#Prisons

quick word about this nonsense @tedcruz is up on: of course prisoners should be able to vote. they're wards of the state. their stake in how government is run is
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I have read through the court documents re: the class action lawsuit against Hope Village/BOP/DOC and will share a few things in this thread. Some background is here, btw:https://wamu.org/story/20/04/02/prisoners-sue-d-c-s-federal-mens-halfway-house-
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the children have tasted freedom and i hope they never go back, god bless every single one of themhttps://twitter.com/mims/status/1242788312156430346 https://twitter.com/QiaochuYuan/status/1241617261003026432?s=20 some of you may not know how serious
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"the Communist revolutionary Pol Pot ordered his followers, the Khmer Rouge, to kill intellectuals, clear out cities and eradicate religion. By the time the Pol Pot regime collapsed in 1979,
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This what they did to us black people. Put us in these ghettos with limited resources. So we fight and hate on each other while it’s someone on the outside
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If and when we can all travel, I would like to go to Tayshet. Here are the reasons why (a thread) Tayshet, in Russia's Irkutsk Oblast, was the site of
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Hello everyone, Yesterday I asked if anyone had any insight into what was going on in Muskogee county with the huge increase. Twitter user @Ben_3420 pointed me to @pmonies who
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"Reconstructing Justice"Excellent new @NiskanenCenter report from CUNY's Michael Fortner unpacks the generational divide behind calls to defund the police, and the "complex, and sometimes contradictory, internal politics
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"The states should have building their stockpiles ... we're a backup. We're not an ordering clerk." -- Trump REPORTER: Can you assure Americans tonight that you will be open for
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The Burdens of Pastoring Last month, I saw a pastor who buried a member of his church in the morning. I attended the funeral because the person who died was
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You're a typical American and get COVID tomorrow. Over the next 14 days, how many people are you MOST LIKELY to spread COVID to?I polled folks on Twitter and got
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Meanwhile back here in @SDNYLIVE, there's a proceeding on #FOIA request for Bureau of Prisons records about... Jeffrey Epstein. BOP doesn't want to give them up. Inner City Press will
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This post by Barracker on Mumsnet has been on my mind since I read it and she has kindly agreed to let us share it with you:"Jeez. The insanity that
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#KamalaHarrisForVP Pushed a law that forces schools to turn undocumented students over to ICE, separating them from their parents and violating human rights #KamalaHarrisForVP Laughed about putting parents in jail
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4 days ago a video showing 3-400 detainees handcuffed & blindfolded at a train station in Xinjiang was uploaded to YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGYoeJ5U7cQ)In this thread I'll share how I've verified that
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America's racial challenge is a huge issue in the Trump-era. That may sound obvious, but it is actually a long way from the misplaced talk around 2008 that "Obama's election
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