NATIONAL CALL OUT! Prisoners of New Orleans need your help

[Moorbey]

To All CR members, Allies, and Comrades of New Orleans,
>
> Prisoners and Families of New Orleans needs your help immediately!
> If you haven't heard already Hurricane Gustav is headed for New Orleans
> and is predicted to be a category 3 hurricane, the same as Hurricane
> Katrina. There will possibly be a mandate for all people (outside of
> prisons and jails) of New Orleans to evacuate starting tomorrow August
> 29th, the three year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. It is predicted
> that hurricane Gustav will pose great flooding potential regardless of
> its category rating, the levee that broke by elected official's
> decisions during Hurricane Katrina has not been fixed to it's
> potential, or replaced.
>
> The over crowding Orleans Parish Prison, located in New Orleans, holds
> 2, 500 prisoners (this count is not certain, due to lack of
> information given to the public.) Although not official, we have
> information that the Prisoners of Orleans Parish Prison will be
> evacuating to Angola Prison and Hunt Prison in the next coming days
> and are also prisons that can be affected by Hurricane Gustav due to
> overcrowding.
>
> During Hurricane Katrina there were prisoners able to evacuate and
> others who remained locked in their cells with a minimal chance of
> survival. Prisoners were left in flooded cells, with no food, and had
> minimal ventilation, to say the least. Family members, of prisoners
> who were held at Orleans Parish Prison, are still in the fight to
> locate their loved ones who had been evacuated to other prisons during
> Katrina. Due to the flooding, lack of organization and care from New
> Orleans Department of Corrections and elected officials, prisoner's
> records were also missing. As a result, prisoner's constitutional
> rights have been violated.
> This abuse can not happen again!
>
> What will happen to the prisoners of Orleans Parish Prison located in
> New Orleans this time?
>
> Critical Resistance (CR) is demanding that the elected officials of
> New Orleans will not create the same devastating wrongs as they did to
> the prisoners of Orleans Parish Prison during hurricane Katrina.
>
> 1. we demand a full and safe evacuation of all prisoners
> 2. we demand to know what the evacuation plan for prisoners is
> 3. we demand to see a public document about that plan immediately
> 4. we demand information about how we can find people after an evacuation
>
> We are urging every member, ally and comrade of New Orleans across the
> country, to make atleast one call to:
>
> Sheriff Malrin Gusman: 504.827.8505
> (James Carter's secretary said "Orleans Parish Prison is Gusman's prison")
> James Carter: 504.658.1030
> (Criminal Justice Council Member who is able to put pressure on the
> sheriff even if they say they can't)
> You can also send an email: JCarter@cityofno. com
> please put in your email subject: How will you protect prisoners this time?
>
> Please call as many times as you can to put pressure on them and let
> them know our demands and it is their job to be accountable to
> us!!!!!!!!
>
> For further information from us please contact Critical Resistance New Orleans:
> Mayaba: 917.385.5472 or mayaba@criticalresi stance.org
> Koolblack: 504.813.4714 or koolblack@criticalr esistance. org
>
> (If you can't get through due to evacuation please contact:
> pilar@criticalresis tance.org for further information)
>
> In solidarity,
> Critical Resistance