Inmates across Alabama are refusing to work, demanding better treatment and an overhaul of out-of-whack sentencing standards that offer little chance of rehabilitation
“I think everyone deserves a second chance or however many it takes to get them right,” Thomas’ father, 64-year-old Tyrone Brinkley, tells. “He’s right now and deserves a chance to prove it,” he adds. “He thinks the strike has the right purpose, to bring light on the situation in Alabama.”
Larry, who asked to have his name changed for fear of retaliation, says the food was never much to write home about, but at least it added up to the right amount of calories. “Now we’re hungry all day,” he tells. On Wednesday, the Alabama Department of Corrections issued a press release claiming that the food shortage was a result of lack of staffing due to the strike.
Justice is beyond fear of retaliation, having previously been thrown in solitary and jumped by guards for his activism, he says. “We’ve had hits put on us. But you can’t stop it. It is what it is. You gotta do what you gotta do. Keep fighting.” Jeffrey, 45, who asked that we don’t reveal his identity, is serving 30 years for a murder he was convicted of at 18. Over and over, he says, the parole board has denied his appeal: “Can a person never change? Or does our worst day define the rest of our lives?”
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