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Had to use bathroom guess I’m not aloud.

The second floor bathroom was being used so I went to the third floor bathroom as I had to go extremely bad and couldn’t hold it. I got a sanction as I was told I should have went to the first floor bathroom. No where in the handbook does this say this. I’ve had time…

Sanctions…

I received a sanction the other day because I smoked a ciggerate on the porch. The crazy thing about it is a staff member gave me and two other girls premission to smoke on the porch as it was raining hard out. The next day the big boss came in and gave us tickets for…

Lock Down

So there is so much I can get into when talking about halfway houses and why it is a trap to go to one. But let’s discuss one thing at a time. A girl ran away from the halfway house last Thursday night. She went to work and never came back. The next morning I…

Our friend and comrade on the inside, Kitty Lis, has started a blog where they will speak out about the violence they are surviving and share their reflections on inside organizing, self-growth, healing, and true justice. Follow their story at @frominsideyork and here: https://frominsideyork.wordpress.com/

Kitty is a self-described survivor, mother, daughter, avid reader, animal lover, college student, and advocate for justice. Please write to them if you can: https://frominsideyork.wordpress.com/contact/ Contribute to their post-release fund: gf.me/u/zkpcxn

You can also purchase small knit items Kitty has made to support them (email jvanbiema0@gmail.com).

Write to Kitty:

Kristal Lis #365845

York Correctional Institution

201 W Main Street

Niantic, CT 06357

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Kitty Lis is a self-described survivor, mother, daughter, avid reader, animal lover, college student, and advocate for justice who is currently incarcerated at York Correctional Institution in Connecticut. With their supporters outside, Kitty has created a blog where they will regularly speak out about the violence they are surviving at York CI and share their reflections on inside organizing, self-growth, healing, and true justice. To launch their blog, Kitty’s Corner, Kitty has shared their first post to be featured here. Please follow Kitty’s Corner here for updates and share their post-release fund widely!

Please write to Kitty by mail if you can:

Kristal Lis, #365845

York Correctional Institution

201 W Main Street

Niantic, CT, 06357 

Please also support their post-release fund by purchasing small knit items that Kitty has made in solidarity with other folks inside (pay what you can!) or by contributing directly. Please send funds via Venmo to @Joshua-vanBiema. If you’d like to purchase one of Kitty’s knit works you can reach out to Josh, one of Kitty’s outside supporters, at jvanbiema0@gmail.com.

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