"44! No more!" Baton Rouge prison reform activists mobilize caravans for justice after latest death – Liberation News
247 2 minutes read On Dec. 7, the East Baton Rouge Prison Reform Coalition held a vigil and march after the 44th death in Parish Prison since 2012 — a number that far surpasses deaths in jail when compared with national data. “Words have power — they have energy. And what our leaders believe is that there is not any power in these names,” said Linda Franks of the East Baton Rouge Prison Reform Coalition whose son’s name was read among the 44 names. Frank’s son, Lamar Johnson, was arrested for having tinted windows en route to picking up his grandmother from dialysis in 2016...
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