Collected Item: “Tweets from Inside a Prison 6/14-6/20/2020 by Railroaded Underground”
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Tweets from Inside a Prison 6/14-6/20/2020 by Railroaded Underground
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images
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These images show the Tweets of a prison inmate who chose to use a contraband cell phone to show the public what is happening inside of the nation's prisons during the coronavirus pandemic. This week he discusses defunding prisons, the ongoing brutality inside prisons, San Quentin, outbreaks from transfers, Juneteenth, taking action not just paying lip service to the holiday, black communities, and early release beginning with the elderly and others most at risk.
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incarceration, prison, Juneteenth, black communities, early release, elderly, cell phone, San Quentin
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https://twitter.com/RailroadUnderg1
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unknown
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2020-06