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Martin Myers tried and failed to steal a cigarette. Why has he spent 18 years in prison for it? theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/m…

Who says there’s no such thing as a prison-industrial complex?

Prison phone operators allegedly worked with jails to limit in-person visits qz.com/prison-phone-c… via Quartz

“There is no way to incarcerate our way out of drug addiction … there is nothing about prisons—the way they are built, the way they are designed, the way they are financed, the way they are structured—that is meant to help deal with drug addiction.” @biancatylek

BREAKING: In a historic shift, the U.S. moves to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, AP sources say. apnews.com/article/mariju…

#endsolitary the impacts are far too damaging chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2024/…

ViaPath Technologies The same people you profit from 🤔

I'm a fighter (of various kinds) and I'm committed 💯 to things I believe in. I'm passionate about helping others (especially the underdog) and I'm relentless about making noise when I'm wronged. It's simply a different view from prison and on almost every level prisoners are

In this country, far too often, we hear stories of men and women who leave prison after years of incarceration, return to the community and reoffend. These are the stories that hit the six o’clock news. These are the stories that really hurt the narrative of the true work being

📢📢📢is any organisation listening ⬇⬇⬇

Providence hospital in Portland discharged a man and then said he, “didn’t want to leave,” and then called the police. Body cam footage shows him in and out of consciousness, not “noncompliant.”

He died in Milwaukee police custody on the way to Unity.

Op-ed: Alabama can’t solve its prisons safety crisis with a staff shortage of 61% (via AL.com)
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If the Criminal Legal System is EVER going to change. It is going to need to do so with a Trauma-Informed Lens.

What a person experiences before they commit an offense is important so we know how to help them!!! Incarceration is NOT always the answer.

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