MaAgainstSolitary

Survivors, loved ones, and organizations coming together to abolish solitary confinement. It is time to change lives.

[Essie Justice Group @essie4justice]

What is #IndependenceDay if mass incarceration still devastates our communities?

With a 500% increase in incarceration over the last 40 years, today, we're calling out the hypocrisy of a country celebrating freedom while also leading the world in incarcerating its own people.

[Envision Freedom Fund @EnvFreeFund]

171 years later, #FrederickDouglass' ferocious #IndependenceDay address still rings true. What freedom can we celebrate when our community is behind bars? Nearly 30,000 immigrants are in detention across the country. More than 425,000 people are jailed pretrial in local jails.

[Louisiana Parole Project @paroleproject]

After 41 years in prison, Edbert’s life sentence was commuted by the governor. Check out his profile and the interviews of others who are still serving LWOP in Louisiana at @VisitingRoomPr.

[MaAgainstSolitary @StopMaSolitary]

Click the link below to dive deeper into this crucial issue. 📚 #SolitaryConfinement #HumanRights #ReadMore https://t.co/2pNAo78IRS

[MaAgainstSolitary @StopMaSolitary]

New report, old horrors! A groundbreaking study discloses that a shocking 122,000 people are subjected to solitary confinement in the US, surpassing previous estimates of 80,000. This includes individuals confined in prisons and jails, enduring 22+ hours of isolation daily.

[MaAgainstSolitary @StopMaSolitary]

A new report by Solitary Watch found more than 122,000 people are in solitary in the United States. This number accounts for a more expansive definition of solitary, including all people in jails for more than 22 hours a day. Check out the report below!

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[MaAgainstSolitary @StopMaSolitary]

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[MaAgainstSolitary @StopMaSolitary]

“Nowhere was this system of imprisonment crowned with the hoped-for success. In general it was ruinous to the public treasury; it never effected the reformation of the prisoners.

This absolute solitude is beyond the strength of man; it does not reform, it kills” (1831)

[MaAgainstSolitary @StopMaSolitary]

During the War on Drugs, the use of solitary confinement in prisons increased significantly, disproportionately affecting Black inmates. This practice perpetuated racial injustices and took a toll on emotional, mental, and physical health #LearnFromHistory #SolidaritynotSolitary

[Mitigation Specialist @Mitigation_Hope]

Each person incarcerated is someone’s child & that matters. Our country has designed a successful business that cares more about profit than people & our inhumanity says so much about us as a nation & us as people. US prisons described as ‘hellholes’ https://t.co/Qs0PtGpeCZ

[Tweedyisdone @PrisonAudio]

The Prison Rules Podcast allows currently incarcerated men and women the opportunity to share meaningful stories about life in prison with the outside world. Check out this brochure to learn how it works!

[Common Justice @Common_Justice]

Today was a huge success! We had around 100 survivors and survivor advocates join us Albany and raise their voices for #fairaccesstovictimcompensation.

[#NoLonger3/5 @MassPowerVote]

Looking for something to do this weekend? Join us at Clark University in Worcester on Saturday the 29th from 1-3:30pm for our next event. In a democracy, voting should be a right, not a privilege. Help us restore felony voting rights!

[MaAgainstSolitary @StopMaSolitary]

Looking Inside The Cage: Nicholas James Yarris spent 23 years in solitary confinement on death row before his DNA exoneration in 2003. While in solitary, he repeatedly asked to be executed because he would “rather die than continue to be held in endless degradation”
#EndSolitary

[Mitigation Specialist @Mitigation_Hope]

This is in fact a cage. A cage that we put incarcerated people in. A cage we put them in for many reasons but it should be known we put them in this cage when they are getting therapy. When they are talking about trauma… so yes, we put people in cages & that will never be ok…

[AG Weyde @justice4jb]

Opportunity exists to exonerate a man on death row thru DNA testing but the conservative courts wont allow it because of time limits! Justice doesn’t exist & wont because of cons Judges. Clarence Thomas wants a man executed before DNA testing is done-MSNBC https://t.co/Pt8AUZcKda

[butterflylover @butterf79342227]

Today I visited my husband in prison for the last time, the next time will be to collect him. The prison officers said to my son I hope I never see you again but in a good way. We got through it, onwards and upwards.

[The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center @TheKingCenter]

“Justice is a continuum. And we must bend with the moral arc of the universe, which bends toward justice.” #BAK #BerniceAKing

[New Hour @NewHourNY]

"Over half (58%) of imprisoned women in state prisons have a child under the age of 18.

Between 1980 and 2021, the number of incarcerated women increased by more than 525%, rising from a total of 26,326 in 1980 to 168,449 in 2021."

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