On April 9th, FFUP organized a second car bloc noise demo outside the Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility, to take place from 1:30PM to 3:00PM. This noise demo took place during shift change for the guards who work at MSDF, which is at 2PM. Wisconsin has one of the highest rates of incarceration in the country, […]
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MSDF Car Parade: Downtown, Milwaukee
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Car Bloc Noise Demo Outside MSDF: Milwaukee
After a week of ongoing actions, FFUP took to the street! For a little more than an hour, cars circled the block that the Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility takes up (10th street, State street, Highland ave, 11th street). At one point during the power hour, 16 cars were counted as taking part in this noise […]
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FFUP Occupation Outside Kevin Carr’s House (Day 3)
March 25th marked day three of the Occupation outside of DOC Secretary Carr’s house. Early in the morning, demonstrators held signs and shared the hashtag they intend to use throughout the campaign, #WiPrisonersHomeNow. They then announced that they would be “pulling rank” on Kevin Carr and would spend the rest of day in Madison outside […]
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FFUP Occupation Outside Kevin Carr’s House (Day 2)
Tuesday March 24th was day 2 of the occupation outside DOC Secretary Kevin Carr’s home in Glendale, Wisconsin. At 6am, the demonstrators began by holding a banner that reads Fire Warden Novak. They sang “Make me a channel of your peace,” a traditional Christian hymn, which picked up on Ben’s speech from the night before […]
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FFUP Occupation Outside Kevin Carr’s House (Day 1)
On Monday March 23rd, Forum For Understanding Prisons began an occupation (from dawn till dusk) outside Wisconsin DOC Secretary Kevin Carr’s house in Glendale, Wisconsin. Their intention is to let the secretary know that he is not doing enough to keep the prisoners of Wisconsin safe during this pandemic. And they will remain until the […]
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Decarcerate Now! FFUP Outside MSDF: Milwaukee, WI
The following report was sent to us from Forum for Understanding Prisons, check out their site here and keep up with the effects COVID 19 is having on our most vulnerable population—prisoners. On Friday March 20th, a small gathering outside of the dungeon in downtown Milwaukee took place. There are more than 23,000 […]
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