National CURE

Nonprofit, grassroots criminal justice & prison reform organization. We believe in rehabilitation, not retribution. Advocating for human rights since 1972.

[Justice Action Network @JusticeActionUS]

Home confinement of low-risk offenders is saving Americans over $80 million annually.

The Senate may vote to end the program as early as today.

https://t.co/6l15770nQN

[National CURE @CURENational]

@RepTimBurchett “We need to show some real guts [on spending cuts],”. Then stand up 2 CJS approps chair @RepHalRogers & rescind half billion $ funding 4 proposed fed prison in KY, which was in every Trump & Biden budget request 2 Congress 4 last 7 yrs. https://t.co/v7Kvrp8tm3

[National CURE @CURENational]

People are dying. "..monitor, Steve J. Martin, wrote in a report earlier this month that instead of making incremental progress, the department was demonstrating “sustained & chronic institutional resistance & recalcitrance toward court-ordered reform.”https://t.co/asKfzqKEVU

[National CURE @CURENational]

Need 4 real oversight. “The result is that it is the BOP reviewing the BOP & there is no real accreditation taking place.
…June, 2023 all BOP facilities were fully accredited by ACA.”No surprise there since BOP in essence is approving itself.#prisonreform https://t.co/EJUFmwbmY9

[National CURE @CURENational]

@RepFischbach Rules Com. CJS approps hearing : “We need to cut spending!”That’s why both Pres. Trump & Biden asked Congress in every budget for the last 7 years 2 cancel the proposed fed. prison project in Letcher KY; it's a waste of $506M in taxpayer money & should be rescinded

[National CURE @CURENational]

@RepThomasMassie @RepRalphNorman There's good reasons why both Pres. Trump & Biden asked Congress in every budget 4 the last 7 years 2 cancel this proposed fed. prison project: it's a waste of $506M in taxpayer money. Responsible spending starts w/ scrutiny & standing up 2 power.

[Building Community Not Prisons @NoNewBOPprison]

Breaking News -- @RepAdams has introduced Amendment 124 to remove Sec. 219 from the House Appropriations Bill. #NoNewLetcherPrison Lets get this Amendment to the House Floor -- Tell Congress --> #NoNewLetcherPrison sign --> https://t.co/dCTGBMKnrP

[The Sentencing Project @SentencingProj]

TAKE ACTION: Over 3000 people who were released from prison and placed in home confinement because of the Covid-19 pandemic are at risk of being sent back to prison because of cruel new legislation.

Urge lawmakers to keep them home! https://t.co/zVGKnSJu4C

[National CURE @CURENational]

This @KevinARing post says it all. #KeepThemHome

[National CURE @CURENational]

ICYMI: Over 185 Organizations Oppose Legislation Fast-Tracking A New Prison in Eastern Kentucky "Both Trump & Biden Administrations have requested that the original $505M funding 4 the prison be rescinded." Even a former BOP dir. stated it's unneeded.
https://t.co/4HnJLj8D79

[National CURE @CURENational]

“I would go to segregation because I know there’s AC,,,then I would pray hard to God that he would send me 2 a place that has air conditioning or just isn’t as hot. It’s all steel and concrete in there, there’s no shade or trees or anywhere you can go.” https://t.co/3CIycr8Jzv

[National CURE @CURENational]

.."maybe we should consider releasing them; if it’s that too many are dealing with addiction and mental health problems, maybe we should be examining whether prison is the best place to treat those conditions."

[National CURE @CURENational]

“If issue (inadequate healthcare in prisons) is that our prisons are overwhelmed with too many people to take care of, maybe there should be fewer people in there; if it’s that prison population is getting older bc of incredibly long sentences that we’ve imposed on people, ..

[Last Week Tonight @LastWeekTonight]

Here’s last night’s story about health care in prisons and jails, how terrible it can get, and the companies who profit off of it: https://t.co/bYEbvz169b

[Keri Blakinger @keribla]

The best TV info graphic I have ever seen in my life:

[FAMM Foundation @FAMMFoundation]

#VisitAPrison has made great strides since last year! We’re proud to report that we’ve tracked over 200 lawmakers across the United States who have visited both state and federal prisons as part of the campaign. 🎉🎉

Challenge your legislator to #VisitAPrison today.

[Prison Policy Initiative @PrisonPolicy]

44% of women in prison have bipolar disorder; 11% have schizophrenia. Why are states locking up so many women rather than finding ways to get them the healthcare they need?

[Worth Rises @WorthRises]

NEW REPORT: The UN condemns the US prison system, stressing "that slavery... [has] no room in our world today, even for persons condemned for the most serious crimes" and calling for an end to prison slavery.

This is how the world sees us.
https://t.co/srrB6Tfaf1

[National CURE @CURENational]

Rep. Rogers thinks reusing a years-old environmental analysis is fine, which is why he added Sec. 219 to FY24 appropriations bill.  He's been pushing for a 4th fed. prison in his district for 17 YEARS, yet the need 4 one has disappeared over that time. https://t.co/Aw7h8V7nLd

[Prison Policy Initiative @PrisonPolicy]

1 in 10 people in state prison today was homeless before turning 18.

1 in 5 was in public housing before 18.

1 in 5 was in foster care.

The U.S continues to allow kids to grow up in poverty - and then end up in prison.

[National CURE @CURENational]

Rep. Hal Rogers: “I have worked 2 secure & protect funding 4 this project since 2006," What's changed in 17 yrs? BOP pop has dropped dramatically, which is why both Trump & Biden called 4 rescission of the $505M this 1 appropriator secured #misplacedpower https://t.co/jAi5yJwg7F

[National CURE @CURENational]

They "are playing hide-and-go-seek w/ all the money,” said lawyer of "a man who died in AZ prisons when, his family says, he was left unattended by Corizon medical staff in bed for so long that he developed bed sores that became infected by his feces" https://t.co/X0DE5erHj0