"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly."
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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STOP PRISON ABUSE | ABOUT US
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Our goals are to make people in America and around the world aware that physical, psychological, and medical abuse occurs in
U.S. prisons, to convince Congress to investigate conditions within our prisons and to pass legislation to protect prisoners
from abuse.
We are not Liberal or Conservative, Democrat or Republican. We are of all ages, races, religions, classes, and creeds. Some
of us have loved ones who are incarcerated; some of us are not personally connected to anyone who is incarcerated. All of us
feel humanly connected to those who are incarcerated, and agree that a person is sent to prison as punishment, not to be
punished. We are not "soft on crime"; we feel that the abuse and neglect of prisoners is a crime. We are committed to working
lovingly and peacefully to make the U.S. prison system become accountable, safe, and redemptive.
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