Posts Tagged ‘Indiana’
Indiana Prisoners Raise Money for Haiti
Indiana prisoners have held various fundraisers, including a bake sale and a silent auction, and have raised over $11,000 for Haiti.
Read more about their efforts here.
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Indiana Prison Cuts Back Lunches
One central Indiana Prison cutting lunch for prisoners three days a week. Now, prisoners at Plainfield Correctional Facility will not be served lunch on Fridays and weekends. But, while some prisons have cut lunch due to budgetary problems, Plainfield officials say that efficiency is the reason. Without lunches they say, there will be more time for classes and recreation.
Read more here.
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Economy Affects Indiana Prison Violence
Indiana prisons have seen an upsurge in violence, and assaults on both inmates and staff are on the rise. Many say cuts in funding are to blame, and overcrowding has spurred inmate anger.
Read more here.
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The Crime of Being Born Black
This poem is from Ajamu M. Nassor, a death row inmate who was executed in Indiana in 1994.
They tried to kill me in the womb
because of my blackness
but they did not succeed
Nor could they kill me during the Inquisition
the invasion of Afrika the Trans-Atlantic Passage
They could not kill me along with
Nat Turner
Gabriel Prosser
Denmark Vessey
Cinque
Martin
&
Malcolm
Nor could they kill me during the
Revolutions Insurrections Rebellions & Uprisings
They could not kill me on the ghetto streets
of amerikkka
Not even with their genocide
could they kill me
As i remember my brothers & sisters
Panthers
MOVE
&
all the others who
have gone before me
With all their attempts they could not
kill me
then . .
. . . so they gave me
the death
penalty
instead.
instead.
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