They’re complaint is that they can no longer place people in solitary confinement who are mentally ill. And that they can no longer place prisoners in solitary for longer than 15 days, which is the point that it’s considered torture by human rights organizations.
Essentially, they are complaining that they can no longer torture folks.
They have a few other demands too, but this is their main sticking point. Torture is no longer on the table so therefore we are striking.
That brutal murder, with 18 people involved, was done so casually that the governor is enforcing body camera usage for every inmate interaction, and a 400 million dollar spend to add cameras that cover all of the spaces inside NY prisons.
They are also striking because they won’t be able to beat and murder people anymore.
Essentially, they are complaining that they can no longer torture folks.
seems to be. I had not seen any detail on the strike and, if this is one of the primary reasons behind the action, then fuck 'em.
if you have to torture people to achieve goals under what I am sure must be systemic deficiencies, then you have lost the fucking plot. you are the tool of oppression, goodbye.
this is the first explanatory article I have seen. are we missing important context somewhere?
They do have good cause to strike. Staffing shortages have been bad in most prisons since COVID.
But, because they’re short staffed and our justice system routinely dumps mentally ill folks in prisons. And guards aren’t mental health workers. And prison’s rarely do enough mental health programming or staff enough professionals to take care of the population. The cops end up thinking the only way they have to manage the situation is to torture folks by tossing them in solitary. Because that’s what they’ve been doing up until NY passed a bill to stop it.
Sorry those sentences are oddly formatted. A bit stoned.
They’re generally pieces of shit, and you’re right that current treatment is unacceptable, but they’re intentionally not given the tools to properly handle prisoners by the state. I don’t blame them for striking here. Honestly they should have gone on strike a long time ago.
There are reasonable demands they could make. Better mental health care for inmates. Fix the staffing shortage by offering better compensation for new hires. Etc.
So I don’t blame them for striking.
But torture isn’t a tool to properly handle prisoners. And I absolutely blame them for making torture one of their demands.
They’re complaint is that they can no longer place people in solitary confinement who are mentally ill. And that they can no longer place prisoners in solitary for longer than 15 days, which is the point that it’s considered torture by human rights organizations.
Essentially, they are complaining that they can no longer torture folks.
They have a few other demands too, but this is their main sticking point. Torture is no longer on the table so therefore we are striking.
Class fucking traitors.
Its also important to note they are striking right as the NY correction officers that flagrantly murdered Robert brooks with zero provocation were arrested.
That brutal murder, with 18 people involved, was done so casually that the governor is enforcing body camera usage for every inmate interaction, and a 400 million dollar spend to add cameras that cover all of the spaces inside NY prisons.
They are also striking because they won’t be able to beat and murder people anymore.
Yeah, the accountability stuff is actually in the HALT act.
So it’s as much about them wanting to torture and murder people, as it is about them not feeling like they should be held accountable for it
seems to be. I had not seen any detail on the strike and, if this is one of the primary reasons behind the action, then fuck 'em.
if you have to torture people to achieve goals under what I am sure must be systemic deficiencies, then you have lost the fucking plot. you are the tool of oppression, goodbye.
this is the first explanatory article I have seen. are we missing important context somewhere?
They do have good cause to strike. Staffing shortages have been bad in most prisons since COVID.
But, because they’re short staffed and our justice system routinely dumps mentally ill folks in prisons. And guards aren’t mental health workers. And prison’s rarely do enough mental health programming or staff enough professionals to take care of the population. The cops end up thinking the only way they have to manage the situation is to torture folks by tossing them in solitary. Because that’s what they’ve been doing up until NY passed a bill to stop it.
Sorry those sentences are oddly formatted. A bit stoned.
They’re generally pieces of shit, and you’re right that current treatment is unacceptable, but they’re intentionally not given the tools to properly handle prisoners by the state. I don’t blame them for striking here. Honestly they should have gone on strike a long time ago.
There are reasonable demands they could make. Better mental health care for inmates. Fix the staffing shortage by offering better compensation for new hires. Etc.
So I don’t blame them for striking.
But torture isn’t a tool to properly handle prisoners. And I absolutely blame them for making torture one of their demands.
ACAB