(New York) — Today, news is breaking that two people died at Sing Sing prison in just one day yesterday. One of the individuals was Anthony Douglas, age 67, who had already survived just under 50 years in prison. In response, Jose Saldana, Director of the Release Aging People in Prison Campaign (RAPP) and a survivor of 38 years of incarceration, released the following statement:
“The guards who walked off their jobs to engage in an illegal work stoppage are leaving people to die and the tragedies are mounting. We have heard from people inside Sing Sing that Mr. Douglas was left with a sheet over his lifeless body in plain view of other incarcerated people for hours.