Activists to picket at Cleveland City Hall against Cuyahoga County jail deaths, mass incarceration, jail and prison malfeasance, and for prison, jail, and parole reform this week, six deaths recently occurring in the Cuyahoga County Jail...."We are pushing parole reform and jail and prison system reform," said Jimmy Kronenberger, whose group Fair Treatment Reform and Reentry is spearheading the rally....."We will be at the rally," said Black on Black Crime Inc President Alfred Porter Jr, a Cleveland activist....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com
By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor
CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio-Activists and people previously incarcerated will rally at the Free Stamp outside of Cleveland City Hall in downtown Cleveland on Friday, Nov 9 from 11am-1:30 pm against mass incarceration and systematic problems in the Criminal Justice System from the recent deaths of six people in the Cuyahoga County Jail to the mistreatment of jail inmates and inmates in prisons statewide.
Cuyahoga County is the second largest of 88 counties in Ohio, and includes the largely Black major American city of Cleveland.
Led by Fair Treatment Reform and Reentry, an organization out of Cleveland and Columbus founded by ex-offender Jimmy Kronenberger, 55, the rally will also address the treatment of parolees and the lack of fairness and respect in Ohio's jails and prisons of jail inmates, prisoners and staff.
"People impacted by incarceration, parole problems and the prison and jail systems are invited to speak," said Kronenberger. "We are also pushing parole reform and prison and jail system reform."
Other activist groups, including Refusefacism.org and Black on Black Crime Inc of Cleveland, said they will be there in support.
"We will be at the rally," said Black on Black Crime Inc President Alfred Porter Jr, a Cleveland activist.
Activists say the prison and jail systems in Ohio have become a money enterprise with excessive bonds and disproportionate and unfair sentencing against poor people and Blacks and other minorities by unfair largely White judges who do as they please.
According to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Ohio incarcerates roughly 50,440 people at an average cost of $67.84 per inmate per day.
Community corrections programs receive roughly $23 per day from the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.
Ohio spends over 1.2 billion annually in prison expenditures, data show.
Other activist groups, including Refusefacism.org and Black on Black Crime Inc of Cleveland, said they will be there in support.
"We will be at the rally," said Black on Black Crime Inc President Alfred Porter Jr, a Cleveland activist.
Activists say the prison and jail systems in Ohio have become a money enterprise with excessive bonds and disproportionate and unfair sentencing against poor people and Blacks and other minorities by unfair largely White judges who do as they please.
According to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Ohio incarcerates roughly 50,440 people at an average cost of $67.84 per inmate per day.
Community corrections programs receive roughly $23 per day from the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.
Ohio spends over 1.2 billion annually in prison expenditures, data show.
Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview, CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS.
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