The Campaign for Alternatives to Isolated Confinement are asking the public to join them today at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, May 21, for a virtual rally and socially distant actions to demand the legislature pass #HALTsolitary, Elder Parole, and Fair and Timely Parole.

 

People can register for the Zoom here, read this pdf flyer and this png flyer, and amplify action using this social media and call-in guide.

 

Activists are asking anyone who can travel safely, to join in person (with masks and gloves, and at least six feet apart) outside the offices of Senate Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, and outside Queensboro Correctional Facility:

 

• Outside office of Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins: 28 Wells Avenue, Building #3, Yonkers, NY
• Outside office of Speaker Heastie: 1446 East Gun Hill Road, Bronx, NY
• Outside Queensboro C.F. 47-04 Van Dam St, Long Island City, NY

 

The State Senate has announced the reconvening of the legislative session on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. It has been reported that the Senate and Assembly are working to pass at least 12 COVID specific bills next week.

 

Activists are asking people to join #HALTsolitary, RAPP, Parole Preparation Project, and others today to demand that people in prison and their families are included in the legislature’s response to COVID by passing Elder Parole, Fair and Timely Parole, and the HALT Solitary Confinement Act.