Liberate Don't Incarcerate- Washtenaw County

Creating a Washtenaw County grounded in love and communal healing that embodies collective accountability for all humans.

[Liberate Don't Incarcerate- Washtenaw County @DontIncarcerate]

@PublicHealth says Liberate! Don’t Incarcerate.

Our communities have long known systems that cage our people are antithetical to public health.

And now it’s official APHA policy too! Gratitude to those creating health, outside harmful carceral systems, like @MHFirstOak

[End Police Violence Collective @endpolviolence]

Our policy statement on carceral systems and on abolition as a public health strategy has PASSED 86% - 14% and is now PERMANENT POLICY of @PublicHealth. We know that abolition is public health, and now it's official! #APHA2021

Read the policy here: https://t.co/qVsWykPagM

[Alec Karakatsanis @equalityAlec]

Thread. A lot of people not familiar with judges don't know about one of the biggest ongoing scandals: profiting off poor people's blood. Over the years, many of my clients have been forced by judges to sell their own blood plasma in order to pay court fees for minor arrests.

[Truthout @truthout]

Last year’s uprisings have created fresh starting places for campus-based abolitionist organizing.

https://t.co/Mrqt3fSSLm

[Liberate Don't Incarcerate- Washtenaw County @DontIncarcerate]

@lsong @PublicHealth @MI_PHAwakened The APHA statement debunks community policing as a strategy for increasing safety
“ A 2014 meta-analysis (of community policing)— showed little impact on crime prevention or community members’ feelings of safety”

[Liberate Don't Incarcerate- Washtenaw County @DontIncarcerate]

@lsong We’re happy to see you pushing for unarmed response...but...giving more money to cops for unarmed crisis response furthers racial injustice, violence and inequities.

Don’t just take our word for it- listen to experts @PublicHealth (https://t.co/DCNjkxYnC8 ) and @MI_PHAwakened

[Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim]

Check out our latest newsletter, which includes recent videos, fall events, and info about our new fellows! We are thrilled to welcome Shira Hassan and @mariatho1 to our team. Read more about them, upcoming events, and more here: https://t.co/wRYfV30te0

[derecka @dereckapurnell]

Some news: soooo… I’m doing my very first television interview about the book! Tonight I’ll be speaking with @Trevornoah on @TheDailyShow about Becoming Abolitionists! 10/11 EST. Watch and please don’t judge my eyebrows. It’s still a pandemic 🥰🥰🥰

[Liberate Don't Incarcerate- Washtenaw County @DontIncarcerate]

Calling all harm reduction and public health folks, and abolitionist, CJ organizers.

Happening tonight!

Come learn about the harms of law enforcement assisted diversion programs from brilliant sex worker organizers, and support their mutual aid/relief fund ✊🏽

[Raani Begum @raanibegum]

Beloveds! For the month of September my co-organizer and I are hosting events! Go buy tix! Mark September 14th to follow along on @reclaimphila Instagram where I will be doing a day long takeover! $ to go to honorarium + @PhillyRUA Relief Fund!

https://t.co/BOcgbYA6kn

[Prison Policy Initiative @PrisonPolicy]

The use of police as first responders in situations of crisis only leads to more deaths. Officers who are called to help individuals get medical treatment often end up shooting them instead. More here:
https://t.co/5k7Y5gG3oz

[Harsha Walia (she/her) @HarshaWalia]

When US Border Patrol formed in 1924, its agents were recruited from Klansmen and paramilitary Texas Rangers who, as Kelly Lytle Hernández details, “battled Indigenous groups, chased down runaway slaves, and settled scores with anyone who challenged the Anglo-American project."

[MI Criminal Justice @AFSCMICJProgram]

We realize the US is pretending the pandemic is over.People in prison experienced severe loss and illness and isolation throughout.Loved ones have paid exorbitant amounts of $ to stay connected.we still need you @GovWhitmer to #letMIPeopleGo #endlifeimprisonment #stoppunishing

[Liberate Don't Incarcerate- Washtenaw County @DontIncarcerate]

A reminder that this abolitionist letter writing event is TONIGHT at 7pm EST.

Register at https://t.co/V8A7CHF2EU and see you there!

[#FreeAshleyNow HAS MERCH FOR SALE :) @freeashley_now]

Just✨1 more day✨until Letter Writing Wednesday w/@FreeTashiena - joined by Tashiena, @motisalaschild @sheabutterfemme! (ASL interp)

To-Do:
✍️Register https://t.co/hufAumO33u
🗣️Share this tweet!

@MI_Abolition @rustbeltradio @icpj @DontIncarcerate @carceralinquiry @umichPCAP

[Liberate Don't Incarcerate- Washtenaw County @DontIncarcerate]

To learn more about Ashley Diamond and the #FreeAshleyNow campaign, visit: https://t.co/C13eDshJCj

To support Tashiena's re-entry support and political work to free more women, visit: https://t.co/A1r2vO2lNC

[Liberate Don't Incarcerate- Washtenaw County @DontIncarcerate]

This Wed 6/30 at 7pm, join @freeashley_now + @FreeTashiena for a letter writing event! Send letters to Ashley Diamond + hear from Tashiena Lanay Combs.

L!DI is helping to co-sponsor the event + you can register and find accessibility info below:
https://t.co/V8A7CHF2EU

[Liberate Don't Incarcerate- Washtenaw County @DontIncarcerate]

We cannot rely on the violence of the state to address the violence visited against our communities. We deserve better and we are committed to creative, transformative solutions to these issues through approaches that center and strengthen community.

[Liberate Don't Incarcerate- Washtenaw County @DontIncarcerate]

Thread: why hate crimes charges will harm LGBTQ+ communities, and especially QTPOC communities, far more than it will help them. 1/

[Liberate Don't Incarcerate- Washtenaw County @DontIncarcerate]

Hate crime laws frame police + prosecutors as protectors of marginalized communities, obscuring that the criminal legal system is one of the most significant sources of violence. Expanded hate crimes will favor the powerful + further oppress those fighting against injustice. 3/

[#FreeAshleyNow HAS MERCH FOR SALE :) @freeashley_now]

🌱 Join us for a Letter Writing Wednesday w Tashiena Lanay Combs & her team @invincibleDET @mariatho1 @motisalaschild! At 23 TLC was sentenced to life without parole, & she has spent 20 yrs doing restorative accountability work inside.

June 30th
7pm EST
https://t.co/hufAumO33u