Okland Construction, Cator Ruma & Associates, and Elevatus Architecture are under contract to build Idaho's firing squad execution chamber. They can say no.
With @deathpenaltyaction.bsky.social, we're holding them accountable until they do.
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Corporate resistance works: manufacturers have refused to sell drugs for lethal injection, suppliers have prohibited the use of their gas executions, and architects have refused to build death chambers. It's your turn to take action to stop this atrocity. worthrises.org/firingsquad
Recently, we sent Elevatus and Okland a formal letter demanding that the firms withdraw from all execution-related design work in Idaho and commit not to participate in such projects in the future. They have not responded.
Now we need your help.
For Elevatus, its participation directly violates the Code of Ethics of the American Institute of Architects, to which the firm belongs, which clearly states:
“Members shall not knowingly design spaces intended for execution.”
TRIGGER WARNING: Here's how Elevatus architects and Okland contractors — everyday Americans — talk about building a firing squad execution chamber.
"They would like a floor drain... It's OK if they have to mop/squeegee [bodily] liquids into the drain."
These executions cannot happen without private-sector involvement. Architects and contractors must design, build, or retrofit the chambers where human beings will be strapped down and shot to death. In Idaho, Elevatus Architecture and Okland Construction have taken the job.
Firing squad executions inflict extreme physical destruction, cause immense psychological trauma, and violate evolving standards of decency. International human rights experts warn the method violates human rights law and constitutes cruel, inhumane, and degrading treatment.
Idaho lawmakers have passed a law making firing squad — a method widely condemned as barbaric and inhumane — the primary execution method in the state. t.co/IYFwgwy2LI
For more than a decade, states have struggled to obtain lethal-injection drugs. Public outrage over botched, torturous executions has only grown. Many states have backed away from the death penalty. But others are doubling down — and searching for new ways to kill.
TAKE ACTION! Elevatus Architecture and Okland Construction have been contracted by Idaho to design a new firing squad execution chamber. Help us demand they withdraw from this contract to stop this before it’s built. THREAD
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Today was a hard day. Regulations that we passed unanimously last year, after 7 years of advocacy, were largely gutted. The FCC capitulated to the correctional telecom industry in roughly doubling rate caps for prison and jail calls. I'm truly sorry.
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"Families will have to pay $215 million more to stay connected than anticipated last year, and there’s expected to be two-thirds fewer call minutes between families and their incarcerated loved ones due to the higher rates." @biancatylek.bsky.social @worthrises.bsky.social
"Families impacted by incarceration have spent years advocating to reduce the extortionary cost of prison phone calls. Tomorrow Trump’s FCC is expected to vote on revised regulations that would unravel" all recent progress. @biancatylek.bsky.social @worthrises.bsky.social
Tomorrow, the FCC is set to rollback a large portion of the regulations it passed unanimously with bipartisan support last year. Families will pay $215M more annually than anticipated.
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