COVID-19 UPDATE–SCI AYETTE WHERE 30 MEN HAVE TO USE ONE TOILET… AGING/ELDERLY PRISONERS WITH PRE-EXISTING MEDICAL CONDITIONS INCLUDING STAGE 4 COLON CANCER

The United States Team for the Impartial And Fair Treatment In Parole Initiative which operates under the umbrella of International Men’s Day (www.usainterationalmensday.blogspot.com) inaugurated by Gender Issues Thought Leader, educator, and prolific author Jerome Teelucksingh, Ph.D. of Trinidad and Tobago recently received a COVID-19 update concerning SCI Fayette which is located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The update takes the form of a heart wrenching video posted on TWITTER and can be viewed at the following link: https://twitter.com/i/status/1328026713058652160. It has come to our attention that at any given time 30 Men have to share one (1) toilet. Mr. Russell Shoats #AF3855 at SCI Fayette, who has been diagnosed with COVID-19 and Stage 4 Colon Cancer is among the aging and elderly incarcerated souls throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania who should be granted immediate release and returned to their community. We must bring our incarcerated Grandfathers, Fathers, Husbands, Brothers, Uncles, Sons, Cousins, Nephews, Mothers, Grandmothers, Sisters, Aunts, and Nieces home.

WHAT WE CAN DO –

Call or send a letter by e-mail, fax, or United States Postal Service which asks for: (1) Immediate Release — with all deliberate speed — of elderly and aging incarcerated Men and Women and incarcerated souls with pre-existing medical conditions who are vulnerable to contracting and dying from COVID-19 — particularly those souls who are serving life without parole sentences and do not and will not pose a public safety threat, many of whom stand ready to return to their community to implement research-driven and solutions-based initiatives they designed while institutionalized for decades to end gun violence, inter generational incarceration, Fatherlessness, “school-to-prison” pipeline, and recidivism.

(2) Provision of free access to and distribution of masks and personal hygiene items – soap and disinfectants to all incarcerated souls throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in compliance with COVID-19 protocols mandated by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (www.cdc.gov)

(3) Single celling of elderly and aging incarcerated souls and incarcerated souls with pre-existing medical conditions (e.g., Stages 1 through 4 Prostate Cancer, Colon Cancer, etc.) and immediate access to bathroom facilities so that they are not sharing one (1) toilet with 30 other souls

(4) Implementation and strict enforcement of the wearing of masks for all staff members working in correctional facilities throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania – NO EXCEPTIONS

CALLS, E-MAILS, FAXES, AND CORRESPONDENCE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO:

GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA