#Pretrial

"To me ya'll the same in this jailhouse." What a guard told Willie while assaulting him. Caged pretrial in Texas for *over 3 years.* Tortured. Denied medication. Beaten. "My mom
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This @propublica article gives a great illustration of why risk assessment tools are so dangerous and are a false criminal legal system reform. https://www.propublica.org/article/bill-barr-promised-to-release-prisoners-threatened-by-coronav
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LISTEN: Taylor was caged for nearly a year in Denton County, TX jail. She couldn't afford to pay restitution for a minor theft case. She told her probation. So they
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Yesterday during a call about the Michigan Department of Corrections + COVID-19, I learned about the work of @MILiberation--a statewide network of people + orgs organizing to end the criminalization
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I've collected resources to educate/involve yrself. this is by no means comprehensive and many overlap focuses.END CASH BAILNational Bail Out @NationalBailOuthttps://nationalbailout.org/black-mamas-bail-out/The Bail Project @bailproject
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Today, @RepDavidTrone and @RepArmstrongND introduced The Community First Pretrial Reform and Jail Decarceration Act, a bill to reverse decades of federal policymaking that made rural America a driver of #massincarceration.
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UPDATE: Anthony Swain. COVID positive. Paraplegic. Caged pretrial for 4 years. Today granted emergency hearing. Advocates & family were hopeful. Judge declined to release. Lawyers for the jail claimed he
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Leah Willingham @ConMonitorNews article regarding Karen Fischer-Anderson as new #TitleIX coordinator for Concord Schools should consider the association with @NCVLI tied to @NHCADSV & @SurvJustice Steve Kelly Esq & this
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I am sorry to inform you all that America is, in fact, not "exceptional." Except for the facts that: The United States has, by far, the highest incarceration rate in
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Now: Trump appointee Federico Klein will be released from pretrial detention on charges stemming from the Capitol riot. Judge points to the DC Circuit's recent opinion in the Munchel case
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THREAD: I'm pretty frustrated with this article overall, and with its use of my quotes. This is exactly the Willie Horton style journalism we need to leave in the past.So
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Lori Loughlin gets two months in jail. There’s a man caged in Prince George’s County, MD jail who pled 6 months ago to petty theft & *still hasn’t gotten his
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I’m downtown for today’s 12:15 court hearings for the officers charged in the death of George Floyd. Follow this thread for updates today. There will be no cameras in the
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Slightly Husky Limited Co. is a Black owned and operated lifestyle brand based in Atlanta, Georgia. As a Black owned brand based in the South, we are compelled to represent
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Manafort released. But Yusef still locked up. He's served 25 years. Been in since he was 16. He's 41 now. Should have been resentenced 5 years ago. Lost 4 friends
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Since @decarcerateutah’s bail fund is opening today (!!), I’m sharing a lot of info about bail and pre-trial detention. Right now, I’m going to do a thread about my arrest
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