#Prisons

CUNY for Abolition and Safety

AbolitionAtCUNY

The university which prides itself on serving communities of color should not be investing in the exploitation of our communities. It is time for CUNY administration to cut ties w/

Rep. Carlos G Smith

CarlosGSmith

YIKES! Overlooked from @GovRonDeSantis budget veto was $28 MILLION in court-ordered funding to treat humans (also known as inmates) with Hep C in our state prisons. Unfortunately, @FL_Corrections knowingly allowed

Noor (he/him) 🧜🏽📿

SnoringDoggo

My personal opinion: Prisons don’t solve the problem of people harming each other/society, and should cease to exist in its current form.We need to research and construct something better.However, while

Crystal Frasier

AmazonChique

With the Biden/Harris win, I see a lot of trans people parroting the same misinformation campaign about Kamala Harris, claiming she argued to house trans women in men's prisons as

neil gong

NeilMGong

A) Thread: In 1960s-80s the US closed oppressive mental hospitals but never followed through on promised community reinvestment. It was disastrous. In @LAReviewofBooks I outline 3 lessons this history holds

Septima P. Snark

DrSubini

Good morning, Fam. Doing another fundraiser for a different Black Girl, this one who is currently incarcerated in a county jail for missing a court date. She is 19 &

Jody David Armour

NiggaTheory

Alexander claims in “The New Jim Crow” that the US went from 300,000 incarcerated people in 1980 to over 2.2 million by 2010 by arresting and locking up low-level non-violent

micah

micahherskind

loving reminder that there are many resources already out there on abolition, many of which address the common (and less common!) questions you might have when learning about abolition short

UnoSeDivideEnDos

1SeDivideEn2

Since people are discussing Angela Davis there are few things to remember. She did not contribute anything Marxist. She has consistently stood on the side of revisionism and opportunism (yes,

Kevin Ring

KevinARing

One year ago, our requests for a federal investigation into Parchman prison in MS were granted. We had received enough pictures and videos that raised serious questions about the conditions

David Simpson

DavidCSimpson

Last year, I scraped some @ALCorrections data from their public PDFs, because they wanted over $3000.00 for the excel versions.Here is some initial analysis from that data to pair with

Captain Swiss

CapnSwiss

Big trans debate on twitter, seems something has flew under my radar. Quick takesTrans people should 100% be able to serve in military. Womens sport, I do think theres scope

Ikky

IkkyMusse

Pickme feminists will “all lives matter” feminism, but not to benefit marginalised women. Their fight for lgbt rights will begin and end with males. They will fight against racism but

Choose Love

chooselove

Napier Barracks in Kent has been used to house around 400 people seeking asylum.⁣Not only are 22 people on suicide watch, but now over a quarter of the entire population

agitator in chief

soit_goes

I know this is hard for some people but police lock ups, jails and prisons are all different things. Police lock ups are where people are held after being arrested,

Claire Howell

claireeshowell

I have a few questions re extended working hours. Currently trials are supposed to start at 10am but many DONT because:1. The government’s contract with many prisons requires that they

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