46 states have reduced both incarceration rates & crime levels in the last 10 years.
"We hope this research brief will help to educate both policymakers & the public about the fact that crime rates & incarceration levels are not closely related.”—@NazgolG https://t.co/HOCqJVoS3R
@SentencingProj Can yall please keep me updated on this? Is there anyone from the sentencing project willing to speak to me directly? I'm in South Carolina. We need second look legislation
In 2022, Father Greg celebrated 50 years of Jesuit service. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1972, and this commitment catalyzed his calling to walk alongside the most marginalized in our community in kinship, love and exquisite mutuality.
Thank you Father G, for all you do.
Powerful prison profiteers are upholding mass incarceration so they can take home billions every year, but they are not unstoppable,” said Tylek of Worth Rises. “This is a warning to all those with no scruples about how they make their money: hands off our communities.@WorthRises
South Carolina Day Of Empathy In partnership with https://t.co/RBgwiic6nt was a historical success. Spreading Empathy and Wisdom inside of the SC DOC and bringing our own table to the State House. We are grateful for the support and opportunity to do something meaningful for SC.
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"If prisons really worked ad a deterrent, then American mass incarceration should have proven it. And yet with two million people locked up in the country's prisons and jails, the present-day United States is nowhere close to being the safest society in all of humankind."
I just finished watching the Blackwell vs SCDPPPS hearing. SCDPPPS lawyer got up and said it was a logistical problem that they couldn't allow people to view their file at a parole hearing. SO IT'S A LOGISTICAL PROBLEM THAT PREVENTS YOU FROM DOING YOUR JOB?
@GA_Corrections What is the death rate of men serving time in your prisons? I'm sure on this day that many men have lost lives in your broken system. May God be with them all and may he have mercy on you because you know not what you do.
MANDATORY MINIMUM FACTS: We must instead heed Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s message that, until we value the lives, rights, and liberties of those on the receiving end of the system, “our justice system will continue to be anything but.” #Strive2wardFreedom#marchagainstincarceration
Today! California Governor Pardoned 37 and Commuted 18 individuals. Awesome work, trust, and community building. I'm hoping for 110 Clemencies for the summer. 🙏 @SCSCNow @GavinNewsom https://t.co/MVUXSemMB8 https://t.co/T6Z4ndCszD