IOSDE is an endorsing organization of the following Action by Activists and Community Leaders to Protest the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA).
Please shared this information, attend and support the action directly via the following contacts, sites and locations in the below shared press release, also located at https://www.facebook.com/PROTESTTHECCA/photos/a.394585177329341.1073741827.394576327330226/989830031138183/?&theater -
Please shared this information, attend and support the action directly via the following contacts, sites and locations in the below shared press release, also located at https://www.facebook.com/PROTESTTHECCA/photos/a.394585177329341.1073741827.394576327330226/989830031138183/?&theater -
For Immediate Release:
Contacts: Mark Bartlett +1 (619) 623-5150, Community Activist,
[email protected], and Catherine Mendonca +1 (619)
839-9244, Af3irm San Diego, [email protected]
What: Hunger Strike by Activists and Community Leaders to Protest the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA)
When: July 5th, 2016 at 6pm
Where: 551 S. 35th St. San Diego, CA 92113, facebook event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/241730556214163/?notif_t=plan_user_associated¬if_id=1467169151545065
San Diego, on July 5th, 2016 – This is a call for ACTION that will begin on July 5th in Southeast San Diego as we stand in solidarity to protest against the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). Community Leaders and Local Activists will execute a hunger strike next to the Oceanview Facility located at 551 S. 35th St. San Diego, CA 92113. The hunger strike will continue until all action items requested by the protest organizers have been satisfied.
The CCA is the largest for-profit prison industry in America and they currently operate three Correctional Facilities across San Diego County. Two out of the three facilities are located in the heart of Southeast San Diego and Barrio Logan. Both centers are located in residential neighborhoods within close proximity of homes, churches, schools, and businesses. CCA is looking to capitalize through alternative services in order to boost their revenue by purchasing re-entry/detention centers across the country.
Rally and Protest Details: Tuesday July 5, 2016 at 6:00 pm, Correctional Corporation of America (CCA/CAI), 551 S. 35th St. San Diego, CA 92113
At a site within close proximity of the correctional facility, advocates will urge the County of San Diego to terminate their partnership with CCA and return the building back to the community. Advocates also request that all Justice Involved Individuals will be provided with quality RE-ENTRY services that are not run by for-profit prison corporations. Community Leaders also demand that all agencies at the local, state, and federal level terminate their contracts with CCA and demand a thorough investigation into their low staffing levels, high use and possession of narcotics in their facilities, possible tampering and forging of County/Federal documents, lack of resources and programs for Justice Involved Individuals, overcrowding that breaches their contract stipulations, misuse and improper handling of the distribution of prescribed medication, absence of medical care, as well as improper training and the lack of personal safety equipment for staff. We also request that the San Diego Police Department along with the San Diego Fire Department/EMT relinquish all documented complaints from the community and a record of dispatch calls they have received from the facility where they responded to a situation at the center. Lastly, Community Organizers request that the Federal Bureau of Prisons release their full monitoring audit documents for both facilities from 2015 to the public.
“These two re-entry facilities in San Diego was the birth of a new era for CCA in terms of residential community correctional centers. New avenues to generate revenue gave rise to the “Treatment Industrial Complex” where for-profit prison corporations are seeking alternative services such as Re-entry centers, Mental Health centers, and Electronic Monitoring (GPS). Both facilities were purchased in 2013 for $36 million dollars cash and have a combined total capacity of 603 beds. This is a slap in the face to the community to allow a corporation to operate in our backyards that thrives off profiting from the criminalization and incarceration of black, brown, and the poor from underserved communities. We must reclaim our communities and demand investment in infrastructures that create a pipeline to higher learning rather than institutions of formal control. Stand in solidarity as we unite to bridge the gap between our communities from the waterfront of Barrio Logan to the streets of Southeast San Diego” ~ Mark Bartlett
We must ban private prisons! "Once CCA or GEO Group secures a new contract, every taxpayer dollar that goes toward their profit is a dollar not spent on improving conditions in jails and prisons or pursuing alternatives to incarceration. Private prison companies also pitch their services as short-term solutions to overcrowding, but too often public officials become dependent on the private space and delay addressing the root causes of incarceration." Donald Cohen in It’s a crime: How private prison companies encourage mass incarceration - Salon
We do not need private prison corporations in our backyards! We need schools, parks, family owned businesses, community centers, community programs, and other establishments that will help promote positive social change for our people rather than incarceration. This is call for ACTION so we must stand in solidarity and ACT NOW! Join our fight across the country and stand in solidarity as we demand real Criminal Justice and Prison Reform that does not include the privatization of Correctional Centers and alternative services.
"Profits over People" exposes the injustices in our broken Criminal Justice system and how the privatization of prisons has played a key role in enslaving, exploiting, and the monetizing of our people which has led to mass incarceration today.
Protest the Corrections Corporation of America
https://www.facebook.com/PROTESTTHECCA
San Diego No More Prisons
https://www.facebook.com/SANDIEGONOMOREPRISONS
Endorsing organizations include: United Against Police Terror - San Diego; Af3irm San Diego; Black Men For Bernie, Artful Activist San Diego;Overpass Light Brigade - San Diego; San Diego Social Leagues; Millions for Prisoners Human Rights Committee; Justleadershipusa (JLUSA); National END MASS Incarceration; Nadia Contreras of ImMYOwnBlessing; Coalition For Labor & Community Solidarity; La Flor De La Resistencia; Angeles Sin Fronteras; Fuerza Amigos de Aztlan; South San Diego - inmate penpals, Citizens Oversight Projects, Rebuilding Re-Entry Coalition,Justice or ELSE San Diego, International Organization for Self-Determination and Equality IOSDE, The Roots Factory
Contacts: Mark Bartlett +1 (619) 623-5150, Community Activist,
[email protected], and Catherine Mendonca +1 (619)
839-9244, Af3irm San Diego, [email protected]
What: Hunger Strike by Activists and Community Leaders to Protest the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA)
When: July 5th, 2016 at 6pm
Where: 551 S. 35th St. San Diego, CA 92113, facebook event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/241730556214163/?notif_t=plan_user_associated¬if_id=1467169151545065
San Diego, on July 5th, 2016 – This is a call for ACTION that will begin on July 5th in Southeast San Diego as we stand in solidarity to protest against the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). Community Leaders and Local Activists will execute a hunger strike next to the Oceanview Facility located at 551 S. 35th St. San Diego, CA 92113. The hunger strike will continue until all action items requested by the protest organizers have been satisfied.
The CCA is the largest for-profit prison industry in America and they currently operate three Correctional Facilities across San Diego County. Two out of the three facilities are located in the heart of Southeast San Diego and Barrio Logan. Both centers are located in residential neighborhoods within close proximity of homes, churches, schools, and businesses. CCA is looking to capitalize through alternative services in order to boost their revenue by purchasing re-entry/detention centers across the country.
Rally and Protest Details: Tuesday July 5, 2016 at 6:00 pm, Correctional Corporation of America (CCA/CAI), 551 S. 35th St. San Diego, CA 92113
At a site within close proximity of the correctional facility, advocates will urge the County of San Diego to terminate their partnership with CCA and return the building back to the community. Advocates also request that all Justice Involved Individuals will be provided with quality RE-ENTRY services that are not run by for-profit prison corporations. Community Leaders also demand that all agencies at the local, state, and federal level terminate their contracts with CCA and demand a thorough investigation into their low staffing levels, high use and possession of narcotics in their facilities, possible tampering and forging of County/Federal documents, lack of resources and programs for Justice Involved Individuals, overcrowding that breaches their contract stipulations, misuse and improper handling of the distribution of prescribed medication, absence of medical care, as well as improper training and the lack of personal safety equipment for staff. We also request that the San Diego Police Department along with the San Diego Fire Department/EMT relinquish all documented complaints from the community and a record of dispatch calls they have received from the facility where they responded to a situation at the center. Lastly, Community Organizers request that the Federal Bureau of Prisons release their full monitoring audit documents for both facilities from 2015 to the public.
“These two re-entry facilities in San Diego was the birth of a new era for CCA in terms of residential community correctional centers. New avenues to generate revenue gave rise to the “Treatment Industrial Complex” where for-profit prison corporations are seeking alternative services such as Re-entry centers, Mental Health centers, and Electronic Monitoring (GPS). Both facilities were purchased in 2013 for $36 million dollars cash and have a combined total capacity of 603 beds. This is a slap in the face to the community to allow a corporation to operate in our backyards that thrives off profiting from the criminalization and incarceration of black, brown, and the poor from underserved communities. We must reclaim our communities and demand investment in infrastructures that create a pipeline to higher learning rather than institutions of formal control. Stand in solidarity as we unite to bridge the gap between our communities from the waterfront of Barrio Logan to the streets of Southeast San Diego” ~ Mark Bartlett
We must ban private prisons! "Once CCA or GEO Group secures a new contract, every taxpayer dollar that goes toward their profit is a dollar not spent on improving conditions in jails and prisons or pursuing alternatives to incarceration. Private prison companies also pitch their services as short-term solutions to overcrowding, but too often public officials become dependent on the private space and delay addressing the root causes of incarceration." Donald Cohen in It’s a crime: How private prison companies encourage mass incarceration - Salon
We do not need private prison corporations in our backyards! We need schools, parks, family owned businesses, community centers, community programs, and other establishments that will help promote positive social change for our people rather than incarceration. This is call for ACTION so we must stand in solidarity and ACT NOW! Join our fight across the country and stand in solidarity as we demand real Criminal Justice and Prison Reform that does not include the privatization of Correctional Centers and alternative services.
"Profits over People" exposes the injustices in our broken Criminal Justice system and how the privatization of prisons has played a key role in enslaving, exploiting, and the monetizing of our people which has led to mass incarceration today.
Protest the Corrections Corporation of America
https://www.facebook.com/PROTESTTHECCA
San Diego No More Prisons
https://www.facebook.com/SANDIEGONOMOREPRISONS
Endorsing organizations include: United Against Police Terror - San Diego; Af3irm San Diego; Black Men For Bernie, Artful Activist San Diego;Overpass Light Brigade - San Diego; San Diego Social Leagues; Millions for Prisoners Human Rights Committee; Justleadershipusa (JLUSA); National END MASS Incarceration; Nadia Contreras of ImMYOwnBlessing; Coalition For Labor & Community Solidarity; La Flor De La Resistencia; Angeles Sin Fronteras; Fuerza Amigos de Aztlan; South San Diego - inmate penpals, Citizens Oversight Projects, Rebuilding Re-Entry Coalition,Justice or ELSE San Diego, International Organization for Self-Determination and Equality IOSDE, The Roots Factory
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