SJCME Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice department at St. Joseph's College of Maine

[ACLU @ACLU]

Reminder: The United States is the ONLY country that hasn't ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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[Prison Policy Initiative @PrisonPolicy]

It's all too common for states to introduce good criminal justice reforms, then poison them with amendments that exclude people like Donte'.

We wrote about it in this report:
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[The Marshall Project @MarshallProj]

The Mental Health Crisis Facing Women in Prison https://t.co/VqZDsStME5

[SJCME Criminal Justice @SJCME_Justice]

‘It never stops’: killings by US police reach record high in 2022 https://t.co/4cXtRhoJYz

[SJCME Criminal Justice @SJCME_Justice]

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[SJCME Criminal Justice @SJCME_Justice]

How an Illicit Cell Phone Helped Me Take College Courses from Prison https://t.co/0zrG0iLw8D via @MarshallProj

[SJCME Criminal Justice @SJCME_Justice]

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[The Marshall Project @MarshallProj]

Fight clubs, solitary confinement and neglect make young people angrier and more violent.

Published in partnership with @slate: https://t.co/vOATAEzqIb

[The Marshall Project @MarshallProj]

A bankruptcy judge was "shocked at the ​casual racism emanating from the bench" in a criminal courtroom.

"While we all may not be able to agree on what justice looks like, surely we can agree on what injustice looks like," Hon. Shelley Chapman writes.
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[SJCME Criminal Justice @SJCME_Justice]

The crime victims’ advocate fighting mass incarceration: ‘How we actually stop violence’ https://t.co/hk03OC1dbh

[SJCME Criminal Justice @SJCME_Justice]

What is it like to survive an execution by lethal injection? https://t.co/0zZP5wIhjU

[SJCME Criminal Justice @SJCME_Justice]

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[Aaron Stagoff @aaron_stagoff]

I am very excited to share a project I have been working on with my @verainstitute colleagues, including @bodahesq, for two years! It's called the Social Costs of Policing: https://t.co/W6q2y70zfI

[The Marshall Project @MarshallProj]

State officials often fail to identify incarcerated people with developmental disorders — a group that faces overwhelming challenges behind bars. https://t.co/Hv0lO32CRh

[Glenn E. Martin 🐐 @glennEmartin]

Detainee in NYC jail wracked with asthma died after being turned away from Rikers Island clinic. https://t.co/gTF63SAeKC

[Radley Balko @radleybalko]

Fearmongering works:

OK violent crime rate: 458 per 100K
NY violent crime rate: 364 per 100K

OK murder rate: 7.25
NY murder rate: 4.11

% of Oklahomans who say crime is most urgent issue: 5
% of New Yorkers: 28

[Prison Policy Initiative @PrisonPolicy]

The U.S. allows children — especially Black children — to grow up in poverty. With demographic data, we can see how many of those kids grow up to populate state prisons.

[Elizabeth Warren @ewarren]

PepsiCo raised prices by 17%.
Their profits went up by >20%.

Chipotle raised prices by nearly 15%.
Their profits went up by nearly 26%.

Giant corporations are profiteering off inflation. I’ve got a plan to fight back: the Price Gouging Prevention Act.
https://t.co/lJ0J7h0jEk

[Prison Policy Initiative @PrisonPolicy]

About 1 in 10 people in state prison today was homeless before turning 18.

1 in 5 was in public housing before 18.

1 in 5 was in foster care.

For Black incarcerated people, the numbers are higher.

[SJCME Criminal Justice @SJCME_Justice]

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