Collected Item: “Tweets from Inside a Prison 4/12-4/18/2020 by Railroaded Underground”
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Tweets from Inside a Prison 4/12-4/18/2020 by Railroaded Underground
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images
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These tweets are from an incarcerated person using a contraband cell phone to let the world know about the conditions inside the prison. This week he is talking about choosing between a shower and exposure because their showers are communal with over fifty people. He also mentions the prison employee that brought him his meals and lead him around has tested positive and that the first inmate is positive and has been sent to solitary confinement for quarantine. He mentions a lack of soap, receiving fruit snacks with his lunch because they contain vitamin C, injustice, #clemancynow, and inmates at other facilities being retaliated against for speaking out.
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incarceration, #clemancynow, early release, prison, Tweeting, social media, injustice, retaliation, left to die, lockdown
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https://twitter.com/RailroadUnderg1
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2020-04