Nevada lawmakers should be very wary of what prison officials tell them. I served 22 years in solitary confinement, and while I was sitting in a semi-catatonic state for the last six years, the Director of prisons was busy telling the legislature that there was no Solitary in the state.
If you wanna know the truth, ask the people who are incarcerated.
So many human predators working in the ‘justice system’: judges, magistrates…. making decisions about sex offending which:
- Set a precedent in case they are caught for the same thing
- Are based on bribes to manipulate outcomes
- Are sadistically intended to humiliate victims.
The bail system needs a complete overhaul. It is not functioning effectively, fairly or humanely. Excessive pretrial detention will erode community safety, not protect it.
https://t.co/bMKq3ylFzL
Unusually harsh pretrial detention conditions are inconsistent with public safety and cruel to those detained: Overhaul of bail requires humane remand conditions https://t.co/4XHCO7ti3Z
Sadly, the abuse is rampant in this line of work. States pay out millions of dollars rather than repair the system, it doesn't seem to matter if an adult facility or juvenile facility. @JonMartinEsq@IleanaGarciaUSA@SodFatherFL can we look at repair next session?
Mr McKay (54) dies 2 weeks after arriving at Sask Pen after more than 7 years in pretrial detention? How did he die? Did provincial corrections alert the federal jail of any health issues?https://t.co/BqEZ2VBF35
Philanthropists Invest Over $1 Million in Province’s HOMEBASE Integrated Youth Services Initiative: Congrats! Excellent collaboration between philanthropists, government, + John Howard Society of Sask for youth who really need help https://t.co/MQmrsRPqCB
"Officials allowed her only a small ration of menstrual products... On her worst days, she tore up her own T-shirts and used them as makeshift pads"
Behind bars, managing menstruation is difficult, uncomfortable, and often downright dangerous:
Murder charges stayed over inmate rights violations at Ontario jail - deployment of the crisis intervention team was "undertaken for one reason and one reason only ... retribution." Let's review all acts of post assault retribution by cos. Not uncommon. https://t.co/eLHBzHn3MV
They call it a Department of Corrections.
But 68% return within 3 years.
That’s not correction.
That’s a revolving door.
And it’s time we slam it shut.
#BreakTheCycle#PrisonReform