We Will Walk to Pass The Moratorium Bill
S-2030- H-1905
Why do we walk?We walk inspired by a vision of ending the incarceration of women and girls in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and shifting our state’s focus from investment in imprisonment to investment in housing, education, health care, and jobs — all the elements that are required for a productive and satisfactory life. We walk to raise the alarm that Governor Baker is trying to build a new, $50 million women's prison or invest as much in renovating and expanding the women's prison at Framingham where currently less than 150 women are incarcerated. Massachusetts has one of the lowest women's incarceration populations in the country. With this money the Commonwealth could fund individualized community-led plans for currently incarcerated women, significant programs to help women secure safe housing, rise out of poverty and receive ongoing medical treatment--thereby addressing the root causes of incarceration. We walk to inspire a groundswell of support to a bill in the State House and Senate that will establish a jail and prison construction Moratorium for five years. The bill addresses the Commonwealth's huge investment in prisons, jails, regional lock-ups, and other such facilities by pausing new construction and planning. We will share an up-to-date information on the bills. Imagine what all of us can create if we pause jail and prison construction and reinvest tens of millions of dollars in community-led solutions! |
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