Andromeda Yelton on Nostr: NY is banning pirsoners from publishing most creative works: ...
NY is banning pirsoners from publishing most creative works: https://nysfocus.com/2023/06/06/doccs-prison-blocks-journalism-artists-creative-work
This is a blatant First Amendment problem, but fucking over prisoners and hoping no one will notice is kind of the norm. So let's notice.
Here's a petition you can sign: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/protect-nonprofit-arts-programming-for-inmates-in-nyc-department-of-corrections-facilities?source=twitter&;
And then, why not check out some essays & art by currently incarcerated people, in some cases authored at great risk to themselves: https://labs.jstor.org/second-chance-essays/
And read npub18ayxe0lpxvx2er8rd74v0hkydwef8a405tufydrn9lfpc4rx23tsvl0exw (npub18ay…0exw) 's book: https://bookshop.org/p/books/corrections-in-ink-a-memoir-keri-blakinger/17449988
This is a blatant First Amendment problem, but fucking over prisoners and hoping no one will notice is kind of the norm. So let's notice.
Here's a petition you can sign: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/protect-nonprofit-arts-programming-for-inmates-in-nyc-department-of-corrections-facilities?source=twitter&;
And then, why not check out some essays & art by currently incarcerated people, in some cases authored at great risk to themselves: https://labs.jstor.org/second-chance-essays/
And read npub18ayxe0lpxvx2er8rd74v0hkydwef8a405tufydrn9lfpc4rx23tsvl0exw (npub18ay…0exw) 's book: https://bookshop.org/p/books/corrections-in-ink-a-memoir-keri-blakinger/17449988