The Green Party of New Jersey
For Immediate Release:
Contacts
Jim Brash, Media Committee : jimmy.brash@yahoo.com
Julie Saporito-Acuña, Chairperson GPNJ : gpnjchair@gmail.com
The Green Party of New Jersey endorses the Sept. 9th
Prisoner's Solidarity of Action(s) in the Garden State
Parsippany -- On September 9, 2016 prisoners around this
nation will be committing acts of civil disobedience via work stoppages.
They've called upon us on the outside to support their efforts for better
treatment and bring voice to their concerns & the concerns of their
families.
The Green Party of New Jersey recognizes that our nation's
color-blind systems of law enforcement and crime control have effectively
constituted an ubiquitous national policy of racially selective mass
incarceration, a successor to Jim Crow as a means of social control.
"This new Jim Crow must be publicly discussed, widely recognized, and
ultimately reversed", said green party candidate for US Congress (12th
district) Steve Welzer, after a recent online conference.
"We cannot continue to kick the can down the street street.
Returning residents must be given the proper resources to truly transition back
into society, especially non-violent offenders", said green party
candidate for Camden city council, Gary C. Frazier Jr. when asked about the
Sept. 9 call for protests in behalf of prisoner's rights. Mr. Frazier added,
"These matters simply will not go away. We must be allotted to be that
vessel during incarceration, when released on parole/probation, and namely after
completion of any state institution's mandates."
The negative effects of imprisonment are far-reaching. Prisoners
are isolated from their communities and often denied contact with society and
the media. Access to educational and legal materials is in decline, while
exploitation of prison labor is increasing. The GPNJ acknowledges that the
prison industrial complex has very little to do with the disseminating of
justice and almost everything to do with the accumulation of profits at the
expense of civil rights & human dignity. Prison is big business. The
margins are much greater when you can have a nearly slave-like workforce at
your disposal.
The Green Party of New Jersey looks forward to working with in the
Committee to Decarcerate the Garden State, 15NowNJ, the People's Organisation
for Progress, and other activist organisations in building events around
Prisoner's Solidarity Day. We will continue to provide updates via this
and other mediums as the summer progresses and our plans in conjunction with
our coalition partners become clearer and more defined.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Gary C. Frazier Jr. : geehovas@yahoo.com
Mike Mangels : mikemangels.gp@gmail.com
Leena Varughese : leenav@gmail.com
Steve Welzer :
stevewelzer@msn.com
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