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Commissary is money that must be put onto incarcerated folx's accounts by outside individuals. These funds are extremely important because people inside cannot access basic resources like regular phone calls, letter writing materials, over the counter meds, or adequate food, water, and hygiene items without these ransom (commissary) funds. These items are not just 'extra' supplies for people already being adequately provided for-conditions inside are beyond inhumane, including when it comes to basic resources. A 2020 Impact justice report found 94% of inmates surveyed nationally did not have access to enough food inside to feel full, with 75% saying they had been served rotten or spoiled food-which is not to mention the severe lack of nutritition in the food being served even when it is served free of mold, bugs, or rot (leading to the now common practice of 'supplementing' all the missing nutrients through cheaper enriched drink powders in order to meet minimum requirements).

People inside BCDC are quoted saying
"They feed us like children". The health impacts of such poor access to nutrition (which can be lifelong after only one month), are compounded by limited access to hygiene items in a deeply unsanitary environment, the severe mental health impacts of heavily restricted ability to communicate with outside community and loved ones, and the intense harm (psychologically as well as physically) of being held in a cage- leading to very real health outcomes, including an average 2 year shortening of the lifespan for every 1 year incarcerated. Having funds on commissary can't address all of the severe and intentional underresourcing of people inside- but it can make some difference.

And of course the pigs and private corporations in charge of commissary make access even harder with inflated prices for a population already usually without easy (if any) access to funds. This ransoming of basic necessities doesn't change even during emergencies. In BCDC, pigs took Helene donations of basic items like water bottles intended for people inside, let them sit (in people's view) for a month, then started selling them back to folx inside for $1-2.

Continued in comments

Commissary is money that must be put onto incarcerated folx's accounts by outside individuals. These funds are extremely important because people inside cannot access basic resources like regular phone calls, letter writing materials, over the counter meds, or adequate food, water, and hygiene items without these ransom (commissary) funds. These items are not just 'extra' supplies for people already being adequately provided for-conditions inside are beyond inhumane, including when it comes to basic resources. A 2020 Impact justice report found 94% of inmates surveyed nationally did not have access to enough food inside to feel full, with 75% saying they had been served rotten or spoiled food-which is not to mention the severe lack of nutritition in the food being served even when it is served free of mold, bugs, or rot (leading to the now common practice of 'supplementing' all the missing nutrients through cheaper enriched drink powders in order to meet minimum requirements).

People inside BCDC are quoted saying
"They feed us like children". The health impacts of such poor access to nutrition (which can be lifelong after only one month), are compounded by limited access to hygiene items in a deeply unsanitary environment, the severe mental health impacts of heavily restricted ability to communicate with outside community and loved ones, and the intense harm (psychologically as well as physically) of being held in a cage- leading to very real health outcomes, including an average 2 year shortening of the lifespan for every 1 year incarcerated. Having funds on commissary can't address all of the severe and intentional underresourcing of people inside- but it can make some difference.

And of course the pigs and private corporations in charge of commissary make access even harder with inflated prices for a population already usually without easy (if any) access to funds. This ransoming of basic necessities doesn't change even during emergencies. In BCDC, pigs took Helene donations of basic items like water bottles intended for people inside, let them sit (in people's view) for a month, then started selling them back to folx inside for $1-2.

Continued in comments

Commissary is money that must be put onto incarcerated folx's accounts by outside individuals. These funds are extremely important because people inside cannot access basic resources like regular phone calls, letter writing materials, over the counter meds, or adequate food, water, and hygiene items without these ransom (commissary) funds. These items are not just 'extra' supplies for people already being adequately provided for-conditions inside are beyond inhumane, including when it comes to basic resources. A 2020 Impact justice report found 94% of inmates surveyed nationally did not have access to enough food inside to feel full, with 75% saying they had been served rotten or spoiled food-which is not to mention the severe lack of nutritition in the food being served even when it is served free of mold, bugs, or rot (leading to the now common practice of 'supplementing' all the missing nutrients through cheaper enriched drink powders in order to meet minimum requirements).

People inside BCDC are quoted saying
"They feed us like children". The health impacts of such poor access to nutrition (which can be lifelong after only one month), are compounded by limited access to hygiene items in a deeply unsanitary environment, the severe mental health impacts of heavily restricted ability to communicate with outside community and loved ones, and the intense harm (psychologically as well as physically) of being held in a cage- leading to very real health outcomes, including an average 2 year shortening of the lifespan for every 1 year incarcerated. Having funds on commissary can't address all of the severe and intentional underresourcing of people inside- but it can make some difference.

And of course the pigs and private corporations in charge of commissary make access even harder with inflated prices for a population already usually without easy (if any) access to funds. This ransoming of basic necessities doesn't change even during emergencies. In BCDC, pigs took Helene donations of basic items like water bottles intended for people inside, let them sit (in people's view) for a month, then started selling them back to folx inside for $1-2.

Continued in comments

Commissary is money that must be put onto incarcerated folx's accounts by outside individuals. These funds are extremely important because people inside cannot access basic resources like regular phone calls, letter writing materials, over the counter meds, or adequate food, water, and hygiene items without these ransom (commissary) funds. These items are not just 'extra' supplies for people already being adequately provided for-conditions inside are beyond inhumane, including when it comes to basic resources. A 2020 Impact justice report found 94% of inmates surveyed nationally did not have access to enough food inside to feel full, with 75% saying they had been served rotten or spoiled food-which is not to mention the severe lack of nutritition in the food being served even when it is served free of mold, bugs, or rot (leading to the now common practice of 'supplementing' all the missing nutrients through cheaper enriched drink powders in order to meet minimum requirements).

People inside BCDC are quoted saying
"They feed us like children". The health impacts of such poor access to nutrition (which can be lifelong after only one month), are compounded by limited access to hygiene items in a deeply unsanitary environment, the severe mental health impacts of heavily restricted ability to communicate with outside community and loved ones, and the intense harm (psychologically as well as physically) of being held in a cage- leading to very real health outcomes, including an average 2 year shortening of the lifespan for every 1 year incarcerated. Having funds on commissary can't address all of the severe and intentional underresourcing of people inside- but it can make some difference.

And of course the pigs and private corporations in charge of commissary make access even harder with inflated prices for a population already usually without easy (if any) access to funds. This ransoming of basic necessities doesn't change even during emergencies. In BCDC, pigs took Helene donations of basic items like water bottles intended for people inside, let them sit (in people's view) for a month, then started selling them back to folx inside for $1-2.

Continued in comments

Commissary is money that must be put onto incarcerated folx's accounts by outside individuals. These funds are extremely important because people inside cannot access basic resources like regular phone calls, letter writing materials, over the counter meds, or adequate food, water, and hygiene items without these ransom (commissary) funds. These items are not just 'extra' supplies for people already being adequately provided for-conditions inside are beyond inhumane, including when it comes to basic resources. A 2020 Impact justice report found 94% of inmates surveyed nationally did not have access to enough food inside to feel full, with 75% saying they had been served rotten or spoiled food-which is not to mention the severe lack of nutritition in the food being served even when it is served free of mold, bugs, or rot (leading to the now common practice of 'supplementing' all the missing nutrients through cheaper enriched drink powders in order to meet minimum requirements).

People inside BCDC are quoted saying
"They feed us like children". The health impacts of such poor access to nutrition (which can be lifelong after only one month), are compounded by limited access to hygiene items in a deeply unsanitary environment, the severe mental health impacts of heavily restricted ability to communicate with outside community and loved ones, and the intense harm (psychologically as well as physically) of being held in a cage- leading to very real health outcomes, including an average 2 year shortening of the lifespan for every 1 year incarcerated. Having funds on commissary can't address all of the severe and intentional underresourcing of people inside- but it can make some difference.

And of course the pigs and private corporations in charge of commissary make access even harder with inflated prices for a population already usually without easy (if any) access to funds. This ransoming of basic necessities doesn't change even during emergencies. In BCDC, pigs took Helene donations of basic items like water bottles intended for people inside, let them sit (in people's view) for a month, then started selling them back to folx inside for $1-2.

Continued in comments

Commissary is money that must be put onto incarcerated folx's accounts by outside individuals. These funds are extremely important because people inside cannot access basic resources like regular phone calls, letter writing materials, over the counter meds, or adequate food, water, and hygiene items without these ransom (commissary) funds. These items are not just 'extra' supplies for people already being adequately provided for-conditions inside are beyond inhumane, including when it comes to basic resources. A 2020 Impact justice report found 94% of inmates surveyed nationally did not have access to enough food inside to feel full, with 75% saying they had been served rotten or spoiled food-which is not to mention the severe lack of nutritition in the food being served even when it is served free of mold, bugs, or rot (leading to the now common practice of 'supplementing' all the missing nutrients through cheaper enriched drink powders in order to meet minimum requirements).

People inside BCDC are quoted saying
"They feed us like children". The health impacts of such poor access to nutrition (which can be lifelong after only one month), are compounded by limited access to hygiene items in a deeply unsanitary environment, the severe mental health impacts of heavily restricted ability to communicate with outside community and loved ones, and the intense harm (psychologically as well as physically) of being held in a cage- leading to very real health outcomes, including an average 2 year shortening of the lifespan for every 1 year incarcerated. Having funds on commissary can't address all of the severe and intentional underresourcing of people inside- but it can make some difference.

And of course the pigs and private corporations in charge of commissary make access even harder with inflated prices for a population already usually without easy (if any) access to funds. This ransoming of basic necessities doesn't change even during emergencies. In BCDC, pigs took Helene donations of basic items like water bottles intended for people inside, let them sit (in people's view) for a month, then started selling them back to folx inside for $1-2.

Continued in comments

Commissary is money that must be put onto incarcerated folx's accounts by outside individuals. These funds are extremely important because people inside cannot access basic resources like regular phone calls, letter writing materials, over the counter meds, or adequate food, water, and hygiene items without these ransom (commissary) funds. These items are not just 'extra' supplies for people already being adequately provided for-conditions inside are beyond inhumane, including when it comes to basic resources. A 2020 Impact justice report found 94% of inmates surveyed nationally did not have access to enough food inside to feel full, with 75% saying they had been served rotten or spoiled food-which is not to mention the severe lack of nutritition in the food being served even when it is served free of mold, bugs, or rot (leading to the now common practice of 'supplementing' all the missing nutrients through cheaper enriched drink powders in order to meet minimum requirements).

People inside BCDC are quoted saying
"They feed us like children". The health impacts of such poor access to nutrition (which can be lifelong after only one month), are compounded by limited access to hygiene items in a deeply unsanitary environment, the severe mental health impacts of heavily restricted ability to communicate with outside community and loved ones, and the intense harm (psychologically as well as physically) of being held in a cage- leading to very real health outcomes, including an average 2 year shortening of the lifespan for every 1 year incarcerated. Having funds on commissary can't address all of the severe and intentional underresourcing of people inside- but it can make some difference.

And of course the pigs and private corporations in charge of commissary make access even harder with inflated prices for a population already usually without easy (if any) access to funds. This ransoming of basic necessities doesn't change even during emergencies. In BCDC, pigs took Helene donations of basic items like water bottles intended for people inside, let them sit (in people's view) for a month, then started selling them back to folx inside for $1-2.

Continued in comments

Commissary is money that must be put onto incarcerated folx's accounts by outside individuals. These funds are extremely important because people inside cannot access basic resources like regular phone calls, letter writing materials, over the counter meds, or adequate food, water, and hygiene items without these ransom (commissary) funds. These items are not just 'extra' supplies for people already being adequately provided for-conditions inside are beyond inhumane, including when it comes to basic resources. A 2020 Impact justice report found 94% of inmates surveyed nationally did not have access to enough food inside to feel full, with 75% saying they had been served rotten or spoiled food-which is not to mention the severe lack of nutritition in the food being served even when it is served free of mold, bugs, or rot (leading to the now common practice of 'supplementing' all the missing nutrients through cheaper enriched drink powders in order to meet minimum requirements).

People inside BCDC are quoted saying
"They feed us like children". The health impacts of such poor access to nutrition (which can be lifelong after only one month), are compounded by limited access to hygiene items in a deeply unsanitary environment, the severe mental health impacts of heavily restricted ability to communicate with outside community and loved ones, and the intense harm (psychologically as well as physically) of being held in a cage- leading to very real health outcomes, including an average 2 year shortening of the lifespan for every 1 year incarcerated. Having funds on commissary can't address all of the severe and intentional underresourcing of people inside- but it can make some difference.

And of course the pigs and private corporations in charge of commissary make access even harder with inflated prices for a population already usually without easy (if any) access to funds. This ransoming of basic necessities doesn't change even during emergencies. In BCDC, pigs took Helene donations of basic items like water bottles intended for people inside, let them sit (in people's view) for a month, then started selling them back to folx inside for $1-2.

Continued in comments

Commissary is money that must be put onto incarcerated folx's accounts by outside individuals. These funds are extremely important because people inside cannot access basic resources like regular phone calls, letter writing materials, over the counter meds, or adequate food, water, and hygiene items without these ransom (commissary) funds. These items are not just 'extra' supplies for people already being adequately provided for-conditions inside are beyond inhumane, including when it comes to basic resources. A 2020 Impact justice report found 94% of inmates surveyed nationally did not have access to enough food inside to feel full, with 75% saying they had been served rotten or spoiled food-which is not to mention the severe lack of nutritition in the food being served even when it is served free of mold, bugs, or rot (leading to the now common practice of 'supplementing' all the missing nutrients through cheaper enriched drink powders in order to meet minimum requirements).

People inside BCDC are quoted saying
"They feed us like children". The health impacts of such poor access to nutrition (which can be lifelong after only one month), are compounded by limited access to hygiene items in a deeply unsanitary environment, the severe mental health impacts of heavily restricted ability to communicate with outside community and loved ones, and the intense harm (psychologically as well as physically) of being held in a cage- leading to very real health outcomes, including an average 2 year shortening of the lifespan for every 1 year incarcerated. Having funds on commissary can't address all of the severe and intentional underresourcing of people inside- but it can make some difference.

And of course the pigs and private corporations in charge of commissary make access even harder with inflated prices for a population already usually without easy (if any) access to funds. This ransoming of basic necessities doesn't change even during emergencies. In BCDC, pigs took Helene donations of basic items like water bottles intended for people inside, let them sit (in people's view) for a month, then started selling them back to folx inside for $1-2.

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Asheville Community Bail Fund
a grassroots project to get people out of cages

To submit a request for bail, call/text 828.542.1312 or email avlbail@riseup.net

To donate: paypal.com/paypalme/avlcommunitybail

For more information, visit
avlcommunitybail.carrd.co

Virtual panel on May 4th with the Asheville and Charlotte bail funds! Check out their work at @avlbail and @clt.bailfund and register at bit.ly/NCJailsPanel

Jeremy of the @avlbail breaks down the bond assurance system in US jails and their disproportionate impact on racialized, poor and marginalized people.
Hear more in this weeks episode via the Latest Ep link in our bio

Julie from @avlbail talking about ICE holds at the Buncombe County jail in western NC from this week's episode

This week in our bio as Latest Ep

When someone is arrested and taken away by law enforcement of any kind, it can be scary and confusing. How do you help? Where were they taken and what happens next?

But we can find answers to many of our most common questions using free, publicly available digital tools!

This training will introduce and demonstrate how to use online databases and other sources of information to locate people at different points in the criminal injustice system and how to use the North Carolina E-Courts Portal to find a information you can use to support folks facing criminalization, including bond amounts, court dates, lawyers' names, open warrants, and much more.

** The focus will be on local, pre-trial information systems but this will be a highly interactive session and we will try to answer questions about other criminal punishment jurisdictions, including immigrant detention and state and federal prison, as time allows **

After the training we will share concrete ways to put what you've learned to use by volunteering with the Asheville Community Bail Fund (or by starting your own awesome, community-based abolitionist project)!

When someone is arrested and taken away by law enforcement of any kind, it can be scary and confusing. How do you help? Where were they taken and what happens next?

But we can find answers to many of our most common questions using free, publicly available digital tools!

This training will introduce and demonstrate how to use online databases and other sources of information to locate people at different points in the criminal injustice system and how to use the North Carolina E-Courts Portal to find a information you can use to support folks facing criminalization, including bond amounts, court dates, lawyers' names, open warrants, and much more.

** The focus will be on local, pre-trial information systems but this will be a highly interactive session and we will try to answer questions about other criminal punishment jurisdictions, including immigrant detention and state and federal prison, as time allows **

After the training we will share concrete ways to put what you've learned to use by volunteering with the Asheville Community Bail Fund (or by starting your own awesome, community-based abolitionist project)!

When someone is arrested and taken away by law enforcement of any kind, it can be scary and confusing. How do you help? Where were they taken and what happens next?

But we can find answers to many of our most common questions using free, publicly available digital tools!

This training will introduce and demonstrate how to use online databases and other sources of information to locate people at different points in the criminal injustice system and how to use the North Carolina E-Courts Portal to find a information you can use to support folks facing criminalization, including bond amounts, court dates, lawyers' names, open warrants, and much more.

** The focus will be on local, pre-trial information systems but this will be a highly interactive session and we will try to answer questions about other criminal punishment jurisdictions, including immigrant detention and state and federal prison, as time allows **

After the training we will share concrete ways to put what you've learned to use by volunteering with the Asheville Community Bail Fund (or by starting your own awesome, community-based abolitionist project)!

Overcrowding at the jail has reached a crisis point, thanks in part to Iryna's Law. Among other horrible things, this new law significantly restricts access to pre-trial release. That means more people stuck in jail before being convicted of anything.

But as bad as Iryna's Law is, our problem with jail warehousing goes much farther back. Our overcrowding crisis is not inevitable; it is the result of years of decisions about how to police and charge people. On paper, the County has had a reform agenda for the last 8 years to reduce the jail population and racial disparities, even collecting $5M in grant funding for that very purpose, yet the results speak for themselves.

If you want the County to take a new approach--one that doesn't involve warehousing as many struggling people as possible--you can tell Drew about it over a cup of coffee!

Overcrowding at the jail has reached a crisis point, thanks in part to Iryna's Law. Among other horrible things, this new law significantly restricts access to pre-trial release. That means more people stuck in jail before being convicted of anything.

But as bad as Iryna's Law is, our problem with jail warehousing goes much farther back. Our overcrowding crisis is not inevitable; it is the result of years of decisions about how to police and charge people. On paper, the County has had a reform agenda for the last 8 years to reduce the jail population and racial disparities, even collecting $5M in grant funding for that very purpose, yet the results speak for themselves.

If you want the County to take a new approach--one that doesn't involve warehousing as many struggling people as possible--you can tell Drew about it over a cup of coffee!

Overcrowding at the jail has reached a crisis point, thanks in part to Iryna's Law. Among other horrible things, this new law significantly restricts access to pre-trial release. That means more people stuck in jail before being convicted of anything.

But as bad as Iryna's Law is, our problem with jail warehousing goes much farther back. Our overcrowding crisis is not inevitable; it is the result of years of decisions about how to police and charge people. On paper, the County has had a reform agenda for the last 8 years to reduce the jail population and racial disparities, even collecting $5M in grant funding for that very purpose, yet the results speak for themselves.

If you want the County to take a new approach--one that doesn't involve warehousing as many struggling people as possible--you can tell Drew about it over a cup of coffee!

Overcrowding at the jail has reached a crisis point, thanks in part to Iryna's Law. Among other horrible things, this new law significantly restricts access to pre-trial release. That means more people stuck in jail before being convicted of anything.

But as bad as Iryna's Law is, our problem with jail warehousing goes much farther back. Our overcrowding crisis is not inevitable; it is the result of years of decisions about how to police and charge people. On paper, the County has had a reform agenda for the last 8 years to reduce the jail population and racial disparities, even collecting $5M in grant funding for that very purpose, yet the results speak for themselves.

If you want the County to take a new approach--one that doesn't involve warehousing as many struggling people as possible--you can tell Drew about it over a cup of coffee!

OK CLUB COMRADES! given the weather reschedule, some changes to DJ lineup bc conflicts & ending at 1AM this edition. Still raising funds for two anti-carceral causes: @avlbailfund and direct legal assistance for someone detained by ICE. Details...

VOWL Bar, 61 1/2 N Lexington 28801
FEB 7, 9PM-1AM
DJ HYPERVELVET
DJ MALINTZIN
SPELL

come let your pent-up, snowstorm, hermit, end times energy out in the balm of collective dance! -xx cat

🥊❌CALL TO ACTION❌🥊
We demand that BCDC ends their contract with PayTel and drops the security conditions on their communication service.
We demand no Photo ID requirements, no pre approval, and no phone number requirements.

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Red background. Slide 1 reads, “As if shit wasn’t bad enough! Buncombe County Jail switched its vide visit provider from iWebvisit to PayTel. So what’s different now? Jail residents must initiate requests for video visits. Callers must upload Photo ID and a selfie to be approved. The rate is now $4.50 for a 15-minute call.”.
Slide 2 reads, “What does this mean? Those without a photo ID cannot contact their loved ones. Those whose faces don’t match their ID may be refused. Jail residents who don’t know their loved one’s current phone number cannot contact them. The bail fund cannot operate as a collective to communicate with those inside, as one member would have to serve as the sole contact.”.
Slide 3 reads, “Why does this matter? Though these contracts are signed months before implementation, this change coincides with a major weather event that is likely to take out power, heat, and internet. For those who interfaced with the jail during Helene, this is jarring at best, retraumatizing at worst. During the Hurricane, residents were unable to communicate with outsiders for over a week and a half. With a new system and security measures, how long will it be now?”.
Slide 4 reads, “Why does this matter? Not having photo ID already impacts people disproportionately, especially if updating your ID runs the risk of interacting with ICE. Don’t know your partner’s number? Shit outta luck. Their number changes often? Shit outta luck. Jail officials can decide who matches their ID and who doesn’t. This will affect trans/GNC folks.”.
Slide 5 reads, “what can we do? Demand they drop the PayTel contract! Detention Major Jill Banks, 828-243-0107. Sheriff Quentin Miller, email @ Quentin-miller@buncombecounty.org . And join the bail fund Patreon @ AshevilleCommunityBailFund and be a monthly donor. Free Them All!”

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🥊❌CALL TO ACTION❌🥊
We demand that BCDC ends their contract with PayTel and drops the security conditions on their communication service.
We demand no Photo ID requirements, no pre approval, and no phone number requirements.

(DESCRIPTION OF POST)
Red background. Slide 1 reads, “As if shit wasn’t bad enough! Buncombe County Jail switched its vide visit provider from iWebvisit to PayTel. So what’s different now? Jail residents must initiate requests for video visits. Callers must upload Photo ID and a selfie to be approved. The rate is now $4.50 for a 15-minute call.”.
Slide 2 reads, “What does this mean? Those without a photo ID cannot contact their loved ones. Those whose faces don’t match their ID may be refused. Jail residents who don’t know their loved one’s current phone number cannot contact them. The bail fund cannot operate as a collective to communicate with those inside, as one member would have to serve as the sole contact.”.
Slide 3 reads, “Why does this matter? Though these contracts are signed months before implementation, this change coincides with a major weather event that is likely to take out power, heat, and internet. For those who interfaced with the jail during Helene, this is jarring at best, retraumatizing at worst. During the Hurricane, residents were unable to communicate with outsiders for over a week and a half. With a new system and security measures, how long will it be now?”.
Slide 4 reads, “Why does this matter? Not having photo ID already impacts people disproportionately, especially if updating your ID runs the risk of interacting with ICE. Don’t know your partner’s number? Shit outta luck. Their number changes often? Shit outta luck. Jail officials can decide who matches their ID and who doesn’t. This will affect trans/GNC folks.”.
Slide 5 reads, “what can we do? Demand they drop the PayTel contract! Detention Major Jill Banks, 828-243-0107. Sheriff Quentin Miller, email @ Quentin-miller@buncombecounty.org . And join the bail fund Patreon @ AshevilleCommunityBailFund and be a monthly donor. Free Them All!”

End Photo Description

🥊❌CALL TO ACTION❌🥊
We demand that BCDC ends their contract with PayTel and drops the security conditions on their communication service.
We demand no Photo ID requirements, no pre approval, and no phone number requirements.

(DESCRIPTION OF POST)
Red background. Slide 1 reads, “As if shit wasn’t bad enough! Buncombe County Jail switched its vide visit provider from iWebvisit to PayTel. So what’s different now? Jail residents must initiate requests for video visits. Callers must upload Photo ID and a selfie to be approved. The rate is now $4.50 for a 15-minute call.”.
Slide 2 reads, “What does this mean? Those without a photo ID cannot contact their loved ones. Those whose faces don’t match their ID may be refused. Jail residents who don’t know their loved one’s current phone number cannot contact them. The bail fund cannot operate as a collective to communicate with those inside, as one member would have to serve as the sole contact.”.
Slide 3 reads, “Why does this matter? Though these contracts are signed months before implementation, this change coincides with a major weather event that is likely to take out power, heat, and internet. For those who interfaced with the jail during Helene, this is jarring at best, retraumatizing at worst. During the Hurricane, residents were unable to communicate with outsiders for over a week and a half. With a new system and security measures, how long will it be now?”.
Slide 4 reads, “Why does this matter? Not having photo ID already impacts people disproportionately, especially if updating your ID runs the risk of interacting with ICE. Don’t know your partner’s number? Shit outta luck. Their number changes often? Shit outta luck. Jail officials can decide who matches their ID and who doesn’t. This will affect trans/GNC folks.”.
Slide 5 reads, “what can we do? Demand they drop the PayTel contract! Detention Major Jill Banks, 828-243-0107. Sheriff Quentin Miller, email @ Quentin-miller@buncombecounty.org . And join the bail fund Patreon @ AshevilleCommunityBailFund and be a monthly donor. Free Them All!”

End Photo Description

🥊❌CALL TO ACTION❌🥊
We demand that BCDC ends their contract with PayTel and drops the security conditions on their communication service.
We demand no Photo ID requirements, no pre approval, and no phone number requirements.

(DESCRIPTION OF POST)
Red background. Slide 1 reads, “As if shit wasn’t bad enough! Buncombe County Jail switched its vide visit provider from iWebvisit to PayTel. So what’s different now? Jail residents must initiate requests for video visits. Callers must upload Photo ID and a selfie to be approved. The rate is now $4.50 for a 15-minute call.”.
Slide 2 reads, “What does this mean? Those without a photo ID cannot contact their loved ones. Those whose faces don’t match their ID may be refused. Jail residents who don’t know their loved one’s current phone number cannot contact them. The bail fund cannot operate as a collective to communicate with those inside, as one member would have to serve as the sole contact.”.
Slide 3 reads, “Why does this matter? Though these contracts are signed months before implementation, this change coincides with a major weather event that is likely to take out power, heat, and internet. For those who interfaced with the jail during Helene, this is jarring at best, retraumatizing at worst. During the Hurricane, residents were unable to communicate with outsiders for over a week and a half. With a new system and security measures, how long will it be now?”.
Slide 4 reads, “Why does this matter? Not having photo ID already impacts people disproportionately, especially if updating your ID runs the risk of interacting with ICE. Don’t know your partner’s number? Shit outta luck. Their number changes often? Shit outta luck. Jail officials can decide who matches their ID and who doesn’t. This will affect trans/GNC folks.”.
Slide 5 reads, “what can we do? Demand they drop the PayTel contract! Detention Major Jill Banks, 828-243-0107. Sheriff Quentin Miller, email @ Quentin-miller@buncombecounty.org . And join the bail fund Patreon @ AshevilleCommunityBailFund and be a monthly donor. Free Them All!”

End Photo Description

🥊❌CALL TO ACTION❌🥊
We demand that BCDC ends their contract with PayTel and drops the security conditions on their communication service.
We demand no Photo ID requirements, no pre approval, and no phone number requirements.

(DESCRIPTION OF POST)
Red background. Slide 1 reads, “As if shit wasn’t bad enough! Buncombe County Jail switched its vide visit provider from iWebvisit to PayTel. So what’s different now? Jail residents must initiate requests for video visits. Callers must upload Photo ID and a selfie to be approved. The rate is now $4.50 for a 15-minute call.”.
Slide 2 reads, “What does this mean? Those without a photo ID cannot contact their loved ones. Those whose faces don’t match their ID may be refused. Jail residents who don’t know their loved one’s current phone number cannot contact them. The bail fund cannot operate as a collective to communicate with those inside, as one member would have to serve as the sole contact.”.
Slide 3 reads, “Why does this matter? Though these contracts are signed months before implementation, this change coincides with a major weather event that is likely to take out power, heat, and internet. For those who interfaced with the jail during Helene, this is jarring at best, retraumatizing at worst. During the Hurricane, residents were unable to communicate with outsiders for over a week and a half. With a new system and security measures, how long will it be now?”.
Slide 4 reads, “Why does this matter? Not having photo ID already impacts people disproportionately, especially if updating your ID runs the risk of interacting with ICE. Don’t know your partner’s number? Shit outta luck. Their number changes often? Shit outta luck. Jail officials can decide who matches their ID and who doesn’t. This will affect trans/GNC folks.”.
Slide 5 reads, “what can we do? Demand they drop the PayTel contract! Detention Major Jill Banks, 828-243-0107. Sheriff Quentin Miller, email @ Quentin-miller@buncombecounty.org . And join the bail fund Patreon @ AshevilleCommunityBailFund and be a monthly donor. Free Them All!”

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Join us for a presentation on how local and state policies and narratives feed the criminalization machine that has brought us to the current moment of intense jail overcrowding and worsening conditions.

From local ordinances against "panhandling" to state laws requiring cooperation with ICE and limiting who can get out of jail pre-trial, the current wave of criminalization creates the sense that locking up more and more people is just inevitable as social and economic conditions deteriorate.

But criminalization has always been and continues to be a choice—the result of specific policy decisions, enforcement patterns, and media and political narratives rooted in the disposability of people and entire communities.

In this presentation we will cover recent legislative changes, look at jail population data over time, and examine the media and political narratives that have manufactured consent for the increasing reach of incarceration in our lives.

Finally, we'll discuss how people interested in resisting the inevitability of more prisons and police in our community can get involved and show up to support those currently ensnared by the punishment system.

Join us for a presentation on how local and state policies and narratives feed the criminalization machine that has brought us to the current moment of intense jail overcrowding and worsening conditions.

From local ordinances against "panhandling" to state laws requiring cooperation with ICE and limiting who can get out of jail pre-trial, the current wave of criminalization creates the sense that locking up more and more people is just inevitable as social and economic conditions deteriorate.

But criminalization has always been and continues to be a choice—the result of specific policy decisions, enforcement patterns, and media and political narratives rooted in the disposability of people and entire communities.

In this presentation we will cover recent legislative changes, look at jail population data over time, and examine the media and political narratives that have manufactured consent for the increasing reach of incarceration in our lives.

Finally, we'll discuss how people interested in resisting the inevitability of more prisons and police in our community can get involved and show up to support those currently ensnared by the punishment system.

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Noise demo against Hilton Hotel's collaboration with ICE
Friday, 1/23, 5pm
Meet at Pritchard Park, Downtown Asheville

For weeks, thousands of people in Minnesota have been bravely fighting back against ICE's campaign of terror in their city. This Friday 1/23 they are calling for a general strike to push ICE out of their community.

Let's show up in solidarity with their resistance and let local ICE collaborator, Hilton Hotels, know what people think of their support for Trump's deportation machine. Hilton has been housing ICE agents in Minneapolis as well as other cities during their racist dragnets. They have also let ICE use their hotel rooms as temporary holding facilities for people swept up in their operations.

This Friday, let's make some noise for the people of Minneapolis and let Hilton know there will be no rest until they cut ties with ICE.