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Thread: Let’s be honest about Parchman and other prisons in Mississippi. Most people simply don’t care about conditions and corruption. Cedric Willis, a falsely accused man released after years there told us the realities back in 2006: m.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2006/jul/…
2. all the political posturing about gangs being responsible is dumb bullshit. Cedric explained in 2006, as have @BennyIvey1 and others have told me since, that prisoners must split into “brotherhoods” for protection and survival especially since many guards are dirty. Cedric:
3. More Cedric on guards’ abuse at Parchman:
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Today’s ICE raids in Mississippi were the *single largest one-day worksite raids on immigrants in U.S. history.* ICE raided workplaces where they rounded up 680 immigrant workers in six Mississippi cities. #MSICEraids #ICEraids
jacksonfreepress.com/news/2019/aug/…
“Workers filled 3 buses—two for men & one for women—at a Koch Foods Inc. plant in tiny Morton. They were taken to a military hangar to be processed for immigration violations. About 70 family, friends and residents waved goodbye and shouted, "Let them go! Let them go!" #ICEraids
“A tearful 13-year-old boy whose parents are from Guatemala waved goodbye to his mother, a Koch worker, as he stood beside his father. Some employees tried to flee on foot but were captured in the parking lot.”
#ICEraids jacksonfreepress.com/news/2019/aug/…
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US Atty Mike Hurst says ICE swept up 680 people across 6 MS cities today. ICE officers stormed facilities where workers were trying to make a living for their families & carried them off in buses.

He claims it's about "enforcing the rule of law...throughout our great country."
From the release: "Family members of those detained can call ICE’s toll-free detainee locator hotline for
information about an individual’s detention location & status, as well as info about the
removal process. The phone number is 1-888-351-
4024." (Eng+Spanish hotline)
The immigrants whom ICE detained are being sent to a prison camp in Jena, Louisiana. #MSIceRaids #ICE
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