#Prisons

Keri Blakinger

keribla

SCOOP: The Texas prison system will begin mass-testing inmates for COVID at certain units this week, according to an email sent to officials. The testing, which will be conducted by

SamVimes

SamuelVimes10

This isn't exactly what the story says. I wouldn't be at all surprised if staff preferred having smaller, better supervised groups of prisoners out at one time. Adequate staffing would

Ben Smoke

bencsmoke

i’m still technically under ‘care’ of the probation service. have experienced lack of contact, concern or effort to “rehabilitate” me by my probation officer (due to cuts +disastrous privatisation). i

Hatred

apollyon_kurai

There are way too many anarchists and "anarchists" that have no fucking clue what insurrectionary anarchism actually is and it's seriously shocking how ignorant people are about it > It's

UK NPM

UKNPM

In the rapidly changing context of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, we would like to provide some updates on how the UK NPM is approaching the crisis and taking forward our

molly rose 🌱🌻✨

MollyRoseBell

Deeply sad and angry at what is happening to @NExclusions. As someone who spends all day every day researching sexual violence and what justice is/can be I can say with

NOVA REVIEW Zim 🇿🇼

novableq

It is the hip hop that "the powers that be" pushed, that contributed to the points you raised. Look into the millions that come from the private prison system in

Chi

theAfroLegalise

Thread on the History of Colonization & Policing in Nigeria [info pulled from "Colonialism and Violence in Nigeria by Toyin Falola]The Nigerian Police and Military have always served the social,

ablum

adieblumb

This is so, so important. 100% the right move and MUST be part of bigger change. I know many many people inside OR prisons that rely on those meek, slave

Nicole Silverberg

nsilverberg

I've collected resources to educate/involve yrself. this is by no means comprehensive and many overlap focuses.END CASH BAILNational Bail Out @NationalBailOuthttps://nationalbailout.org/black-mamas-bail-out/The Bail Project @bailproject

Pact

prisonadvice

THREAD: For some prisoners and their families, the rollout of video calls in a number of prisons has enabled them to see their loved ones during the lockdown. Though video

Meg de Ronde- home with kittens

MegdeRonde

People who have screwed up & are in prison are still people. Just like any one of us they still have rights. We curb their right to liberty through the

ACLU

ACLU

NEW: We just released a new model with academic partners showing that COVID-19 could claim the lives of approximately 100,000 more people than current projections stipulate if jail populations are

a Black-passing Latina.

aliciasanchez

I have so much to say about the news coming out that ICE has been performing forced sterilizations on detainees. 1. Activists have been begging us, especially our anti-violence movements,

the tetrapod

pancake_puns

I'm going to make a thread about approaches to dealing with abuse and violence which don't rely on carceral approaches (e.g. prison). And then I'm going to take some time

Martin Austermuhle

maustermuhle

.@CNN has a story on the first death in the D.C. Jail. And it includes a claim that while other jurisdictions have tried to release prisoners during the pandemic, the