The United States is grossly obsessed with incarceration. Whether called “detention center,” “facility,” “jail,” or “prison,” these systems share the same unjust design: to incarcerate black, brown and working class people and strip them of their dignity. Support this urgent call to save the lives of thousands locked up in our county and city jails, state and federal prisons, and in immigration detention. We must end mass incarceration. This is literally a matter of life and death!

IMMIGRANTS IN DETENTION IN OHIO: #FreeThemAll

Did you know that the sheriffs of four counties in Ohio are holding ICE immigrant detainees? Local governments are doing the dirty work of the feds in Butler, Geauga, Morrow, and Seneca County Jails.  Unjust and insane! Thousands of doctors have spoken out on the need to IMMEDIATELY release detainees in ICE custody. We must demand that our public health departments wake up and echo this urgent call.  Immigrant detainees are so desperate that some have gone on hunger strikes, knowingly weakening their immune systems. Lives are in jeopardy as COVID-19 continues to spread.

TAKE ACTION!

CONTACT THESE COUNTY SHERIFFS

Butler

PH - 513-785-1300

FB - @ButlerSheriff

TW - @ButlerCountySO

Geauga

PH - 440-279-2058

FB -  @hildenbrandforsheriff

TW - @GeaugaSheriff

Morrow

PH - 419-946-4444

FB - @MorrowCountySheriffsOffice

TW - @MorrowCountyHD

Seneca

PH - 419-447-3456

FB - #SenecaCountySheriffsOffice

TW - @SenecaCountyOH

CONTACT MIKE DEWINE

(Ohio Governor)

PH - 1-833-427-5634 Press 0

FB - @GovMikeDeWine

TW - @GovMikeDeWine

TELL THEM TO DECLARE A HEALTH EMERGENCY AND:

• Immediately break all contracts with ICE. Release all immigrant detainees in Ohio.
• Release all those charged with low-level and nonviolent offenses from jails and prisons.
• Guarantee safe health practices and care for anyone who remains behind bars.