Dear Friends, Yesterday, solitary survivors and advocates took to Capitol Hill to call on Congress to end solitary confinement at a U.S. Senate briefing featuring the Director of NRCAT’s U.S. Prisons Program, Johnny Perez (pictured above). Joined by leading advocates in the national campaign to end solitary, the briefing was hosted in advance of forthcoming Senate companion legislation to the End Solitary Confinement Act (H.R. 4972), which was introduced in July in the U.S. House of Representatives. I invite you to donate today to NRCAT’s year-end matching gift campaign, Rising Together for Human Rights, to support NRCAT’s vital advocacy in the halls of Congress and beyond. Each dollar donated between now and the end of the year will help NRCAT reach our Challenge Match of $40,000. Your donation today will be matched dollar for dollar thanks to our generous donors. The End Solitary Confinement Act would stop torture, save lives, and improve safety for everyone by prohibiting solitary in most cases and specifically for vulnerable populations, with exceptions for conflict de-escalation and emergency lockdowns. More than 170 organizations have endorsed the bill, including more than 30 faith organizations. NRCAT continues to actively gather interfaith support for the bill, with the Alliance of Baptists joining as the latest religious organization to endorse it just this week! NRCAT is building public support for this historic legislation in the media as well. Teen Vogue recently launched the Teen Vogue Guide to Solitary Confinement, a resource page which includes details of the historic End Solitary Confinement Act federal legislation and spotlights recommended resources to learn more about the harms of solitary confinement in U.S. carceral settings. The NRCAT Humans Out of Solitary series of filmed interviews with people who have survived solitary confinement is spotlighted among key resources in the guide. I urge you to donate to NRCAT today. Each dollar enables us to continue to raise the moral call to end torture in U.S. prisons, jails, and immigrant detention. We are grateful for your partnership,
Rev. Ron Stief
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