This photo was sent to us anonymously A banner drop on the Ring Street walking bridge over I-43, “John Tate Free Old Law Captives Now #ParoleWatch2021” John Tate is the Parole Board commissioner, and though he’s made some progress in releasing people, he has yet to go far enough. He could make much more substantial […]
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Free Old Law Captives Now: Ring Street Bridge Banner Drop, Milwaukee Wi
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Also tagged decarceration, fire to the prisons, john tate, milwaukee, milwaukee wi, old law prisoners, prison abolition, wisconsin
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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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Also tagged car bloc, closemsdf, compassionate release, coronavirus, covid 19, decarcerate, decarcerate now, direct action, ffup, forum for understanding prisons, free them all, milwaukee, milwaukee secure detention facility, msdf, noise demo, prison forum, wisconsin
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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 […]
Posted in Direct Action
Also tagged banners, compassionate release, covid 19, demonstration, ffup, forum for understanding prisons, free them all, glendale, governor evers, healthcare, healthcare is a human right, kevin carr, madison, occupation, posters, prison forum, prisoners are safer at home, prisoners rights, prisoners rights are human rights, release them all, secretary carr, tony evers, wisconsin
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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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Also tagged compassionate release, coronavirus, covid 19, demonstration, doc, doc secretary, ffup, forum for understanding prisons, free them all, glendale, healthcare, kevin carr, occupation, prison abolition, prison forum, prisoners rights, prisoners rights are human rights, secretary carr, wisconsin
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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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Also tagged carr, compassionate release, covid 19, demanding action, demonstration, department of corrections, ffup, forum for understanding prisons, free them all, glendale, governor evers, healthcare, kevin carr, occupation, occupy, prisoners rights, prisoners rights are human rights, release them all, secretary carr, tony evers, wisconsin
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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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Also tagged banner, closemsdf, covid 19, decarcerate now, downtown, ffup, forum for understanding prisons, light projection, milwaukee, msdf, prisons, wisconsin
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