Won’t you join us virtually at the 2022 National Conference on Higher Education in Prison this week?! We hope to see you at one or all of our three panels. Register through our linktree
https://t.co/c8StLVGflg
#prisoneducation#socialjustice#volunteer#seminar
Abolition For the People: The Movement For A Future Without Policing & Prisons. @kaepernick7 envisioned & curated this collection of 30 essays from political prisoners, family members of those impacted by police terrorism & incarceration, organizers, movement leaders, & scholars.
Yesterday, DC became the first US jurisdiction to restore the right to vote for residents incarcerated with felony convictions. We join Maine and Vermont which never took this right away. This is a huge step for justice and true democracy. #RestoreTheVote
What you doing in 25 minutes? Catch @TheRealHalim and @_marlonpeterson share some jokes, inspiration, and tips about dealing with isolation. It’s the best 30 minutes out there. #despiteeverything#iglive @ Quarantine https://t.co/DW9nr97IIN
How many elected leaders actually talk to incarcerated people? Alabama lawmakers charged with fixing our violent, overcrowded prisons would do well to follow Bryan Stevenson at @eji_org. "You've got to get proximate to suffering and injustice," he says.
https://t.co/sn16Bqlbys
Reading about sentencing law and it occurs that there is nothing "natural" about sending someone to stay in a cage until they die. So instead of "natural life sentence" I think we should say "abnormal life sentence" or "death by incarceration." Let's call things what they are.
Why are Vermont and Maine the only states that don't strip voting rights away from ppl serving prison sentences?
"Vermont and Maine... [are] the whitest states in the nation... 'White voters will give pause before they disenfranchise other white people.'”
https://t.co/wPjcFbu1Id
Instead of using $11 million to fix the prison healthcare system, taxpayers are paying for one attorney to defend the abhorrent system. Sounds about right.
Thinking abt this more.
Not only is it 👏🏾cruel & inhumane👏🏾 that prisons charge inmates & families but they’re making money off things the non-incarcerated get for FREE.
Libraries give FREE access to ebooks & computer services inc email.
Video calls are FREE via Skype/Gchat.