Portland Outright

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[Maine Calling @mainecalling]

What is happening with #reopening Maine K-12 #schools? As the national debate rages over returning to school during the #pandemic, we find out how this difficult issue is being handled in school districts statewide, and how people feel. Live 1-2 pm https://t.co/MzRtxu7yJK

[Portland Outright @OutrightMaine]

⚠️ACTION ALERT⚠️ 1-2pm @mainecalling is holding a conversation on Reopening Maine’s K-12 schools this fall!

Let’s flood their phone lines and twitter with questions and comments about student rights and education justice in the time of COVID.

[Portland Outright @OutrightMaine]

Thanks to everyone who participated in today's tweet storm!⛈️Week of Action to Free Incarcerated Mainers happening all week long. #DecarcerateME #ReleaseOurLovedOnes #FreeOurYouth #CloseLongCreek

[Maine Family Planning @FPAMaine]

⚡️ “#DecarcerateME #ReleaseOurLovedOnes #FreeOurYouth #CloseLongCreek”

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[Health Equity Alliance @MEHealthEquity]

If an outbreak happens in #Maine prisons, it will overwhelm our taxed health care system, hospitals, & medical personnel. #ReleaseOurLovedOnes to #flattenthecurve! Please urge @GovJanetMills to #decarcerateME @nirav_mainecdc #MEpolitics

[Charlotte Warren @CharlotteWarren]

@nirav_mainecdc Dr. Shah, when you were asked about the public health protocols in Maine's prisons you referred the reporter to the ME DOC - Do prisoners not deserve public health protections?

[Portland Outright @OutrightMaine]

@GovJanetMills: we are calling on you to honor your promise to protect the safety & wellbeing of LGBTQ+ people. Failure to #DecarcerateME will mean a death sentence for incarcerated Mainers. Our loved ones are NOT disposable! #ReleaseOurLovedOnes #FreeOurYouth #CloseLongCreek

[Portland Outright @OutrightMaine]

As with many crises, the COVID-19 pandemic is having a disproportionate impact in LGBTQ communities & other marginalized communities.

[Portland Outright @OutrightMaine]

@GovJanetMills ran on a pro-LGBTQ+ platform, boasting an endorsement from @EqualityMaine, promising she & her administration would "stand up for LGBTQ+ Mainers." https://t.co/6zUw8cpwGx

[Portland Outright @OutrightMaine]

Secure confinement is harmful to all youth. LGBTQ+ youth are at higher risk for mistreatment, bullying, physical and sexual abuse and extended placement in “protective isolation." @nirav_mainecdc @GovJanetMills #ReleaseOurLovedOnes #DecarcerateME #FreeOurYouth #CloseLongCreek

[Health Equity Alliance @MEHealthEquity]

If we want to look at disproportionate devastation from #COVID19 on communities of color, we need to include our jails and prisons in the discussion, @nirav_mainecdc @MEPublicHealth #decarcerateME #ReleaseOurLovedOnes #FreeOurYouth

[Portland Outright @OutrightMaine]

Public health means ALL of us! People incarcerated have the same right to protection from #Covid19 as every Mainer. @nirav_mainecdc @MEPublicHealth We call on you to urge @GovJanetMills to protect public health & #ReleaseOurLovedOnes #DecarcerateME #FreeOurYouth #CloseLongCreek

[Portland Outright @OutrightMaine]

LD 1723 fails and does not pass (7-5). Will be carried over to next legislative session.

[Portland Outright @OutrightMaine]

We're at the Criminal Justice & Public Safety Committee Work Session on LD 1723: a bill that would allow the MEDOC to move incarcerated women to Long Creek Youth Development Center. Waiting to hear if the bill will pass or be carried over until next session.

[Charlotte Warren @CharlotteWarren]

Half of these women are incarcerated for drug crimes. Incarcerating mothers who are suffering from substance use disorder is not a compassionate response to the opioid epidemic. We should be reducing our incarceration levels, not increasing the... https://t.co/lQBj7pQAXE

[Portland Outright @OutrightMaine]

As young leaders in justice system reform and decarceration work in Maine, we reject the premise that decades of strategic efforts to divert and decarcerate Maine’s youth from Long Creek will provide the opening for “Long Creek Women’s Development Center” to be created.

[Portland Outright @OutrightMaine]

@MECorrections estimates that 90% of women in custody have had Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). #traumatoprisonpipeline

[MaineMACDL @MaineMACDL]

We are here, opposing #LD1723 with our bestest allies. @OutrightMaine @Maineinsideout @maine_youth @MPAC207 @ACLUMaine @MaineNAACP @WhitneyAParrish @meaggiepie @TinaHeat23 #nomoreprisons #justiceforwomen #justiceforkids #juvenilejustice #cjreform #mepolitics