KidsMates is a non-profit advocating to improve outcomes for communities exposed to childhood adversity & focusing on children of incarcerated parents. 🇺🇸
Reentry is challenging for returning parents, including onerous community supervision requirements. Learn more in this @NPRCodeSwitch conversation with @VinSchiraldi about his new book, Mass Supervision. #SeeUsSupportUs https://t.co/UUE0PEHcZV
Breaking News: Charles Ogletree Jr., a prominent civil rights lawyer and Harvard educator who was a voice for equal justice, has died at 70. https://t.co/LeE8J41kKS
EJI honors the life and memory of Professor Charles Ogletree Jr., a prolific lawyer, advocate, and educator who endeavored to shed light on our nation’s history of racial injustice and its pernicious evolution in the criminal legal system. https://t.co/GXUCQj2Jgc
Remembering Charles Ogletree, Harvard professor and advocate for America’s most marginalized communities. Ogletree’s protest of inequities plaguing the criminal justice system will continue to inspire. Proud to call him our mentor. Read @eji_org’s tribute to his powerful 70 years
New data compiled by @verainstitute shows that between mid-2021 to fall 2022 🇺🇸 incarceration rates rose by 4%, and 34 states increased the number of people incarcerated in prisons.
https://t.co/aZgwa69mv3
“This summer has been really unprecedented, unrelenting. I hear from (inmates’) loved ones, but more importantly, I visit prisons and when I go and visit, it is just oppressive,” @jenn_bradley
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Youth with World‑Changing Solutions Chosen by T‑Mobile and the T‑Mobile Foundation as 2023 Changemaker Challenge Finalists https://t.co/ro6ij83l8Z… via @TMobile@Changemakers@AshokaUS
Equity in Action – Top Category Winner
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Youth with World‑Changing Solutions Chosen by T‑Mobile and the T‑Mobile Foundation as 2023 Changemaker Challenge Finalists https://t.co/hvpaBw92ru via @TMobile
Equity in Action – Top Category Winner @KidsMates
.@CarlHeastie please pass the Protect In-Person Visits bill (S3318/A6488) to ensure in-person visits are not replaced with video as is happening at jails in other states. The Senate passed the bill, and we are counting on the Assembly to do the same! #LoveLivesInPerson
"I have spent weekends at my father’s prison instead of play dates, sports or academic competitions since I was nine. The experience left no visible scars but created indelible marks."
A winning editorial by Joshua Martoma, 17:
https://t.co/c6qDjZOQty