*LA-based civil rights activist Najee Ali, CEO of Project Islamic Hope, is calling for the U. S. Justice Department to order the release of any inmate that has less than a year to due on their prison sentence and commute it to home confinement.
Nearly half of the inmates at the federal prison at Terminal Island in San Pedro have tested positive for the coronavirus in what has become the nation’s worst outbreak in a federal penitentiary.
As of Tuesday, 443 of the prison’s 1,055 inmates have the virus, along with 10 staff members. Two inmates have already died of complications related to COVID-19, according to the Bureau of Prisons.
“This institution is no longer a prison it’s become a federally sanctioned death camp with nearly half of the inmate population testing positive for the Coronavirus. These men incarcerated here were sentenced to a prison sentence, not a death sentence. The Department of Justice should immediately order the release of any inmate with less than a year on their sentence and commute it to home confinement. We have a scheduled protest this Saturday outside the prison gates. I refuse to turn a blind eye and let these men die. We should all be concerned and help be a voice for the voiceless who need us during the greatest crisis of our lifetime,” stated Najee Ali CEO of Project Islamic Hope.
Press conference
Date: Thursday, April 30, 2020
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Federal Correction Institution.
1299. S. Seaside Ave
San Pedro CA 90731
The Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal Island is a low-security United States federal prison for male inmates in California. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.
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