The 'Women's Cut'-Maryland's only women's prison

The 'Women's Cut'-Maryland's only women's prison | Rattling the Bars

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27 күн бұрын

For decades, prisoners' rights advocates have called on the State of Maryland to address its flagrant discrimination against prisoners housed in the state's sole women's prison. As The Real News has previously reported, conditions in the Maryland Correctional Institute for Women are akin to "torture," and the lack of resources and services dedicated to incarcerated women amounts to state-sanctioned, gender-based discrimination. Christina Merryman and Ameena Deramous, both former inmates in the MCIW-or the "Women's Cut"-join Rattling the Bars, explaining the conditions faced by incarcerated women in Maryland, and what advocates inside and outside the prison walls are doing to fight for justice, in the first half of this two-part panel.
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@cheri238 25 күн бұрын

Thank you, Mansa Musa, "Rattling the Bars," and the Real News Network, for having these courages women on for their stories who served time in America's prison system out of control. Thank you, Christina Merry and Ameena Deramous, for continuing your work outside of prison and explaining the perils of inside our justice system of the prison system. This should be shown on Corporate News everyday, but we also know the real reasons it won't be. Much gratitude and love to all of you. Keep up the great work.

@bertbaker7067 25 күн бұрын

Solidarity ladies, and welcome home✊ RIP to the 12 women allowed to die from treatable diseases between 2016 and 2019 at Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women in VA. Solidarité ✊

@margotpreston 25 күн бұрын

That were murdered. Not allowed to die.

@bertbaker7067 25 күн бұрын

@@margotpreston you ain't lying, but yt has censored my comments when I've tried writing it like that before

@bertbaker7067 25 күн бұрын

@~27:15, well said ma'am, it's important to expose and demand an end to the deplorable living conditions found inside of prisons. We were sentenced to a term of incarceration. We were *not* sentenced to poor or no healthcare. We were *not* sentenced to unsanitary living conditions. We were *not* sentenced to eating unhealthy/unsafe food. We were *not* sentenced to abuse/neglect from the staff. None of these things were on anyone's sentencing order, and they shouldn't be in our prisons either. Stay strong, solidarity forever ✊

@YourCapybaraAmigo_17yrsago 25 күн бұрын

Yt censored me from responding to you and I did so supportively. This is so annoying.

@bertbaker7067 25 күн бұрын

@@YourCapybaraAmigo_17yrsago I know how you feel, yt censors me too sometimes, probably means you said something real. Solidarity✊

@Boomers4Zoomers 25 күн бұрын

Shine a light😢

@divadeluxe6270 23 күн бұрын

I was there too terrible conditions ,staff, its the mist dehumanizing place ever. Thank you ladies for speaking up shedding light on this. Peace and blessings to everyone 🙏

@peterandjoycevanbreemen600 24 күн бұрын

Thank you! Inspiring!

@kathleankeesler1639 25 күн бұрын

Interesting - thank you.

@YourCapybaraAmigo_17yrsago 25 күн бұрын

It would be nice to stop the financial exploitation of inmates. That would be nice. Inmates are already paying for their so-called punishment with time and being away from their loved ones. That's enough. It is definitely wrong to make them double pay with both time and the money that they worked for. It's all about the exploitation.

@trevorsmith8950 23 күн бұрын

Amazing episode. I love Mansa Musa and the Real News Network

@rfiskillingussoftly6568 25 күн бұрын

Like and subscribe patriots!

@Jake-co7rt 14 күн бұрын

Where is Chris Hedges?

@dimimegesis 20 күн бұрын

cruel and unusual punishment. no one deserves the cruelty that y'all went through.

@AZtea4UnME 24 күн бұрын

Apparently current women's prison's are modeled after the 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment 😬

@priestesstapes 24 күн бұрын

The more I read, the more interviews I watch, the more I understand why abolition is imperative. This system ain't about meaningful, restorative accountability for folks that have done harm and it ain't about helping the victims. It's capitalism in a cage.

@joywolfe4343 21 күн бұрын

All true! If only someone in power cared enough to do something! I spent 4 years in that sh);;/hole. Everything about it was a nightmare. I have written and written and not one response. I just dont think anything will ever get done. As I write this i know for a fact that is is getting worse at MCIW. It’s so sad.

@megacide84 25 күн бұрын

We as a whole must demand the immediate greening of the Prison-Industrial-Complex. With the ongoing climate crisis. All new and existing prisons must be built or retrofitted with environmentally sustainable materials. All water and power must be sourced from renewable resources only. Absolutely no exceptions. Any and all material going to prisoners must be 100% recyclable. There won't be any wastage allowed whatsoever. All meals prepared must be purely healthy vegan dishes. Heavily salted and saturated fats in addition to unhealthy commissary items will be banned immediately. Finally, All prisoners must be educated and indoctrinated towards the environmental movement. All reading and video material within the facility must exclusively reflect that topic. Remember people... There is no Planet B.

@bastetowl3258 18 күн бұрын

the host rambles on too much

@lordinquis8r679 25 күн бұрын

I’m happy that women only have to serve a fraction of the time that men do for similar crimes. It sounds as though prison was a success for these women.

@YourCapybaraAmigo_17yrsago 25 күн бұрын

I doubt statistically there's that much of a gender disparity in sentences.

@lordinquis8r679 25 күн бұрын

@@YourCapybaraAmigo_17yrsago ,50%.

@YourCapybaraAmigo_17yrsago 25 күн бұрын

@@lordinquis8r679 I'm going to need a lot more proof before I can accept that. Racial disparities are the worst. I'm willing to hear arguments about gender disparities but I don't believe they are significant factor. If they are I would need some data to be convinced

@lordinquis8r679 25 күн бұрын

@@YourCapybaraAmigo_17yrsago , I won’t stop you from doing your homework.

@YourCapybaraAmigo_17yrsago 25 күн бұрын

@@lordinquis8r679 I don't think so friend. You made the statement so defend it. I'm not saying you're automatically wrong, it's just that I currently disagree. If you want to convince me you're going to have to show me the information. You're the one that brought it up. I think one thing we can all agree on is that while incarceration may be called for in some circumstances, sentences should always be fair, although I do believe special circumstances should be taken into account such as if the person is the primary caregiver regardless of gender.