Inmates at the Danbury Federal Correctional Camp in Connecticut, also known as “Camp Cupcake,†have been overwhelmed by COVID-19. According to formal allegations from US Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, and Representative Jahana Hayes, over half of the women currently incarcerated at Danbury FCI tested positive for COVID-19 this month, often receiving little to no assistance from staff, which has only exacerbated the ongoing crisis. Advocates are demanding immediate action, including calling for the Bureau of Federal Prisons to release all incarcerated individuals who are medically vulnerable to finish their sentences through home confinement.
In this episode of Rattling the Bars, co-host-in-training Charles Hopkins, better known as Mansa Musa, speaks about the ongoing COVID crisis at Danbury with Dianthe Dawn Brooks and Wendy Kraus-Heitmann. Dianthe Dawn Brooks is a community organizer who was formerly incarcerated at the Danbury Federal Correctional Camp. Wendy Kraus-Heitmann is an advocate who has a passion for criminal justice reform, ending mass incarceration, and assisting justice impacted individuals reclaiming their lives. She lives in Connecticut, where she works on securing housing for returning citizens.

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If they behaved they could have stayed on the streets and caught Covid….
and yet take the shot take the booster and it still is there.
They in lockdown again . They red card then again saying that the city of Danbury has major covis .
The women do not live in the actual prison. You've got people on here lying.
Its across the United States in all the prisons not just Federal state prison ers are dying by the day.
None of them, none of them have had store in 3 weeks
Who is advocating for the men? My friend was told he was eligible for homeconfinement but was told that he would get out faster if he took the shot that would shoot him to the topof the list.After they he took the shot, he was informed he was protected and wasnt eligible even though he has a long history of high blood pressure and he has put on a lot of weight.
My friend (man) is sying up until Tueseday was saying everything was closed . Then they stopped all calls and email after the senators were denied access
He syas the food is awful.
Why not send the prisoners closer to home my boyfriend is at Danbury low and he from VA they should send him to petersburg low
The interviewer may need to work on his trade skills a bit. The two ladies were great in contrast.
Unfortunately the conditions are not a mistake but the design from the beginning for maximum suffering and mental/emotional torture.
It is scandalous that in the United States the exploitation of prisoners is monstrous a hello from Europe stay united thank you
Tyrant police department. I'm SHOCKED that covid has also been mishandled, and their prison is shit to boot…….. Wonder where all the tax money is going????
Look at what creating law did for Brandt, liberty freak will be the next target as he's the next person making law in Colorado, nobody else is making case law
We need to be hitting the streets hard with copwatchers and the people who ain't in it for the cause are only in it to promote hate can be booted out and have their hate shit on their time and dime, are we out here to create hate or to create law
….you cant even protect people on the outside…why the hell would you even try fixing the inisde of a cage? ….you think you can fix a broken system …its broke and deserves to be thrown away. Complain all you want…your money is already being taken from you and funding the next cage. GG this shit is old
Multiple cases of sunrise police in florida assaulting woman.
https://youtu.be/dnjjNKwZYJs
https://youtu.be/V3OATDKa2yc
Here's a thought…
Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.
It's not rocket science people!
This same situation is happening in Washington at the Washington state department of corrections for women and I’ve been trying to find someone that could help but I’m having trouble finding anyone with the power to help.
I’ve spent some time in county jail … horrendous conditions / inhumane /torture