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​​READ BY JESSE WILLIAMS / ACTOR
​"We've been on lockdown for months."

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​​READ BY QIANA JOHNSON / FOUNDER, LIFE AFTER RELEASE
"Are we about to die?"

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​​READ BY ALEC BALDWIN / ACTOR
"I could barely breathe."

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​​READ BY JOSIE DUFFY RICE / PRESIDENT, THE APPEAL
"I couldn't call my family."

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​​READ BY BRITNEY COLEMAN / ACTOR
"It's like we're lab rats."

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​​READ BY DWAYNE BETTS / POET, MEMOIRIST, & TEACHER​
"The C.O.s refused to help me."

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​​READ BY BARATUNDE THURSTON / WRITER & COMEDIAN
"I did not get fresh clothes for 13 days."

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​​READ BY CIARA RENEE / ACTOR​
"It made me feel like the scum of the earth."

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​​READ BY JAMES FORMAN / LEGAL SCHOLAR & AUTHOR
"I begged to go to medical, but I was ignored."

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​​READ BY JONATHAN BURKE / ACTOR​
"I can't breathe."

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​​READ BY FIONA APPLE / SINGER-SONGWRITER
"I've lost my spirit."

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​​READ BY ANGELA WILLIG / DEAN, BOSTON U. LAW SCHOOL
"I thought I was about to die."

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​​READ BY CHRISTOPHER GURR / ACTOR
"Something is wrong with my lungs."

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​​READ BY RABIA CHAUDRY / ATTORNEY & AUTHOR
"It's like I am not even human."

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​​​READ BY GARRY JENKINS / DEAN, U. OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL
"It's just a matter of time."

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​​READ BY JESSIE HOOKER-BAILEY / ACTOR
"Social distancing was not happening."

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​​READ BY ANTUAN RAIMONE / ACTOR​
"We are still human, not animals."

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​​READ BY MEENA HARRIS / LAWYER & AUTHOR
"The C.O.s have been more hostile to us."

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​​READ BY MOLLY CRABAPPLE / ARTIST & WRITER
"It is so hot, it feels like my heart is being stuck with needles."

​READ SWORN STATEMENT ➔​

​​READ BY KIMBERLY MARABLE / ACTOR​
"I was unable to call my family."

READ SWORN STATEMENT ➔​

​​READ BY JONATHAN RAPPING / FOUNDER & PRESIDENT, GIDEON'S PROMISE
"It's a scary situation."

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An urgent movement across the country is underway. We are reckoning with police violence and abuse perpetrated against BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) lives. Yet we cannot disconnect this visible violence from the violence inflicted on Black and Brown lives trapped inside inhumane jails, presumed innocent while awaiting trial, and without adequate medical treatment as the COVID-19 pandemic spreads.

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