Important Message On Behalf of All of Us or None

Greetings Everyone,

Dorsey Nunn (co-founder of All of Us or None) has requested that to all those concern with the contents of his email, please make the phone calls as requested.  Thanks for your time and consideration.

Dear Family, Friends, Allies, Associates and Comrades,

This not the end or the beginning of the year request for money but a request for your assistance in pursuing justice. I am asking that you make two telephone calls and to forward this email to your list that could help to save numerous lives. During the course of my vacation and the last several days of the year I was contacted by a number of family members whose loved ones are incarcerated in Tutwiler, Mississippi. They informed me that there has been a race riot in this southern prison (Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility) where some California prisoners are housed.  Days ago the Tallahatchie County Jail exploded in violence. This is one of those private prisons where the primary purpose is to save this state money and to secure a profit for a private prison corporation. Prisoners’ safety and rehabilitation comes second to pursuit of the all mighty dollar. I have been informed that it took over two hours to regain control of the environment and to end the misplace violence but the frustration remain extremely high during this current lock down.

A couple of family members have informed me that there were not enough guards to quell the violence. I couldn’t bring myself to argue that what gave rise to the problem was too many prisoners, mass incarceration and control being exercised through divide and conquer. Somehow when you are talking to concerned family members it is difficult to always make the correct political argument. However, I think it is extremely important that we pay attention to the unique set of circumstances that could confront members of our community who are incarcerated hundreds and thousands of miles from home; especially when the basis of their incarceration is to generate jobs and money for other people.

I started to write this email on New Year Eve but didn’t want to end the year thinking about another year where I have not figured out how to stop the beast (torturous mass incarceration). As the year ended I narrowed my New Year to a simple wish. I wished that I lived in a world where society thought everyone was entitled to public safety, even those under the absolute control of the state and private corporations.

I am writing to ask you to call the heads of this corporate prison (Bobby Phillips or Kenneth Little) and let them know that every human being has the right to safety. You can contact them at (662) 345-6567.

I am also asking you to call Matthew Cates, the head of the California Department of Correction and Rehabilitation and let him know that he is still responsible for the California prisoners housed outside of the state. Ask him what he has in place to insure the safety of prisoners being housed out of state. You can contact him at (916) 323-6001.

In Hot Pursuit of Justice,

Dorsey E. Nunn