.@ICEgov Louis is being deported to Cameroon, where he will be unable to access the medical care he needs to recover his hearing and eyesight, which he is losing due to COVID. Please stop his deportation and #FreeLouis immediately!
.@GovStitt Oklahoma cannot execute an innocent man. Please save Julius Jones’ life and take the recommendation of your Pardon and Parole Board and commute his sentence to life with the possibility of parole. #JusticeforJulius
this is so important. the "Black Wall Street" narrative can sometimes warp the condemnation of white supremacist riots with a romanticization of Black capitalism. White violence was specific and random, pervasive and sporadic, against black wealth, churches, co-ops, and bodies.
About a year ago I added my brother as an authorized user on my credit card, and he has 748 credit score now, it’ll probably be higher when he comes home in October. There are so many different ways to support your incarcerated loved ones & make their transition back easier.
Increasing money for policing is kinda like getting bigger buckets for a leak inside your home but never going on the roof to analyze the problem. We say the bucket isn’t working, it’s overflowing, has holes, we fall over it.
People respond, “You just want my house to flood!?”
Susan's dad died in a NY State prison of COVID.
"Two weeks after my birthday, he was declared dead. My father was a human being."
NY lawmakers must pass the Elder Parole and Fair & Timely bills to promote redemption, not death.
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.@InsideCityHall@errollouis@NY1 Kalief Browder tragically took his own life in 2015 after spending two years in solitary confinement at Rikers Island. Enough is enough. @NYCMayor and @CorrectionNYC must amend their proposed rule to fully end this inhumanity.
“I'm on hunger strike because for the last 15 years, I've been paying taxes, and this is a huge injustice that I don't have any type of social safety net right now during the pandemic."
Solidarity with the #FundExcludedWorkers Campaign. https://t.co/kgewIuqts3
@lawyersofcolor #AsianModelMinorityBut Asian Americans, who at 7 percent, are the largest minority group in major law firms. Yet, they have the highest attrition rates and the lowest ratio of partners to associates of any racial group.
By passing #HALTsolitary, @NYSenate & @NYSA_Majority followed the will of the people and said NO to torture! @NYGovCuomo: Do the same by signing HALT into law immediately. Far too many lives have been destroyed, primarily those of Black and Brown New Yorkers. No more!
hate crimes prosecutions do not move the needle. they don’t keep communities safe. they don’t work to dismantle white supremacy. they do not serve as a deterrent to racists who commit violence. they add a few extra years on to each sentence. they won’t save us.
@NYGovCuomo also repeatedly denied Clemency to Lulu Benson-Saey, who became the first woman to die of COVID-19 behind bars in New York. She was 61 years old & a survivor of abuse. This is why we demand #ParoleJusticeNY. https://t.co/lb8eu2Dfbg
In 2019 Valerie Gaiter died at Bedford Hills at 61 yrs of age & 40 yrs served. She wouldn't have been eligible for parole consideration for another decade, despite having completely transformed. @NYGovCuomo repeatedly denied her Clemency. #ParoleJusticeNY https://t.co/0CJ9LjZjxz
In a survey on Bedford Hills by The Correctional Association, 74% of 110
respondents identified that they had witnessed some form of violence or abuse by staff, while 53% of respondents reported experiencing these acts of violence
themselves. https://t.co/m7Dndyfpx7
Gender-expansive & trans people are deeply impacted by parole injustice as part of a continuum of gender-based oppression. They're made invisible by DOCCS’ inability to recognize their gender & as people who can't disclose their gender identity for safety reasons.
An overwhelming & disproportionate majority of women in NYS prisons are Black and/or Latinx. There are currently 1,138 people identified by NYS DOCCS as women incarcerated in New York, of whom 54.9% are people of color, Black, and/or Latinx (Source: Vera Institute of Justice).