Dear John xxxxxx, 

Today, alongside Common, Imagine Justice and more than 70 organizations, we launched the #WeMatterToo campaign, calling for more people to be freed from jails, prisons, and detention centers across America. Every day that goes by without action means more people will get sick with COVID-19 and die. COVID-19’s deadly impact on our nation’s more than 2.3 million incarcerated people as well as the thousands of individuals who work at the facilities is already underway. 

The first installment of the #WeMatterToo campaign starts with this short film, featuring the voices of #OurCommunity members who are currently incarcerated around the country expressing their fears and concerns during this COVID-19 pandemic. 

The name of the #WeMatterToo movement is derived from this powerful image written on the inside of a jail window by a person incarcerated at Cook County Jail: HELP. WE MATTER 2. We honor him and other people who are currently incarcerated during this global pandemic by fighting to improve conditions inside our nation’s jails, prisons and detention centers and calling on those in power to free more incarcerated people, especially those who are at highest risk for COVID-19.