Parchman Prison is a health, safety, and humanitarian disaster. And if a coronavirus outbreak makes it to the prison, which it will in a matter of days, dozens of incarcerated people there will not survive. 

News broke in December about the humanitarian crisis at Parchman Prison and it's been far too long for elected leaders to take no tangible action to move the incarcerated population out of condemned, mold-infested buildings. And since December, a total of twenty-one incarcerated men have been found dead in their cells.¹ This number will rise.

It's only a matter of days before COVID-19 makes it into the unsanitary and hazardous prison. Gov. Reeves must immediately use all available powers, including clemency and pardons to release vulnerable people, move everyone else to a more humane facility, and begin the process of shutting down Parchman Prison for good.

Take one minute to let Gov. Tate Reeves and MDOC officials know that we're not going anywhere and we will demand action until the crisis is resolved.

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No one deserves to live in fear that they may not get adequate medical care for a deadly virus. That’s why we’re demanding Mississippi’s Governor Tate Reeves take the following steps immediately:

1. Exercise clemency powers to release all vulnerable people (older people, those with chronic illnesses, pregnant people, those with asthma, cancer, heart disease, lung disease, and diabetes, etc).
2. Move the rest of the incarcerated population to a more humane facility and ensure that all men have access to food, clean water, suitable sleeping conditions, COVID-19 testing and treatment, adequate health care, and at least one hour of outside time; 
3. Conduct a full and independent investigation into the deaths of all incarcerated men, and
4. Begin a formal process to reduce incarceration in Mississippi and shut down Parchman Prison for good.