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Priti Krishtel
pritikrishtel
My heart is full watching the #COVID19 crisis unfolding in San Quentin prison. Why? We already know what it looks like when a global pandemic is unleashed on prisons. I’m
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/ˈaZHər/ ⎊ she/her
P3tty0dd
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME HEARING ABOUT THIS ????? Time for a thread (summary: president wanted to stop gang violence by cruelly punishing them, but his method was destined to
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stefanie 🌱
stefkaufman
The prison and psychiatric industrial complexes both operate from a carceral logic that is centered around the belief that if you do not comply, behave, perform, or act the “right”
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#StandWithTracy!
theleilaraven
The presence of rapists in our communities is not an argument for prisons or policing.Prisons uphold rape culture.Instead of asking, "What about the rapists?" ask yourself: How do you respond
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Alex Berenson
AlexBerenson
Btw: I realized today that mass incarceration has been a big part of the US coronavirus problem, but not for the reason we expected. It’s not that prisons have turned
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Irish Penal Reform Trust
IPRT
Travellers are hugely over-represented in Irish prisons, representing ~0.6% of the general population, but 10% (male) and 22% (female) of the prison pop. As well as over-representation, Travellers also face
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AC Alain Benoît
AlainBenot2
Thread : sur la folie, et son traitement déshumanisant, ou les prisons pour fous.J'ai pas eu le temps de tout lire mais ça a l'air super intéressant.Pour en finir avec
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((( Usama Hasan )))
drusamahasan
#FishmongersHall: A thread on UK prison deradicalisation, etc:1) Here is a summary of the government-commissioned report by Ian Acheson (@NotThatBigIan) into #radicalisation & islamist extremism in UK prisons:https://www.gov.uk/government/publica
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Olivia Paschal
oliviacpaschal
New from me: I analyzed COVID-19 confirmed cases and deaths data across the rural South. Here's what I found (brief thread, sorry)https://www.facingsouth.org/2020/05/here%27s-what%27s-driving-rural-souths-covid-19-outbreaks All of the r
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Sarah Jaffe
sarahljaffe
pretending that your "not believing Tara Reade" is somehow against carceral feminism is some pretzel logic I can't even deal with. you're defending Joe Biden, the fucking architect of carceral
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Sonja Starr
SonjaStarr
Thread on #covidbehindbars: [1] You know those super-spreader sites, like that Westchester dinner party, that LA choir rehearsal, that Boston conference, the Diamond Princess? EVERY prison and jail in America
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the new vanguard
urdoingreat
this is a question i've gotten at least 2x a week since i started publicly IDing as an abolitionist. it's been answered by ppl much more articulate than i but
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Joseph Neff
josephcneff
1/ People locked in prisons and jails qualify for the $1,200 stimulus checks that most of received back in the spring, but government officials have made it hard for them
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Eunice Cho
eunicehcho
What's reported at Irwin has been happening for a long time. In 2016, I wrote a report regarding ICE detention in the South--Irwin was notable for the fact that detainees
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Brian Sonenstein
bsonenstein
I've been meaning to write this since @MicahHerskind's great essay on violence. But I don't have much time to write these days. So I want to just put it out
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Adam Klasfeld
KlasfeldReports
After a watershed 2nd Circuit ruling, ex-AG Loretta Lynch has been appointed to help federal prisons “facilitate the expeditious adoption of procedures for dealing with ongoing and future emergencies, including
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