ALT NATIONAL SHUT’EM DOWN PRISONERS’ STRIKE AND BOYCOTT Abolition Right Now! [NATIONAL, August-September] It is with a collective heavy heart, but a raging spirit of Abolition that Jailhouse Lawyers Speak announces the call for National Abolition Demonstrations inside the prisons and Jails of America! Jailhouse Lawyers Speak members around the nation are making a direct appeal for people locked up to disrupt the normal prison operations of america.These demonstrations will be known as National Shutem Down Demonstrations. Scheduled to take place August 21 - September 9th 2022. This announcement comes early to give our friends, families, comrades and supporters on the outside enough time to get the word inside to every jail, prison, and ICE facility by any means. People have asked why we fight to end legalized enslavement and to abolish prisons in America? We fight to end legalized enslavement because it's wrong, promotes prisons, demands profits off the convicted, and it violates hum

ALT SHUT’EM DOWN DEMONSTRATION METHODS People in prisons, jails, or ICE can select one or multiple ways to participate in the Shut 'Em Down demonstrations 1. Work Strikes: Prisoners will not report to assigned jobs. Each place of detention will determine how long its strike will last. Some of these strikes may translate into a local list of demands designed to improve conditions and reduce harm within the prison. 2. Sit-ins : In certain prisons, men and women will engage in sit – in protests. 3. Boycotts: All spending should be halted throughout demonstration dates. We ask those outside the walls not to make financial judgments for those inside. Men and women on the inside will inform you if they are participating in this boycott. 4. Hunger Strikes: Men and women shall refuse to eat. This is usually the only options some may have in order to participate 5. Sabotaging prison work equipment to ensure it will not function Jailhouse Lawyers Speak placed an inside demonstration call in

ALT Closures should be followed by laws being enacted to reduce the use of cells. And force resources that would have been allocated to those jails and prisons into the poorer communities to aid in ending poverty crimes 3. Immediately closing down all private prisons 4. Freeing All Political Prisoners in the US prisons WHAT CAN YOU DO ON THE OUTSIDE TO HELP Share this press release everywhere, especially to media outlets Create promotional materials to send inside, share on social media, and to pass out at events Organize Abolitionist events to promote ShutEm Down 2022 Promote the Shut’em Down Abolition demands Organize event to educate and demand the closure of prisons, jails, and ICE *Consider applying for the following Committee/seats: - Abolition Convention Planning Committee. This Committee will be responsible for organizing the Convention. Contact: [email protected] - JLS International Law Project. Volunteer lawyers and law students only. Contact pr

ALT At least one volunteer lobbyist will be needed for every state. Contact: [email protected] People inside that would like to share their ideas on places that should be closed down or notice that their place of confinement will be participating can write to: KC IWOC PO Box 414304 Kansas City, MO 64141 All media inquiries contact: [email protected] Kan't Stop, Won't Stop! ShutEm Down! [Jailhouse Lawyers Speak] #ShutEmDown2022 #PrisonStrike #Abolition