Considering poor Covid responses on top of inadequate medical care, poor nutrition, dangerous living conditions, etc., at what point are America's jails and prisons deemed inhumanely negligent?
#shutemdown#alternativestoincarceration
I watched an interview with a state prison director. He enumerated the fences, locks cameras, and raises for COs his budget increases paid for. He never mentioned the word rehabilitation.
The physical confinement of hyperincarceration in a system we all know now that targets the compromised while favoring the elite is actual prolonged state-sponsored violence!
@PrisonReformMvt I agree with the release of Sirhan Sirhan, and anybody else for that matter. Being an abolitionist means I do not pick and choose which prisoners are deserving and which ones are not. #shutemdown
NEWSFLASH: COs have an unwritten rule about waiting outside of cells when prisoners cut themselves until they pass out from blood loss to minimize the chance of contamination. This causes many deaths and must stop!
Is it a fair to evidence a carceral institution's commitment to rehabilitation, or lack thereof, by measuring how many educational opportunities they do or do not offer?
Body cameras were sold to the public as a way to strengthen police accountability.
Instead SC police have turned them into a tool to shield officers from accountability.
Another example of why it is past time to invest in people instead of police.
https://t.co/eUO9KHBB2r
America could benefit greatly from a South African-style Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Get together, talk race and class, admit mistakes, hold some folks accountable, assign reparations where appropriate, end mass incarceration, and move forward in freedom for all!
MILLIONS FOR PRISONERS HUMAN RIGHTS MARCH: Remembering Jailhouse Lawyers Speak organizing with I Am We Prisoners Advocacy Network @MillionsForPri1
-- a modern day Abolitionist gathering to address the 13th Amendment slave clause! This was a big deal to JLS
#prisonershumanrights