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With COVID-19 raging throughout the United States, there is a growing sense of desperation among people in prison. Pablo Mendoza, who recently got out of prison, said that those inside “are tired of the lockdown.” They spend 23.5 hours a day in their cells. They have not had visits from their loved ones for almost a year.
Those who have caught COVID and are believed to be immune get out for yard time. Others are “weighing options,” according to Mendoza: “Stay safe, or get the virus so they can get some open air. They are willing to risk it; this is the mood right now.”
mercy of big companies. public comment is going to be closing tomorrow. they extended it until tomorrow. so if you have something to say now s the time to speak up. we are joined tonight be colleen mckinney, a member of stop the pipeline.org, and jane kleb executive director of bold nebraska. great to have you both with us. not a lot of people have heard of this pipeline. you have some photos around your pipeline as a local landowner, and with this pipeline coming through, what is most important to you? what is important is my and all my neighbors rights to the land. we worked hard for it. it s not right that a giant corps should be able to come and take our land run a pipeline through it so that he this can ship gas to canada and sell it
in nebraska were essentially standing shoulder to shoulder with citizens. that s what got us where we are today. we stopped keystone xl for six years. you can stop it in your backyards, too. i think the corporations think we won t have the resources or time or will to do it. but what politicians have to do is feel us at the ballot box. i feel like that s our responsibility in our next step in these fights. colleen, what is the next step in all of this? we saw the videotape of the people getting together. you ve big rallies. what s the next step? we ve been writing letters to the new york d.e.c. there s been a public comment period. before is the pipeline can be built, they need performs saying they won t affect our water, they won t poising our water. we re telling the d.e.c. they will. the d.e.c. needs to uphold the mission state and protect new york s water and its citizens.