“All gas no mask!”: In life and death situation, inmates rebel amid pandemic
Channel: PSL National
Date: 24/04/2020

Across the country support for incarcerated people has become a rallying cry for all progressive people and organizations. Simultaneously, spontaneous prison actions of resistance have become increasingly regular in the face of the Coronavirus pandemic.

Read the full article: https://www.liberationnews.org/all-gas-no-mask-in-life-and-death-situation-inmates-rebel-amid-pandemic/

Inmates at the Lansing Correctional Facility in Kansas City started a tier wide uprising forcing guards to retreat from the section of the prison, cellhouse C, where incarcerated people set fires and stormed offices. A rallying call from the prisoner-made footage was “All Gas No Mask!” a play on the expression “All Gas No Brakes” to mean that there is no turning back now because of the lack of life saving personal protective equipment.

Other inmates in the video explained that they were being denied showers, being infected by guards, and even being denied food and dealing with water shutoffs in sinks and toilets—the impassioned explanation ended with a frustrated “We tired of talking!” A second prisoner testimonial in the facebook livestream repeated, “Y’all don’t wanna give us no healthcare?! This what we do,” and proceeded to smash prison offices.