebrating our abolitionist movement and building community together, with art displays, letter-writing, healing space, arts & crafts, and a cultural program. No New Jails NYC (NNJ) is a multiracial, intergenerational network of residents, community members, and activists fighting against Mayor Bill de Blasio’s oppressive and violent jail expansion plan. We are calling for the immediate closure of Rikers without building new jails in any borough in NYC. We are grounded in abolition. Through a program of mutual aid and grassroots outreach, NNJ is working to build a leaderful movement of those directly impacted by incarceration and their loved ones. #Activism #BlackLivesMatter #CloseRikersNow #EndBrokenWindows #EndMassIncarceration #EndPoliceBrutality #EndPoliceTerror #EyesOnRikers #humanrights #Justice #NewYork #NoNewJails #NYC #ShutDownRikers #SilencedNoMore #SolidarityCenter ‪#‎ThisStopsToday‬ © Erik McGregor - erikrivas@hotmail.com - 917-225-8963