A few days ago I shared the story of Alma Bowman, a disabled woman from Macon Georgia who was a whistleblower against the atrocities committed in ICE detention facilities.

She’s currently being detained again, likely due to retaliation for speaking out.

I also spoke of Rodney Taylor, a double amputee who was taken by ICE two days before he was set to get new prosthetics. The medical neglect he’s enduring at the hands of ICE is unfathomable.

We must tell their stories.

Disabled people are at higher risk of dying in these awful facilities, and the conditions within the detention centres will also lead to more people becoming disabled.

No one deserves to be treated this way.

Let’s speak up. Say their names. Help get them released.

And remember, don’t shame disabled people who are unable to protest. For many of us it’s not safe and we lack the physical ability to be boots on the ground. We can still contribute in our own way, and every voice matters.

https://www.disabledginger.com/p/disabled-people-are-being-mistreated

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