A PAPA advocate writes:Part of our work is advocacy for people who are presently incarcerated. This
A PAPA advocate writes:Part of our work is advocacy for people who are presently incarcerated. This week, one of these people was unexpectedly released late on Friday. Corrections had lost all of her belongings. They released her from the prison without a single possession. Another ex-prisoner gave her a shirt. She had no shoes. She had no possible way of getting to her bail address.She had to spend the night on the street, alone, trying to find someone who would take her there. Corrections left her alone, penniless and vulnerable to violence.After escaping someone who made promises to her but then violently took advantage of her, she found a way to contact PAPA organisers. Within a few hours she had clothing, shoes, a phone, and a temporary safe place to sleep.This is the human wreckage incarceration in Aotearoa leaves behind it. This is the level of atrocious physical, emotional, and sexual violence so carelessly facilitated by Corrections.I took this woman, my friend, to McDonalds and sat there quietly eating some fries. She looked at me and said “I hate being set up to fail.” We hate it too. If you’re with us, join us in stopping this from ever happening again: papa.org.nz/join-us/ -- source link
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