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Rally and Virtual Press Conference Outside Bedford Hills Correctional Facility

Join us FRIDAY, May 15, 2020, 11 am at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility in upstate New York for a socially distant and virtual vigil/rally and press conference honoring Ms. Benson-Seay, and all incarcerated women and mothers and demanding that the Governor take immediate action to save lives. Among the speakers will be women who served time at Bedford Hills and mothers of currently incarcerated women.

REGISTER FOR ZOOM: bit.ly/bedford-rally

We Join All Those Incarcerated Here to Demand:

  • Immediate Release of Women in New York State Prisons, Starting with Those Most Vulnerable to Death by COVID19

  • Decent and Adequate Nutrition, Sanitary Supplies and Medical Care for All Incarcerated New Yorkers

  • No Use of Solitary Confinement

Full demands here.

Sponsors: VOCAL-NY, Release Aging People in Prison/RAPP Campaign, Center for Community Alternatives, Survived and Punished, Parole Preparation Project, WESPAC, Alliance of Families for Justice, New Hour for Women & Children–LI, Women & Justice Project

Contact: Tatiana Hill tatiana@vocal-ny.org; Nick Encalada-Malinowski nick@vocal-ny.org

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