Manuel Mathieu Finds His Way Through Haitian History, on Canvas nytimes.com/2024/04/24/art…

Record Number of Writers Were Jailed Globally in 2023, PEN America Says nytimes.com/2024/05/01/wor…

150 People Sue, Saying They Were Abused as Minors in N.Y.C. Custody #CloseRikers nytimes.com/2024/04/30/nyr…

As a CUNY professor, I’m often the only white person in the classrooms I teach in. I also teach about genocide & apartheid & the CJ system (S/O dr. baz dreisinger for her work on this topic) so this ongoing genocide has been impossible to ignore in my classes (AS IT SHOULD BE)🧵

Today, #SCOTUS will hear a case that could severely criminalize homelessness.

Formerly incarcerated people are almost 10 times more likely to be homeless than the general public – and this ruling could devastate an already vulnerable population. 🧵

A City Tries to Measure the Violence It’s Preventing nytimes.com/interactive/20…

This country has almost half a million people locked up who haven’t been convicted. But it hasn’t always been that way. Over the past four decades, pretrial populations have skyrocketed, pushing total jail populations way up.

About 77,000 women are sitting in state prisons today, including almost 19,000 for drug crimes alone. 39% were single moms living with their kids at the time they were arrested.

The Vatican Transforms a Prison Into a Gallery nytimes.com/2024/04/19/art…

This Therapy Helps Victims of Violent Crime. Who Will Pay for It? nytimes.com/2024/04/20/nyr…

Grateful to have this woman dr. baz dreisinger share a truly inspiring journey with us on the podcast. 🎤🙏 Click the Spotify link to listen open.spotify.com/episode/1HJqnT… #educationnotincarceration #globalfreedomfellowship #prisonadvocacy #scholars #writingsonthewall James Leonard

Incredibly Amazing PodCast episode with Dr. Baz Dreisinger, & the Amazing Global projects that she has been or is currently involved in !! Just Fabulous. LOVE this ! 🥰
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Coming up on this weeks episode dr. baz dreisinger 🎤🙏 #education #college #reform #academia #hope #globalfellowship #movement

O Brasil registrou 47k homicídios em 2022.

Os números subiram entre 2011-2017, caíram rapidamente entre 2017-19, e depois encontraram um patamar (ainda altíssimo).

Venho defendendo que VARIAÇŌES e PATAMARES dessas curvas respondem a processos distintos.

Segue o fio: 🧶

Inspirational story. Education can be transformative when you’re in prison. It doesn’t have to mean attending prestigious universities. Education, in many forms, has helped people create new lives that they can be proud of. Beyond knowledge, education offers two things that…

On this day in 1803, Haiti’s Toussaint Louverture, revolutionary & advocate for human liberty, died in a jail cell in the Jura Mountains in France. Less than a year later, Haiti would declare its independence, marking the beginning of the end for slavery in the Western Hemisphere

How Texas Prisons Regulate Women’s Knowledge Behind Bars lithub.com/how-texas-pris… via Literary Hub

If your county is considering a bigger jail, remind them: People in jail are 5 times more likely to suffer from serious mental illness. They’re nearly 8 times more likely to suffer from a substance use disorder.

More beds are needed - but not in jails.

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via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2024/04/02/wor…