Locke Bowman

Senior Legal Director of the Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center. Professor at Northwestern law school

[MacArthur Justice Center @MacArthrJustice]

#SolitaryConfinement is torturous, inhumane, and antithetical to health.

It's long past time to #StopSolitary.
https://t.co/IQFzFRQCwF

[MacArthur Justice Center @MacArthrJustice]

The last place you want to battle #COVID19 is behind bars.

Illinois Dept. of Corrections has always had the discretion and means to release people & reunite families—and it should continue to do so. #StopCOVID19BehindBars
https://t.co/VCxLGJGArG

[Locke Bowman @LockeBowman]

More brutality. More Chicago Police cover up. Shame. https://t.co/EERsm6cIjc.

[MacArthur Justice Center @MacArthrJustice]

JUST FILED: Lawsuit targeting East Baton Rouge's unconstitutional #cashbail.
No one should be behind bars just because they can't afford to pay for their freedom.
With @adv_project & @F_F_Initiative, we're suing East Baton Rouge officials to #EndMoneyBail. https://t.co/NGZY0NmXKi

[Alexa Van Brunt @alexavanbrunt]

During today's Public Safety Committee, @Mariafor49 - spoke the TRUTH about people's right to phone calls when held in Chicago police stations. So inspiring. So necessary. Do the right thing @ChiCouncil. Pass the right ordinance and #endincommunicadodetention

[Alexa Van Brunt @alexavanbrunt]

Meanwhile - in another example of our mayor undermining justice https://t.co/cRXEPkdeXp

[Locke Bowman @LockeBowman]

Anybody want to see how sweet freedom is? Watch this video

[MacArthur Justice Center @MacArthrJustice]

In 1993, at the age of 17, Chris Polk was sentenced to life in prison without hope of parole.

After 26 years, he finally returned home. #JLWOP #SecondChances

https://t.co/wl2kF2NegA

[Locke Bowman @LockeBowman]

@maddow You guys should be reporting that if the election is decided by PA a Trump lawsuit to throw out late arriving ballots could decide presidency

[Locke Bowman @LockeBowman]

Halloween hope!👻

[Locke Bowman @LockeBowman]

As Amy Coney Barrett joins SCOTUS there's much to fear. I'm praying her vote is not the one that hands Trump the election. VOTE EVERYBODY ELSE! Make it decisive.

[Locke Bowman @LockeBowman]

Nate Silver is bracingly clear, right?

[Nate Silver @NateSilver538]

Model gut check:

* Biden leads by 5 points in PA, the most likely tipping point

* In 2 of the past 10 elections, there's been a 5+ point swing between polls now and the final result.

* Assume a 50/50 chance such a swing would favor Trump.

* That gives Trump a 10% chance.

[MacArthur Justice Center @MacArthrJustice]

Despite federal courts ordering @USPS to put its changes on hold, it continues to have unreliable mail delivery, threatening to disenfranchise many voters.

"This lawsuit will make sure that @USPS complies with these court orders in Florida.”—@jmmanes https://t.co/4SRBYBJpwh

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

If someone told me 3 years ago, while I was waitressing to help my family stay afloat, that in a few short years an unhinged President of the United States would be repeatedly saying my name at the 2020 debate, I would’ve brought them some water and told them to sober up.

[Locke Bowman @LockeBowman]

To say that solitary confinement is dehumanizing doesn't capture it. Anthony Gay explains the pain. Even to hear it hurts the soul. YOU ARE A PERSON, Anthony Gay!

[MacArthur Justice Center @MacArthrJustice]

"I lost my social identity...I had no one to say ‘Anthony, you’re a person.’”—Anthony Gay, in his own words, on his 22 years in #SolitaryConfinement

https://t.co/82zXlZsh7f

[MacArthur Justice Center @MacArthrJustice]

#SCOTUS precludes #JLWOP for juveniles capable of positive change, but these decisions are implemented inconsistently like in the case of our client Brett Jones.

The American Conservative Foundation’s Pat Nolan discusses the issue here: https://t.co/AIh99rZSFa.

[Locke Bowman @LockeBowman]

Funny
https://t.co/iVE7TG3xJj

[Locke Bowman @LockeBowman]

Not safe

[Locke Bowman @LockeBowman]

Raw racism in the small town south sent Tina Jimerson to prison for a crime she didn't commit. Proud to fight for justice for Tina.

[MacArthur Justice Center @MacArthrJustice]

A corrupt, bad faith, reckless investigation kept Tina Jimerson behind bars for 27 years for a crime she didn't commit.

We're fighting for justice for Ms. Jimerson against those responsible for her #WrongfulConviction. Accountability matters.
https://t.co/dBT9LwBG4q

[MacArthur Justice Center @MacArthrJustice]

#BreonnaTaylor was denied justice today. To those who continue to bravely protest and march and lead; to #SayHerName; and demand that #BlackLivesMatter — we stand with you.
https://t.co/ugt1fxYQnB

[MacArthur Justice Center @MacArthrJustice]

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was an inspiration and a hero.

Now, in her honor, let's not forget what we are fighting for. #RBG