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Protest on 12-18 at AZ DOC by SWOP and others. Open Letter from the Sex Workers Outreach Project and allies to Charles L. Ryan, Director of the Arizona DOC

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

When: Friday December 18th, 2009 NOON Where: AZ Department of Corrections 1601 West Jefferson St. Phoenix, AZ 85007 Sex Workers and allies are coming together in front of the AZ Department of Corrections on December 18th, as part of International Day To End Violence Against Sex Workers, an annual event to call attention to violence committed against sex workers all over the globe. Marcia Powell was a prisoner of the State of Arizona who collapsed and died from heatstroke last May after being locked in an outdoor cage and ignored for four hours in 107 degree heat. What: Protest Rally: Marcia Powell's death, AZ Department of Corrections. You are invited to join us in Tucson, Arizona on December 17, 2009 (performance art/public installation and a candelight vigil) and in Phoenix, Arizona on December 18, 2009 (protest rally on the steps of the Arizona Department of Corrections)...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on December 15, 2009 (boomark / email).