Watching #NewEditionBET be inducted into the #NAACPImageAwards Hall of Fame.. proud Roxbury moment.

The percentage of people in prison who are 55 or older has shot up in the last 30 years & it’s not just a matter of people aging behind bars. Older people’s share of arrests have also quadrupled.

Why are we putting more older people in jail and prison? Is this “smart on crime”?

I just received a commercial for AARP membership. The incentive for joining membership is a trunk organizer. 😂. Not sure to be feeling old(er) right now, and/or pursue my interest in the trunk organizer.

Someone please fix the Massachusetts RMV Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles. It’s a mess. 3rd time taking time and trying to do a simple transaction and they can’t do it again today.

Minutes after the story published, I got this from a woman at Dublin: 'The entire housing unit where most of the sex abuse victims, plaintiffs and witnesses live, F-unit, has been denied commissary by the wardens. The entire prison was provided commissary [except us].'

My latest for Truthout looks at the ongoing retaliation against women who speak up about sexual abuse at FCI Dublin (aka 'the rape club'): truthout.org/articles/women…

Today, three PLS attorneys joined Families for Justice as Healing at the State House for the annual Valentine's Day rally in support of the jail & prison construction moratorium and ending the harmful confinement of women and girls in MA. Learn more about the bill here: plsma.org/Moratorium

⁦Maura Healey⁩ We invited you to our house didn’t receive a response. Today we came to the state house, the people’s house..We know you care about your circle/ Sisterhood… we feel the same way about ours. Let’s be a model for what different looks like for all women.

Thank you Maura Healey for signing the MA no cost calls bill today! Game changer for the incarcerated and families of our incarcerated loved ones. Thank you to all the advocates inside and out who kept this alive over the years. Onward!

.Bureau of Justice Statistics just released its report on incarceration numbers from 2022 and found that the number of women in state or federal prison increased by almost 5%.

Robyn Hasan Simpson (Leading with Conviction™ 2022) spoke with @ScrippsNews.

Watch the full video: jlusa.org/2023/12/12/rob…

Thank you Maura Healey
Signed into law
'No one should be denied the opportunity to maintain communication with their loved ones simply because of cost. I'm proud to sign into law unlimited, free phone calls for individuals in county and state prisons” -Governor Maura T. Healey

Thank you Maura Healey great job! NOW FREEHER! #clemencyworks !

theguardian.com/us-news/2023/o…

Free Her March 2023 youtu.be/2RhhhP7JCpA?si… via YouTube

Thank you to our partners stepping up to be messengers to their own communities about ending the incarceration of women and girls!!!!!!
“ My Jewish faith spurs me to back prison moratorium - CommonWealth Magazine commonwealthmagazine.org/opinion/my-jew…

Graying of Massachusetts prisons cries out for a dose of compassion bostonglobe.com/2023/08/27/opi… via The Boston Globe

Saying this a different way…greed and hospice wings of prison building.

Rest in power, Josh.

Today our brother Josh Glenn is laid to rest by his family, his movement family and his beloved community in Philadelphia. De-Bug first met Josh in February 2019 while training the organization he co-founded, Youth Art and Self-empowerment Project (YASP), on