Zoe Colley

Historian researching race, criminal justice, and the civil rights movement in the USA and UK during the twentieth century

[Zoe Colley @z_colley]

@AskDyson terrible experience with Dyson. My hairdryer stopped working under warranty. It was collected 18 Jan, but Dyson claim it never arrived. I keep being told they need to investigate and they will get back to me but it doesn’t happen! Fed up

[Gerald A. Griggs @AttorneyGriggs]

WATCH THE VIDEO. This is the reason we need #PoliceAccountability Now. #BlackLivesMatter. This happened in #Valdosta #Georgia.

[Vera Institute of Justice @verainstitute]

TRIBAL JUSTICE:

@AnneMakepeace's film tells the story of two Native American judges who reach back to traditional concepts of justice to reduce incarceration rates in their communities. https://t.co/LlNGFu14gz #StateOf2K17

[Samuel Sinyangwe @samswey]

I thought I understood racism and mass incarceration. But nothing prepared me for what I saw in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (1/x)

[Zoe Colley @z_colley]

What does Guerilla teach us about the fight for racial equality today? | Elizabeth Obi and others https://t.co/5S5eOVi6G5

[Zoe Colley @z_colley]

Closing Rikers Island: The end for New York’s most famous jail https://t.co/25JA2VqmCD via @TheEconomist

[Justice Policy Institute @JusticePolicy]

"Innocents have gone to jail": check out @60Minutes' powerful episode on overworked #PublicDefenders https://t.co/FyV8JnMHgW

[Zoe Colley @z_colley]

Mentally ill man to die in Arkansas 'conveyor belt' executions. https://t.co/hSUTYsnWL5

[Zoe Colley @z_colley]

Florida Sheriff Records Anti-Drug Message Surrounded by Masked SWAT Team Words fail me... https://t.co/2DqtkbncfQ via @democracynow

[Zoe Colley @z_colley]

Arkansas plans to execute 7 people this month, continuing long tradition of assembly-line killing https://t.co/aZHHOygKBO by @lilianasegura

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

Last night New York State Senate passed historic legislation that stops charging 16 and 17 year-olds as adults. #RaiseTheAgeNY

[reason @reason]

Drug War Redux: "There aren't enough backhoes to build all the prisons to realize Steve Cook's vision for America" https://t.co/RbHR8AnwtE

[Justice Policy Institute @JusticePolicy]

After 3 years in Rikers, and over 800 days in solitary, #KaliefBrowder took his own life. Because of his story, we must #StopSolitaryForKids

[Justice Policy Institute @JusticePolicy]

The UN states 15 days straight in solitary is torture. #KaliefBrowder spent over 300 consecutive days in solitary at 17 #StopSolitaryForKids

[The Sentencing Project @SentencingProj]

Arkansas recently banned life without parole sentences for youth—impacting 100+ people! More about #JLWOP here: https://t.co/9oUJvcjYJY

[Zoe Colley @z_colley]

Darcus Howe: ‘He translated the anger of street protests into political action’ https://t.co/Db3Tw9vmF6

[Ben Norton @BenjaminNorton]

Scathing UN report: Structural racism endures in US; gov. has failed to protect Black Americans’ rights https://t.co/pHzPD5nQBM via @Salon

[Zoe Colley @z_colley]

Actor Isaiah Washington Wants Black People to Stay Home to Fight Police Brutality - https://t.co/I4cNOLuH56 #GoogleAlerts

[Zoe Colley @z_colley]

Alabama Prison Strike Organizer Speaks from Behind Bars / Democracy Now - https://t.co/n1JR3nkUAS #GoogleAlerts

[Zoe Colley @z_colley]

Is There Too Much Democracy in America or Too Little?, via @nytimes https://t.co/BIGEpquIxJ