Salil Dudani: How jails extort the poor
सलील दुडानी: तुरुंगामध्ये गरीबांचा कसा होतोय छळ?
Salil Dudani has experienced the legal system from two vantage points: being detained by D.C. police on suspicion of "terrorist activity," and working as an investigator with civil rights lawyers challenging poverty-jailing. Full bio
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वॉशिंगटन डीसीमध्ये
and searched a man
त्याची कसून चौकशी केली
and potentially dangerous.
व त्यापासून धोका आहे असे वाटले.
the day of the detention, to be fair,
असे अडकणे अपेक्षित नव्हते
try to remain calm.
शांत राहण्याचा प्रयत्न कर
in Washington DC,
सार्वजनिक सुरक्षा विभागात
a police station for work.
to block my exit,
parked next to us.
then gathered near us.
spread on the police car,
मी पायाच्या थरथरीकडे कानाडोळा करत होतो
to ignore the shaking in my legs,
about what I should do --
bright T-shirt, wearing glasses."
१९ वर्षीय भारतीय पुरुष"
any of these details.
as they described me,
male with a backpack.
into their police reports.
पोलीस रिपोर्टमध्ये घातले गेले
by my own government in these terms:
माझे असे वर्णन अपेक्षित नव्हते
to sweep the area I'd been in.
त्यांनी श्वानपथके पाठवली
to see if I was on any watch lists.
ह्याचीही सरकारी चौकशी केली.
to cross-examine me on why,
त्यानी गुप्तहेरही धाडले कारण
काही नाही हे सांगूनही
असे त्यांना वाटले
they weren't happy with me,
ते समाधानी नाहीत
what they'd want to do next.
who patted me down
ज्या अधिकाऱ्याने मला पाडले होते
to see where the security camera was
हे बघितले
was being recorded.
I was at their mercy.
आपण त्यांच्या ताब्यात आहोत
from a young age
आपली धारणा असते आणि
and arrests and handcuffs,
आपल्या कल्पना इतक्या सरळ असतात
and coercive a thing it is
another person's body.
ताबा घेणं किती क्लेशदायक आहे!
the point of my story
कि मला म्हणायचंय
because of my race --
detained if I were white.
तर मला ताब्यात घेतले नसते.
today is something else.
much worse things might've been
to plant an explosive,
कि मी स्फोटके पेरली असावीत
for an hour and a half,
माझी जरी दीड तास चौकशी केली,
DC's poor communities of color,
खालच्या वर्णाच्या जमातीतील असतो
अधिकाऱ्यांच्या आयुष्याला धोका आहे
endangering officers' lives,
it's better to be an affluent person
असे दृढ धरले जाते कि
to blow up a police station
प्रयत्न करणारा श्रीमंत
much less than this.
from my current work.
at a civil rights organization in DC,
वाशिंगटन डीसी मध्ये कार्यरत आहे.
a parking ticket in your life?
have paid your tickets as well.
असाच केले असावे
couldn't afford the amount on the ticket
तुमच्याजवळ तिकिटासाठी पैसे नसते?
the money either, what happens then?
तर काय झाले असते ?
to happen under the law is,
एक गोष्ट घडू शकत नाही
तुम्ही अटक व कारावासाला पात्र नसता
arrested and jailed
across the country are doing
at Equal Justice Under Law
असे कित्येक खटले
लक्ष्य करत आहेत.
फर्ग्युसन शहराच्या विरोधात आहे
Ferguson, Missouri.
"पोलिसी हिंसा व अत्याचार!"
about a different aspect
their police force and their citizens.
एका वेगळ्या नात्याबद्दल बोलायचे आहे.
of over two arrest warrants,
२ अटकेची फर्माने निघत.
प्रत्येक वर्षी
if, every time I left my house,
घरातून बाहेर पडल्यापडल्या
would run my license plate,
आपली कर्जे पडताळेल
अटकेचा वाॅरंट जारी करेल
तसं पकडतील
who have experienced this,
मी फर्ग्युसनमध्ये भेटलो
there's a bunk bed and a toilet,
बंकबेड आणि शौचालय आहे
into each cell.
and two people on the floor,
right next to the filthy toilet,
अस्वच्छ शौचालयालगत झोपावे लागते
कधीही स्वच्छ केला नसावा
with blood and mucus.
रक्त अन शेंबडाने माखलेल्या आहेत
connected to the toilet.
without any hygiene products,
आरोग्यदक्षतेबद्दल विचारले
about medical attention,
from the guards in there is sexual."
केवळ लैंगिक भुकेसाठी"
to this place and they'd say,
until you make a payment on your debt."
तुमची सुटका नाही"
कोणाला बोलवू शकला असता"
could call a family member
for days or weeks,
कैक दिवस अथवा आठवडे"
would come down to the cells
कोठडीच्या दारापाशी येत
about the price of release that day.
the jail would be booked to capacity,
व तुम्ही अजूनही आत आहात
ते असा विचार करत
can come up with the money,
and the machine kept moving like that.
आणि हे चक्र असेच चालू राही.
for panhandling in a Walgreens.
आक्रमकरित्या भीक मागताना
and his court fees from that case.
he survived a house fire,
of the third-story window to escape.
खिडकीतून उडी मारल्यामुळे
with damage to his brain
त्याच्या मेंदूला जबर जखम झाली
including his leg.
payments to survive.
त्याच्या राहत्या घरी भेटलो
अगदी फ्रीजमध्ये अन्नही नव्हते
not even food in his fridge.
except a small piece of cardboard
किमती असे त्याच्याकडे काही नव्हते
the names of his children.
त्याच्या मुलांची नावे लिहिली होती
He was happy to show it to me.
आनंदाने त्याने तो मला दाखवला
त्यामुळे तो दंड वं फी भरू शकत नव्हता
because he has nothing to give.
he's been arrested 13 times,
त्याला १३ वेळा अटक झाली होती
on that panhandling case.
भीकेच्या त्या केसमध्ये
जोडून ४५ दिवस...
until sometime in June
तुम्हाला जून पर्यंत रहावे लागले तर
a few moments ago.
वर्णन केलेल्या ठिकाणी !
he's seen in Ferguson's jail;
सर्व घटना त्याने मला कथन केल्या
a way to hang himself
was yell and yell and yell,
ती काही करू शकली नाहीत
त्याला सोडवतील
over five minutes to respond,
गार्डसने ५ मिनिटे वेळकाढूपणा केला
the man was unconscious.
तेव्हा तो मनुष्य मूर्च्छित होता
and the paramedics went to the cell.
डॉक्टर तुरुंगात पोचले
असे म्हणून त्याला जमिनीवर सोडून ते गेले
and they shouldn't have surprised me,
तरीही मला मुळीच आश्चर्य वाटले नाही,
cause of death in our local jails.
तुरुंगातील मृत्यूचे प्रमुख कारण आहे
of mental health care in our jails.
मानसिक स्वास्थ्याच्या अभावामुळे
making seven dollars an hour.
जी तासाला ७ डाॅलर मिळवीत असे
to feed herself and her children.
उदरनिर्वाह ती करीत असे
and a minor theft charge,
वाहतूक उल्लंघन व भुरट्या चोरीचे
and fees on those cases.
आणि दंड भरणे तिला परवडत नसे
about 10 times on those cases,
१० वेळा त्या गुन्ह्यांमुळे अटक झाली
ती ग्रस्त होती
and bipolar disorder,
to those medications in Ferguson's jail,
कारण
औषधोपचार करायची परवानगी नव्हती
to their medications.
to spend two weeks in a cage,
"दोन आठवडे तुरुंगात डांबले जाणे"
and hearing voices,
that would make it all stop,
किती भीषण असते
have serious mental health needs
कारावासातील ३०% स्त्रियांना
any mental health care while in jail.
तुरुंगात मानसोपचार मिळतात
about this grotesque dungeon
कर्ज बुडव्यांबरोबर घडल्या
for its debtors,
for me to actually see it
extortion schemes
चालवल्या जात नाहीयेत तर
by our public officials.
that poverty jailing in general,
एकंदर गरिबीचा तुरुंगवासाला ,
आणि मध्यवर्ती स्थान आहे
in our justice system.
अथवा बंदी तुम्ही किती धोकादायक आहात
you're detained or free,
of how dangerous you are
किती भीती आहे
to post your bail amount.
हे मायने ठेवते
was set at a million dollars,
and doesn't spend a second in a jail cell.
आणू शकले नाही
was unable to come up with 500 dollars.
Sandra Blands across the country --
सॅन्द्रा ब्लांड आहेत
their bail amount.
are places for criminals,
जेल म्हणजे गुन्हेगारांसाठी असतात
जेलमध्ये टाकले गेले आहेत
in jail right now are there pretrial.
काहीच गुन्हा केलेला नाही
कबुली दिलेली नाही
in our jail in San Francisco
८० लक्ष डॉलर खर्च करते
something like 80 million dollars
जामीन देऊ शकत नाहीत म्हणून
only because they can't post bail
for them to sit waiting for trial
शिक्षेपेक्षाही जास्त असेल
they would receive if convicted,
to get out faster
माझ्यावर अवलंबित लोकांपासून दूर
करून बाहेर पडावे?
the prosecutor wants and get out?
गुन्हेगार नव्हेत
detainees, not criminals.
कि आम्ही त्यांना गुन्हेह्गार म्हणतो
we'll call them criminals,
ह्या परिस्थितीमध्ये कधी अडकला नसेल
would never have been in this situation,
सरळ जामीन मिळाला असता
would have simply been bailed out.
आणि काय करतोय?"
what is he doing --
मला माझे पैसे हवेत "
I want my money back."
कमी निराशाजनक वाटते
depressing than the alternative,
आपण जर ह्याविषयी मौन बाळगले
about these issues
सामूहिकरीत्या बदलला तर
how we think about jailing,
अशा कैद्यांनी जे तिथले नसतील
who don't belong there.
ते म्हणजे ह्या साऱ्या गोष्टी
that these stories can move us
बदलू शकतात
like "mass incarceration,"
काही दिवस वा आठवडे किंवा महिन्यांसाठी
for days or weeks or months
तुरुंगात धाडतो तेव्हा
काय परिणाम घडवत आहोत का?
to that person's mind and body?
are we really willing to do that?
आपण १०० जणांनी सुरुवात केली तर
hundred of us in this room,
विचार करण्यासाठी वचनबद्ध होऊ शकतो
jailing in this different light,
I was referring to earlier.
तर तो आशादायी विचार असेल
I hope it's with the thought
to fundamentally change --
नियम बदलून होणार नाही
on bail and fines and fees --
बदलून निर्माण होतील
new policies replace those
व अल्पसंख्यांकांना शिक्षा होणार नाही
in their own new way.
is required of each of us.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Salil Dudani - Legal activistSalil Dudani has experienced the legal system from two vantage points: being detained by D.C. police on suspicion of "terrorist activity," and working as an investigator with civil rights lawyers challenging poverty-jailing.
Why you should listen
As a John Gardner Public Service fellow, Salil Dudani worked on civil rights cases challenging debtors' prisons and money bail. These included cases in Ferguson, Missouri, where people who could not pay fines and court fees were routinely jailed; Rutherford County, Tennessee, where a private probation company would extort impoverished probationers with the threat of jail; and San Francisco and Houston, where thousands of people are in jail cells every night because they cannot afford to post bail. Before this work, Salil was a defense investigator at the Public Defender Service in Washington, D.C. He is now a student at Yale Law School.
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