Exciting news! The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights will hold the first-ever Congressional hearing on solitary confinement on Tuesday, June 19th at 10:00 a.m. You have previously lifted your voice on behalf of those who suffer severe harm in solitary confinement by signing NRCAT’s Statement to End Prolonged Solitary Confinement. The June 19th hearing provides a unique and meaningful opportunity to again show your support.
You may be too far away to attend the hearing, but you can still demonstrate your support by joining a nationwide 23 hour fast beginning the day before the hearing. This fast symbolizes the 23 hours per day prisoners spend in solitary confinement cells.
As we have seen in recent prisoner hunger strikes in Virginia and California, refusing food is one of the few means prisoners across the country have to protest their conditions in solitary confinement. Praying and fasting will provide a powerful testimony that people of faith care deeply about limiting the use of solitary confinement.
Those of us who are able to attend the Senate hearing in D.C. will also be participating in a press conference immediately afterwards. We will break our fast together in support of legislation to limit solitary confinement and share that people of faith from across the country are also fasting. You can check for updated information about the hearing, the fast, and the press conference here.
Thank you in advance for your participation in this incredible opportunity to shine a light in some of our nation's darkest places.
Linda Gustitus, President
Rev. Richard Killmer, Executive Director
Rev. Richard Killmer, Executive Director
LINKS:
- Sign up to join the fast: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=XEcNYL2icybpL0hDfusD21YY%2Bc8pKdKC
- Sample Tweet: Plz join me 4 the "23 Hour Fast to End 23 Hour Solitary", starting June 18 1pm. http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=8yV8TfrfhLLtrFQS7zpBWVYY%2Bc8pKdKC #23HourFast via @NRCATtweets
- FaceBook page to share: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=stVX5YV25VtvhD9Pe2ZQ51YY%2Bc8pKdKC
- Prayer for use during the fast: www.nrcat.org/23_hour_fast_prayer
**This information is being shared by Citizens for Prison Reform for purely informational purposes.
Citizens for Prison Reform
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"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter"
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-Martin Luther King
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