https://blue.feedland.org/?river=http://data.feedland.org/blue/feeds/josh_sbicca.xml Thu, 21 Sep 2023 20:36:15 GMT feedland v0.5.59 https://cyber.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html Thu, 21 Sep 2023 20:36:14 GMT josh_sbicca Thu, September 21, 2023 4:36 PM EDT <p>From correspondence with someone incarcerated at Lino Lakes in Minnesota, I&#39;ve learned of unsafe levels of lead in the water. This comes on the heals of dangerous heatwaves this summer. I have permission to share the following and bear witness to these environmental injustices: &quot;Last night I was called to an emergency unit representative meeting at 5:30pm with the warden, assistant wardens, captains, ombudsman, and Minnesota Department of Health. After there were water quality issues at the Stillwater prison which has been all over the news, the water at Lino Lakes prison was tested. There were three locations within our prison that tested positive for &quot;elevated levels of lead.&quot; This is the water we drink and that is used to cook our food. We have been told we will get one 16.9oz bottle of water at lunch, one at dinner, and five before bed. That is 7 bottles per day. The administration looked disheveled when they gave us 12 representatives (one from every living unit) the news. The news is so major. We have been drinking water with lead in it! Where is is the public outrage, why is this acceptable, does anyone even care? I was given instructions to go back to my unit of 168 people and tell them not to worry. I know you have been consuming alarming levels of lead in you water for who knows how long. The last water test posted in the dinning hall says 2019. I am to quell the panic? This is simply unacceptable. As an incarcerated person, I am treated as a second class citizen. I know my voice is but a whisper, if even that. I know I am a prisoner and have lost my rights to engage the public in dialogue, yet this is just too far. The temperature in my living unit was 94° during a recent heat wave. It was the most unbearable heat I have experienced in all my nine years of incarceration without AC. The folks at Stillwater prison made a stand and made the news, yet nothing changed. The public lost interest as it cooled down. Next year, the same issue will occur. I just wonder where is the line? Heat, just deal with it. Lead in my water, just drink it?? At the meeting, I was told, do not hoard water, you will be written up and get Loss of Privileges (LOP). Really? How tone deaf is the executive team at this facility. That is the messaging? My voice is not something people want to hear. It is something that really bothers me being ontologically othered by the outside community that I love so dearly and want to rejoin.&quot; </p> <p>You can contact Lino Lakes at (651) 717-6100 and the Central Office at (651) 361-7200</p> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 20:36:15 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127941 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127941 From correspondence with someone incarcerated at Lino Lakes in Minnesota, I've learned of unsafe levels of lead in the water. This comes on the heals of dangerous heatwaves this summer. I have permission to share the following and bear witness to these environmental injustices: "Last night I was called to an emergency unit representative meeting at 5:30pm with the warden, assistant wardens, captains, ombudsman, and Minnesota Department of Health. After there were water quality issues at the Stillwater prison which has been all over the news, the water at Lino Lakes prison was tested. There were three locations within our prison that tested positive for "elevated levels of lead." This is the water we drink and that is used to cook our food. We have been told we will get one 16.9oz bottle of water at lunch, one at dinner, and five before bed. That is 7 bottles per day. The administration looked disheveled when they gave us 12 representatives (one from every living unit) the news. The news is so major. We have been drinking water with lead in it! Where is is the public outrage, why is this acceptable, does anyone even care? I was given instructions to go back to my unit of 168 people and tell them not to worry. I know you have been consuming alarming levels of lead in you water for who knows how long. The last water test posted in the dinning hall says 2019. I am to quell the panic? This is simply unacceptable. As an incarcerated person, I am treated as a second class citizen. I know my voice is but a whisper, if even that. I know I am a prisoner and have lost my rights to engage the public in dialogue, yet this is just too far. The temperature in my living unit was 94° during a recent heat wave. It was the most unbearable heat I have experienced in all my nine years of incarceration without AC. The folks at Stillwater prison made a stand and made the news, yet nothing changed. The public lost interest as it cooled down. Next year, the same issue will occur. I just wonder where is the line? Heat, just deal with it. Lead in my water, just drink it?? At the meeting, I was told, do not hoard water, you will be written up and get Loss of Privileges (LOP). Really? How tone deaf is the executive team at this facility. That is the messaging? My voice is not something people want to hear. It is something that really bothers me being ontologically othered by the outside community that I love so dearly and want to rejoin." You can contact Lino Lakes at (651) 717-6100 and the Central Office at (651) 361-7200 <p>From correspondence with someone incarcerated at Lino Lakes in Minnesota, I&#39;ve learned of unsafe levels of lead in the water. This comes on the heals of dangerous heatwaves this summer. I have permission to share the following and bear witness to these environmental injustices: &quot;Last night I was called to an emergency unit representative meeting at 5:30pm with the warden, assistant wardens, captains, ombudsman, and Minnesota Department of Health. After there were water quality issues at the Stillwater prison which has been all over the news, the water at Lino Lakes prison was tested. There were three locations within our prison that tested positive for &quot;elevated levels of lead.&quot; This is the water we drink and that is used to cook our food. We have been told we will get one 16.9oz bottle of water at lunch, one at dinner, and five before bed. That is 7 bottles per day. The administration looked disheveled when they gave us 12 representatives (one from every living unit) the news. The news is so major. We have been drinking water with lead in it! Where is is the public outrage, why is this acceptable, does anyone even care? I was given instructions to go back to my unit of 168 people and tell them not to worry. I know you have been consuming alarming levels of lead in you water for who knows how long. The last water test posted in the dinning hall says 2019. I am to quell the panic? This is simply unacceptable. As an incarcerated person, I am treated as a second class citizen. I know my voice is but a whisper, if even that. I know I am a prisoner and have lost my rights to engage the public in dialogue, yet this is just too far. The temperature in my living unit was 94° during a recent heat wave. It was the most unbearable heat I have experienced in all my nine years of incarceration without AC. The folks at Stillwater prison made a stand and made the news, yet nothing changed. The public lost interest as it cooled down. Next year, the same issue will occur. I just wonder where is the line? Heat, just deal with it. Lead in my water, just drink it?? At the meeting, I was told, do not hoard water, you will be written up and get Loss of Privileges (LOP). Really? How tone deaf is the executive team at this facility. That is the messaging? My voice is not something people want to hear. It is something that really bothers me being ontologically othered by the outside community that I love so dearly and want to rejoin.&quot;</p> <p>You can contact Lino Lakes at (651) 717-6100 and the Central Office at (651) 361-7200</p> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 20:36:08 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127940 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127940 From correspondence with someone incarcerated at Lino Lakes in Minnesota, I've learned of unsafe levels of lead in the water. This comes on the heals of dangerous heatwaves this summer. I have permission to share the following and bear witness to these environmental injustices: "Last night I was called to an emergency unit representative meeting at 5:30pm with the warden, assistant wardens, captains, ombudsman, and Minnesota Department of Health. After there were water quality issues at the Stillwater prison which has been all over the news, the water at Lino Lakes prison was tested. There were three locations within our prison that tested positive for "elevated levels of lead." This is the water we drink and that is used to cook our food. We have been told we will get one 16.9oz bottle of water at lunch, one at dinner, and five before bed. That is 7 bottles per day. The administration looked disheveled when they gave us 12 representatives (one from every living unit) the news. The news is so major. We have been drinking water with lead in it! Where is is the public outrage, why is this acceptable, does anyone even care? I was given instructions to go back to my unit of 168 people and tell them not to worry. I know you have been consuming alarming levels of lead in you water for who knows how long. The last water test posted in the dinning hall says 2019. I am to quell the panic? This is simply unacceptable. As an incarcerated person, I am treated as a second class citizen. I know my voice is but a whisper, if even that. I know I am a prisoner and have lost my rights to engage the public in dialogue, yet this is just too far. The temperature in my living unit was 94° during a recent heat wave. It was the most unbearable heat I have experienced in all my nine years of incarceration without AC. The folks at Stillwater prison made a stand and made the news, yet nothing changed. The public lost interest as it cooled down. Next year, the same issue will occur. I just wonder where is the line? Heat, just deal with it. Lead in my water, just drink it?? At the meeting, I was told, do not hoard water, you will be written up and get Loss of Privileges (LOP). Really? How tone deaf is the executive team at this facility. That is the messaging? My voice is not something people want to hear. It is something that really bothers me being ontologically othered by the outside community that I love so dearly and want to rejoin." You can contact Lino Lakes at (651) 717-6100 and the Central Office at (651) 361-7200