Fostering the full potential of people w/ criminal records through Pre-entry & showcasing their successes, humanity, & agency through Correcting the Narrative.
As second chance month ends, along with National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, will your organization continue to hold up stories of successful rebirths from the system and the intersection of crime survivors in CJR/decarceration efforts? (See @CrimeVictimsOrg✊).
“If we, as a society, cannot stomach the splatter from an execution carried out by firing squad," federal judge Alex Kozinski wrote in 2014, "then we shouldn’t be carrying out executions at all.” https://t.co/oPGpZGgmE1
The criminal punishment system we have and are now doubling down on in this country brings to mind the quote that “the greatest evidence that there is intelligent life in the universe beyond is that they have never contacted us.” #prison#justice#JusticeMatters
The underlying issue of the blatantly wasteful “justice” system we have & maintain is a matter of empathy & exposure. The more proximity we have to a problem, the more we see the complexity of it & the simplicity of addressing it: lean in; it IS your problem.
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Is it reasonable to have an opinion about criminal “justice” system policies if you don’t interact with people who’ve been through the system? That’s like letting someone in another country tell you how to teach your child accountability?
Hey Twitterers. Yet another social media platform to create engagement. But we do what we must to bring attention to this issue. See you REEEEEAL soon✊.
You can vote with all your email accounts, too. https://t.co/AD7LEa27Uw (under the Reentry category, we are “Pre-entry: Customized Career Assistance”).
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Voting closes July 26th.
…and personal development and treatment programming/material. It is a comprehensive and individualized model we hope to share with everyone involved in reentry and pre-entry work nationwide. Even if you don’t vote for us, vote for one of the other groups doing great work!