From Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs:
There are two primary sections of this report:
Voices from Within is the “soul” of the report – a collection of real accounts from individuals enduring life in the system, whose voices are routinely silenced or ignored but are the real experts on the realities and impact of our national carceral system. These stories are divided into themes: medical care, mental health, programming, food/daily life, lockdowns, abuse, grievances and retaliation for filing them. (To assist
you in fully understanding the stories, a glossary of prison terms is included at the end. Please also note that we know the power of words to label and dehumanize, and therefore our preferred description for the authors of these accounts is “incarcerated individuals.” However, we have left their wording as their own.)
A Call to Action follows. There is so much that needs to be fixed in our carceral system that what is required is a total reimagining. However, we offer two recommendations that would make it possible to hold the federal Bureau of Prisons accountable for its impact on the lives it controls. Justice must at least start there.
Read the full report here.
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