Another member of the PFU said, “There needs to be a serious oversight hearing to review these documents,” adding, “You’ve got two, three, four hundred guys in this building saying one guy was abusing his power.” While this heat wave was a catalyst for the strike, PFU members and organizers of the protest stressed that these problems are much older than this summer’s rash of heat stroke hospitalizations.Ĭaptain Walter Duffy is notorious for abusing his power at Max. He asked a lieutenant about getting electric fans for every cell, and the lieutenant responded, “There’s no chance in hell you’re getting them fans.” The PFU member said, “Every CO’s office, every lieutenants office, every captain’s office has a fan.”
Photo courtesy of Behind the Walls Committee. Behind the Walls Committee and supporters at the Aug. One reported, “Ten or 15 of us went to the hospital,” and described laying on the floor facing the front of the cell to get fresh air because the heat and dust were aggravating his asthma. Two participants in the hunger strike who are members of the Prisoner’s Family Union spoke with Liberation News. Recent heat wave sends prisoners to hospital, sparks strikeĭuring the heat wave the week of August 9, prisoners in Max passed out from heat stroke because of the extreme temperatures and inadequate ventilation in the building, which is one of the oldest facilities in all of Rhode Island.
The committee is made up of individuals impacted by incarceration and their allies. The Behind the Walls Committee was formed over two decades ago by DARE - Direct Action for Rights and Equality. Inmates in the maximum security prison - known locally as “Max” - went on hunger strike on August 21, and asked contacts on the outside in the Behind the Walls Committee to organize a solidarity rally. The campus holds all seven of Rhode Island’s prisons, including the juvenile and women’s facilities. Travisono Intake Service Center on August 22 for a car rally in support of prisoners currently on hunger strike in the maximum security prison.
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