Black & Pink NYC Chapter is starting a commissary fund for our 125 inside members incarcerated throughout the state of New York. Our goal is to raise $30,000 to distribute to our inside members in $75 increments 3 times a year.
What is commissary? A commissary is a store within a correctional facility in which incarcerated people may purchase items such as hygiene products or writing utensils. It is one of the many ways in which the prison industrial complex ensures mass incarceration profits off its captive populations.
Abolition requires that we not only call for the end of carceral systems through protest, but also uplift and organize alongside those that are currently incarcerated. Donating to the commissary fund is one way to show solidarity and help improve the material conditions of our queer family on the inside. Join us and donate today!