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Big No No Fetishization
_bignono
In my experience, asking supporters of immediate prison abolition what will be done with killer cops, fascists etc. yields 1 of 3 answers:1. "Google it"2. Prison under another name (eg
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Recovering Carceral Feminist-Ask Me How!
LeighGoodmark
Eraina Pretty has been incarcerated for 42 years. She is the longest serving woman in the Maryland prison system. She should have been released years ago. She is now in
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Amanda Alexander
A_S_Alexander
What books, articles, films, & other offerings have most shaped your thinking on abolition? @lawyergrrl asked us to tweet our recs! I’ll start: Ruthie Gilmore’s work, Angela Davis’s Are Prisons
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Cara Hope Drinan
CaraDrinan
I'm continuing to reflect on Graham v. FL's 10-year anniversary this month and thinking a lot about why we STILL sentence kids to die in prison given all we know
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Great Oracle
AbdulMahmud01
Detained in Kirikiri as an activist fighting military dictatorship, I've a fair knowledge of the inside. When there is an unrest outside, the Chief Warder orders lockdown- every prisoner to
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rosalindcrone
rosalindcrone
“Every prison has to have a library. Not so every school.”Very disappointed to hear @bbcnickrobinson use this headline for a piece promoting school libraries on @BBCr4today this morning. I suspect
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Keri Blakinger
keribla
I just talked to a woman in a wheelchair who is doing 10 years for < $1,000 of meth. She says she has hep C and is in a prison
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Mark Osler
Oslerguy
Understanding the Chauvin charges: A sentencing thread for non-lawyers. There are three charges. For each there is a statutory maximum sentence and a sentencing guideline baseline. Those play out differently.
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Dan Berger
dnbrgr
Where does the phrase "prison industrial complex" come from? People often tend to credit Mike Davis's "Hell Factories in the Field: A Prison Industrial Complex" article from @thenation in 1995.
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Saint Brian The Godless
AWorldOutOfMind
Is #BillClintonIsAPedo? If so, he needs to go to prison for a long time. But while we're on the subject of pedophilia (and thanks for bringing it up btw) let's
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Neil "HARM TO ONGOING MATTER" Laferty
guitarviator
I think a lot of people are hung up on the way things SHOULD be, not the way things ARE.Yes, you SHOULD be able to peacefully protest without subversive elements
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Ross Andrew RN (was retd) NHS💙 999💚 COVID-19
Ex_Medic
@IoWNHSTrust @NHSEngland @IoWBobSeely insist on using unsafe, unlawful, unfit for purpose, ancient prison beds on #IoW #IsleofWight - despite @Carequalitycomm investigation & expert advice against their use as so dangerous
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Gary Craig
gcraig1
There are reports out there that the judge yesterday told Mayor Warren he would sentence her to prison if convicted. I checked with attorney who heard what I heard: The
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Mike Elk
MikeElk
Striking garbage workers in New Orleans, making $10.25 an hour, were fired en masse this week. Now, they are being replaced by prison labor.https://paydayreport.com/prison-labor-replaces-striking-garbage-workers-in-new-orleans/ “$10.25 to pick up tra
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Sheylex™❁
djsheylex
A Thread of Countries With the Best Prison.1. Prison In Switzerland 2. Prison In Austria 3. Prison In Norway 4. Prison In Sweden 5. Prison in
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Sara Sindija
SaraSindija
Spent my morning on the phone with a mom whose son is incarcerated at Chuckawalla. From the time she learned from him about the first case until weeks later when
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