On January 20th, 2021, a petition signed by 45 people incarcerated at the Hampden County Correctional Center was delivered to the desk of Sheriff Nicholas Cocchi.

Though several months have passed since Cocchi was made aware of this petition, conditions in the jail have barely, if at all, improved. Decarcerate Western Massachusetts, in solidarity with the organizers on the inside, demands that Sheriff Cocchi meets all the demands of this petition by immediately.

In addition to the petition circulating, we are emailing Cocchi to demand that he meet these demands. We are also emailing State Senator Eric Lesser, and Sheriff Steven Tompkins, President of the MA Sheriff's Association.

Please join our community members on the inside and demand an end to these abuses.