#Incarceration

Black Capitalism is not Liberation 🇭🇹

Here is something a lot of people don't know, the mass incarceration of Black men during this period resulted in an increase of HIV rates in the Black community ESPECIALLY

THREAD.This is Joe Biden's record he doesn't want America to know about:"Biden shaped the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984, which curtailed access to bail; eliminated parole; created a sentencing

Nazgol Ghandnoosh

Oregon is among a handful of states that had their highest ever prison populations in 2018. Forty-four other states have been reducing their prison populations. Elections like this really matter.

Ari 🤓 Unprofessional & Loose in the Head

Has @asana made an official statement in support of the Black community yet? I’m not seeing anything but want to confirm. @Convertkit Where do y'all stand in regards to the

1/ The US has the highest incarceration rate in the world. This starting point is a ticking time bomb in the midst of the current public health crisis. There IS

Re: VP PickSenator Harris was previously a prosecutor that was part of a large system of mass incarceration. She has since been one of the most fiercely progressive liberal votes

I Hate Feminista Jones

Alternatives to incarceration existAnd I think it's time some of you push back against the ways in which you've socialized and filled with a bloodlust for vengeance that's deeply rooted

tonystubblebine

Read this graph closely. Most of you know incarceration is out of control. But I bet you didn't know that incarceration for convicted people has actually gone down. The growth

Morning thoughts:1. Prosecutors are not experts in criminal justice policy, they are experts in prosecuting and incarcerating peopleThey have also actively helped build the superstructure of mass incarceration (great article

An Ikeja, Lagos State High Court on Thursday found a barber, Sunday Kenneth, not guilty of charges of conspiracy and armed robbery, six years after incarceration in the Kirikiri Medium

Branko Marcetic

Your ritual reminder from this account that the terrible things we're seeing in Minneapolis and elsewhere right now are directly thanks to Joe Biden, much like nearly every disaster plaguing

1/ Rachel Schuyler walked out of jail and into a pandemic. Now she can't find the help she needs to get back on her feet.https://bit.ly/3dZGduQ 2/ She's not alone. As

Matthew W. Stoltzfus

I finished reading The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander and over the next several days I plan to summarize some of her key findings and aspects that resonated with

Been seeing some things about “reverse racism” on the tl. Just wanted to say... that is not a thing. At all. Racism is ingrained in the systemic organization of the

I do not subscribe to the idea that adversity is the most crucial chisel that shapes us. Our creativity, character and psyche all benefit from solace, tenderness and rest. If

Anthony B. Bradley

The NYC irony, white Millennials/GenZers move in to gentrify black & Latino neighborhoods, plant a church called “The ______,” claim “anti-racism” but have ZERO involvement with actual NYC minorities &