We are the Young Gifted and Black. We are here to end state violence against the Black communities, because Black Lives Matter. We are fighting State violence that shows up as poverty and mass incarceration. Therefore we demand—BUILD THE PEOPLE AND NOT THE JAILS!!! Build the people not the jails means
1) No new jail- this means no newly built jail, or no new jail created through big renovations.
We demand that the city and county forever abandon plans of building a new jail, and increasing jail spending—including the proposed 8 million in the PPJ committee of the Dane county Board supervisors.
2) Free the 350- immediately release 350 Black people incarcerated due to crimes of poverty. People should not be locked up for being poor. Poverty is a crime, but not the poor people who are forced to survive it. Free those incarcerated for being poor.
3) Immediately end solitary confinement- no one should be locked in solitary confinement-those conditions are inhumane.
4) Invest in Black-led solutions- We must free ourselves. Resources need to be given to the Black community, led by the Black community, to develop solutions and programming that will build our communities. WE ARE TAKING BACK THE POWER OVER OUR COMMUNITY.
