Collected Item: “Tweets from Inside a Prison 5/3-5/9/2020 by Railroaded Underground”
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Tweets from Inside a Prison 5/3-5/9/2020 by Railroaded Underground
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images
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These images are of the Twitter feed of an incarcerated person using a contraband cellphone to tell the world what is happening inside the prison during the covid pandemic. This week they discuss guards still not wearing masks but inmates are required to, retweeted about #dreamers and #carenotcages, the public beginning to recognize the humanity inside of prisons, empowerment, #clemancynow, the state of California disallowing inmate grievances to be filed, stagnation of the movement to release inmates early to slow the spread, and the fight for their rights.
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incarceration, prison, cellphone, California, early release, #clemancynow, humanity, guards, masks
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https://twitter.com/RailroadUnderg1
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unknown
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2020-05