RECLAIMWA

RECLAIM provides reintegration support that centers the mental, emotional, & relational health of individuals & families impacted by the criminal legal system.

[RECLAIMWA @RECLAIMWA]

"My access to higher education came about from people that believed in me even when I had doubts about my own abilities. The confident faces tell it all. Those doubts have been defeated with a newfound sense of self-worth." - UBB Student #FreedomThroughEducation

[Ascendium's Education Philanthropy @AscendiumEP]

#AscendiumEP will have the opportunity to learn from grant partners like the @AllianceforHEP, @THEInitiativeTN, @HudsonLink, and @ubbseattle at #NCAN2023!

[ChristopherBlackwell @ChrisWBlackwell]

I’ve spent the majority of my life incarcerated, but not even that prepared me for the horror & exploitation I saw on a recent trip to county jail. Thank you @nytopinion for publishing my piece & uplifting the voices of those most impacted by incarceration https://t.co/Eg3dvDJ729

[ChristopherBlackwell @ChrisWBlackwell]

A group of us inside prison dreamed up the idea of bringing together formerly incarcerated people working in the community to heal the intergenerational trauma of incarceration and system actors. We believe we have a lot to learn from one another. Today that dream was a reality.

[League of Education Voters (LEV) - now on Bluesky @edvoters]

What happened after the Washington State Reformatory in Monroe's closure illuminates the fragility of prison education. Access to #HigherEducation often comes down to a matter of geography — and luck. https://t.co/12a26z7VRH @szarlotka @CCYJ_WA #WAedu @TeamChild

[Charlotte West (Ed journo covering prisons) @szarlotka]

Here's my latest #CollegeInside newsletter for @opencampusmedia. Get a behind-the-scenes glimpse at my reporting on the impact of the closure of the WA State Reformatory on @ubbseattle. #higheredinprison https://t.co/b2RtA1LxBM

[Prison Policy Initiative @PrisonPolicy]

Good morning. A reminder that mass incarceration has shortened the overall U.S. life expectancy.
https://t.co/oTyiIxed97

[Prison Policy Initiative @PrisonPolicy]

That's a lot of people. Pretrial detention happens on a mass scale in the U.S. At least 5 million people go to jail every year. (Our jail incarceration rate alone is higher than the total incarceration rate of most countries.)

[The Marshall Project @MarshallProj]

"My college degree taught me that anything is possible when you show someone how to love themselves through accountability, vulnerability and education," @ChrisWBlackwell writes. https://t.co/hnkI0F2Z4d

[ChristopherBlackwell @ChrisWBlackwell]

I'm starting a mentorship program for incarcerated writers. There are so many talented people who don't have the phone money, stamp money, or resources to buy thesaurus & dictionaries--so their voices don't get heard. We want to change that. Can you help? https://t.co/OxLsJkKGwQ

[ChristopherBlackwell @ChrisWBlackwell]

Incarcerated for the first time at 12. Dropped out of school at 14. Today I have a byline in the @nytimes.

[ChristopherBlackwell @ChrisWBlackwell]

Talked to a guy on my tier who was an organizer inside prison. Helped build programs, was part of the Black Prisoner's Caucus. Endless covid restrictions destroyed everything he built. Asked if he'll build again. He said not after seeing how easy & happily things were taken away.

[ChristopherBlackwell @ChrisWBlackwell]

I found higher education in prison after dropping out of school at 14. It changed my entire life. So grateful for programs like @ubbseattle My latest for the @theprogressive

[ChristopherBlackwell @ChrisWBlackwell]

Growing up I believed I was dumb. I dropped out at 14. Earning a college degree in prison taught me that anything is possible when you show someone how to love themselves, through accountability, vulnerability and education. My latest for @MarshallProj https://t.co/nJlR7f4uXd

[Prison Policy Initiative @PrisonPolicy]

In 2022, we are still a country that locks up half a million legally innocent people, every day. 2 out of 3 people in city- and county-run jails are there awaiting trial.

More in our new report Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie: https://t.co/WH2BPEBCS6

[Prison Policy Initiative @PrisonPolicy]

NEW: We’ve just released the 2022 edition of Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie - the most comprehensive, up-to-date view of who is locked up in the U.S., where, and why: https://t.co/WH2BPEBCS6

This report shows huge drops in prison and jail populations. Why? Thread.

[dean spade @deanspade]

Today at 3pm Pacific I'm giving a talk @WCUGradSocWork about navigating doing care work inside brutal unjust systems--relevant for social workers, teachers, poverty lawyers, health workers. https://t.co/ofLEtaurEn

[Solitary Watch @solitarywatch]

The Rise and Fall of Prison Education https://t.co/MhFWgYBJq9

[ChristopherBlackwell @ChrisWBlackwell]

Another New Year kicked off on lockdown. Every lockdown in prison means losing the few privileges that make incarceration more bearable. Visitation, educational programming, and recreation. Will this ever end? My latest @JewishCurrents
https://t.co/HxZSz0JgGj

[Books to Prisoners (Seattle) @B2PSeattle]

Here's a book rejection that we just received from a prison in Tennessee: "Malcolm X not allowed."

This is part of an insidious pattern of targeted bans by prisons against Black authors and against literature critiquing the prison system and power structures in this country.

[ChristopherBlackwell @ChrisWBlackwell]

There's another covid outbreak on my prison unit. DOC has plenty of N95 masks now, but prisoners will get a disciplinary infraction if they're caught with one. Why? Because N95s also protect us from their tear gas, which they still freely use during a respiratory pandemic.