Yesterday I accompanied a woman to see her loved one in prison. We left before dawn to make it for the AM visit. Several hours later, we were headed back home, our visit denied. I wanted to share a bit about the experience. 1/
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My heart sank. This hadn't occurred to me. It’s never been an issue before. I was worried I'd be turned away, or worse, that we would both be denied and it’d be my fault. I was offering to take out the piercing when another guard called over—“they can’t visit anyway.” 8/
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Apparently the man we were going to see has had his contact visits suspended. For a year. Reason unclear. Nobody told him. Or his loved one, even though she speaks to his counselor regularly. 9/
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As she heard this, the woman I came with started shaking, trying to maintain her composure. She repeatedly told the guards that she wasn't mad at them, but pleaded to talk to someone. She was in tears but clearly anxious not to escalate in a way that would lead to reprisals. 10/
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A sergeant came over, checked the computer, said it was not clear why the man’s status changed but he could not allow us in. When the woman asked if someone could notify her loved one about what happened, the sergeant said he would. 11/
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We were back on the road when her loved one called. Were we running late? He was still waiting for us. Nobody told him what had happened. And that’s how he found out his contact visits have been suspended for a year. 12/
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I’ve been to a bunch of prisons in a bunch of states. The rules are always changing, always arbitrary. What is consistent is the casual cruelty; the indifference; the way some seem to relish denying visits for any reason they can. 13/
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I have been thinking about the woman who was turned away because of her keys, and the fact that she must now go a month before seeing her own loved one. For what? There is NO reason. Other than keeping people in their place. 14/
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This is a thing that always gets to me after visits: It’s not just the trauma for those inside, but the endless harm to those who try to maintain connections to loved ones. Most people don’t have the resources to just adapt; to try again next time. Families become fractured. 15/
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Boarding a flight so I’ll leave it here but: It’s moments like these when I feel most overwhelmed by mass incarceration. This was 1 day, in 1 prison, in 1 state in this country. We have built a vast machinery of cruelty and called it justice—and we’re all diminished by it. 16/16
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I got a speeding ticket in TN, prior to the hearing we were told NO piercings; they had to be removed. Jewelry was allowed except earrings on males had to be removed. In traffic school I was told ALL females should have guns bc it's not safe on the road w/o them.
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