Today, NYSDOCCS identified 15 guards & sergeants under investigation for the brutal murder of Messiah Nantwi at Mid-State prison. RAPP Leader Alton Lee, a survivor of Mid-State: I know 7 of them, all known to be part of a goon squad that brutalizes incarcerated people. 🧵

Today, NYSDOCCS identified 15 guards & sergeants under investigation for the brutal murder of Messiah Nantwi at Mid-State prison. RAPP Leader Alton Lee, a survivor of Mid-State: I know 7 of them, all known to be part of a goon squad that brutalizes incarcerated people. 🧵

NEW: Former prosecutor Christina Green writes in Newsday why New York should enact the Fair & Timely Parole and Elder Parole bills. “Ultimately, we must recognize when continued incarceration serves no purpose beyond simply warehousing a person.” www.newsday.com/opinion/comm...

Another incarcerated person was brutally slain by prison guards in a facility just across the street from Marcy Prison, where guards murdered Robert Brooks. Guards even made incarcerated people clean up the blood. The incarcerated people are the ones who are not safe. Our statement:

To help relieve the prison crisis, Gov Hochul should use her clemency powers. “She has the opportunity to make a statement, not only for the communities that are impacted, but for the illegal strikers, that she's going to resort to humane solutions.” queenseagle.com/all/2025/2/2...

"Guards are on strike because the world saw the video of 14-16 guards lynching a Black man [Robert Brooks]. This illegal strike is to erase the consciousness we're building to dismantle the racial brutality & sexual violence in the prison system that's been going on for decades."-RAPP's Jose Saldana

José Saldaña & Ori Burton talk about the NY State prison guards' wildcat strike, solitary confinement & other forms of prison violence:: @rappcampaign.bsky.social

Thank you NAACP of NYS for your solidarity against torture. Read their statement and more critical reporting on the human rights crisis in NY prisons created by guards seeking to distract from their co-workers' murder of Robert Brooks. nydailynews.com/2025/02/25/n... via @grahamrayman.bsky.social

“The issue is not understaffing but overincarceration. Passing the Elder Parole bill would directly relieve NYSDOCCS, particularly the urgent medical needs of elderly individuals, during strikes." via @grahamrayman.bsky.social www.nydailynews.com/2025/02/23/i...

JOIN US: Thurs. @ 11am, we're rallying in NYC + Albany to demand an end to prison abuse. Guards have been brutalizing, sexually assaulting & killing Black and brown people in New York's prisons for decades. We are demanding basic rights for incarcerated people, real pathways to release & more.

Our first post on blue sky! We are the Release Aging People in Prison Campaign and we fight for the release of older people (and all people) in prison by advocating for meaningful opportunities for release through parole and clemency. Learn more and join our work: rappcampaign.com