Texas Prison Project

an organization dedicated to uplifting the voices of incarcerated men, women, and children through programs aimed at rehabilitation

[HOU Abolitionist Collective ➡️ @gazafunds @LiberateHTX]

Melissa will be murdered by the state on April 27 if clemency is denied.

➡️ Please spread the word!

⚠️ If unable to mail, email your letters to @txprisonproject to take it from there. DM us for email.

[Prison_Health 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @Prison_Health]

This teen wants elementary schools to have books about the incarceration of Japanese Americans https://t.co/MHi11AyjCA

[The Marshall Project @MarshallProj]

Our Language Project serves 3 purposes:
• show the human impact of the words we choose
• share our decision to avoid labels like “inmate” in favor of person-first language
• provide alternatives for journalists and others to use, too https://t.co/ZXMSToUhJZ

[The Marshall Project @MarshallProj]

Ahmaud Arbery and the Local Legacy of Lynching https://t.co/WQrdP1DZax

[Texas Prison Project @txprisonproject]

I support transgender kids and their families. Sign your name via @tfn #txlege https://t.co/EGUMstrvfX

[Free Melissa Lucio @freemellucio]

Join us tomorrow morning in Houston for our gathering & press release beginning at 11am!
1201 Franklin St, Houston, TX 77002
#FreeMelissaLucio @DeathPenaltyAct @SabVanTassel @TexasVsMelissa

https://t.co/rfp5V6o32u

[Aging People in Prison Human Rights Campaign @apphrcusa]

https://t.co/QdMFMt675L

[Amanda Klonsky @amandaklonsky1]

More than 20% of Illinois’ incarcerated population is elderly, with prison infirmaries overrun with elderly, frail, and disabled people. Jennifer Soble and Erica Zunkel call on us to embrace second chances. ⁦@jsoble1⁩ ⁦@ILPrisonProject⁩ ⁦ https://t.co/Npc614NvMn

[Prison_Health 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @Prison_Health]

State leaders praise 'clean slate' law as it takes effect in Utah

“Once you’ve paid your debt to society, whatever that is, that mark – that stain – can be so debilitating,” said Gov. @SpencerJCox... https://t.co/jBE0qTHaf2 #cjreform criminology @KUTV2News

[Prison_Health 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @Prison_Health]

California - Healing lives by healing the earth, organic farm operation supporting at-risk individuals https://t.co/NbkqdtMMjR

[Texas Prison Project @txprisonproject]

Who Else Is Culpable in George Floyd’s Death? https://t.co/82IshgnN8V

[Joshua B. Hoe @JoshuaBHoe]

“About 97% of defendants who are convicted in this country are convicted because they've pleaded guilty, not because they've had a trial” - @CBHessick

Episode 120 of the Decarceration Nation Podcast #cjreform #podcast https://t.co/wsGMI44ZFJ

[The Marshall Project @MarshallProj]

Historian Bill Bush points to reoccurring problems in the nation's youth prisons: https://t.co/FHglVIYXBf

[Texas Prison Project @txprisonproject]

The legacy of racial injustice in the US criminal legal system (Nick Turner and Whitney Pennington Rodgers | TED Salon: American Family Insurance) https://t.co/nXJtgORa62 via @TEDTalks

[Teen Vogue @TeenVogue]

"Texas still has incarcerated people picking cotton even at a net loss to the state."

This #OpEd calls for an end to the 13th Amendment's exception that allows for legalized slavery. @WorthRises https://t.co/bLMEGjAm8Z

[Abolitionist Law Center @AbolitionistLC]

Help @vivamarilynbuck reach $5,500 for 15 y/o Terron of #Pittsburgh who has been wrongfully detained at #AlleghenyCounty Jail since December. Please like and share this fundraiser with your crews! https://t.co/JxTz51GD6c

[Free Melissa Lucio @freemellucio]

Please sign this petition asking the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to watch The State of Texas vs. Melissa and to recommend that Governor Greg Abbott grant clemency to Melissa.
https://t.co/1lpLS3UUJZ #FreeMelissaLucio

[Innocence Project of Texas @innocencetexas]

"Compared with young adults, juveniles in one experiment were 27 percent more likely to falsely confess overall—and 61 percent more likely if shown fabricated evidence of their guilt." https://t.co/8cxOdVHliD