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Frank Lampard's Coventry City promoted to Premier League Coventry City will return to the Premier League for the first time in 25 years after securing their promotion from the Championship with a draw at Blackburn.

I've waited for this day for so long. I've wanted it for so long. And today, it happened.

Welcome back to the #PremiereLeague, #CovCity. #SkyBlues forever! Let's go! #PUSB

This week in #FreeToDrive and #EndJusticeFees - navigating federal reform opportunities in a very tough Congress; refusing to back down while #Iowa lawmakers push bad policy; and preparing for deeper engagement with conservative allies who want states to move away from #finesandfees. #advocacylife

The goal here is...what? To make the lives of workers at Home Depot—who are probably already working a lot for a little and who likely aren't working at #HomeDepot because of some deeply-held fidelity to the brand—more difficult? So that people who can afford to spend time doing this can feel good?

If Person A says that tyranny and oppression are wrong and Person B says that Person A needs to stfu, that says everything you need to know about Person B. #PopeLeo #Trump

The Fines and Fees Justice Center's Campaigns to Break the Invisible Shackles of Court Fees and Fines w/Dylan Hayre and Emily King — Public Defenseless Podcast The Fines and Fees Justice Center's Campaigns to Break the Invisible Shackles of Court Fees and Fines w/Dylan Hayre and Emily King

If you're a policymaker relying on revenue from #criminaljustice fees, then you're a policymaker who's hoping that your constituents are victims of #crime. That's just one way fees are wildly inhumane, ineffective, and counterproductive to #publicsafety. Learn more: @pdefenselesspod.bsky.social👇🏽.

It's #Friday, which means it's time for *This Week in #FreeToDrive and #EndJusticeFees*! Looking back on the release of a new #podcast episode and challenges that arise from the current media landscape, and preparing to run through the finish line in legislative sessions that end soon. Let's go!

They Had to Clean Solitary Cells. What They Saw Forced Them to Quit. - Solitary Watch Incarcerated journalist Antoine Davis reports on the psychological and physical effects of being forced to work on the hazmat team in solitary.

It doesn't matter which side of the cell door you're on. Incarceration is violence. Oppressed through punishment that amounts to torture, or traumatized through coerced, unsafe, inhumane labor. Either way, it's forced erasure of dignity—and hope.

From incarcerated journalist Antoine E. Davis👇🏽

Death of Nearly Blind Man Abandoned in Freezing Temps by Trump Border Agents Ruled 'Homicide' | Common Dreams The Trump administration refuses to take accountability for the death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a Rohingya refugee left to die in the freezing cold by Border Patrol agents. Justice must be served for M...

A nearly-blind man survived genocide. And dreamed of something better. What he and his family could never have imagined is how powerless he'd be to defy the lethality of neglect in the land of immigrants. Give me your tired, your poor—so we can murder them. #ShahAlam #abolishICE

It's #Friday, which means it's time for *This Week in #FreeToDrive and #EndJusticeFees* — presenting to legislators in #NorthDakota, navigating the politics of state legislatures in a hectic election year, and preparing for some mid-session strategizing with our #conservative allies.

California Spends Millions to Incarcerate Its Lowest-Risk Population - Davis Vanguard A new report from advocates and researchers argues that California spends millions incarcerating elderly women who pose little threat to public safety, even as their health declines and costs increase...

Every time advocates demand change, we have to justify the cost. It'll take money or time or resources—is it really worth it? But the system...the status quo...never has to justify the cost of doing nothing. In #California, as in many other states, that cost—in dollars and inhumanity—is undeniable.

Cicero’s Campaign: How Billionaire-Backed Policy Is Driving a National Crackdown on the Unhoused - Davis Vanguard The Cicero Institute, a well-funded think tank, is behind a coordinated policy effort that has led to 22 states considering or enacting laws that increase penalties on people experiencing homelessness...

The ugly: billionaires spreading their toxic concoction of puritan punitiveness because they can—and because they have a plan to shape this country in their image. The bad: the tactical mastery of blitzing legislators. The good? These ideas won't last if we keep building power from the ground up.

#SocialMedia absolutely sucks sometimes.

For a lot of people, something included in the "everything else": Debt from unpaid fines and fees imposed through the criminal legal system. Economic harm that's levied often without any consideration of a person's ability to pay—and that leads to cycles of debt, incarceration, or worse. #justice

Now get out and vote in the midterms like your life depends on it, because it does. #NoKings

Contaminated water from California prison sickens residents of nearby town Ione residents say state and local agencies have refused to take accountability for elevated cancer rates and other health issues linked to water contamination at Mule Creek State Prison

At the intersection of injustice, oppression, and environmental degradation, you find people. Human beings whose lives have been scarred by entrenched neglect. Voices from Mule Creek were systemically ignored. Now local residents suffer alongside them.

#California #prisons #health

This. 👇🏽

New York Times headline reads: "Trump’s Signature to Be Added to U.S. Dollars President Trump is set to be the first sitting president to have his signature appear on America’s currency."

Talked to an HVAC guy who's working two jobs to pay rent. He has no savings and worries about retirement. Tariffs have made it hard for him to import parts. Then this big strong guy who never cries, he said, he said to me, "I just wish Trump's signature was on the dollar." Then he burst out crying.

Delaware House approves bill to waive fines and fees for poor offenders The legislation was voted out of committee last May. It would give judges more discretion to waive fines and fees for poor defendants.

States across the country try to extract wealth from people who simply don't have it—using #fines and #fees as a way to raise revenue off of people who are fighting just to survive and make ends meet.

#Delaware just took a huge step forward in ending that injustice. Other states should do the same.

HB 774 to increase transparency in criminal justice costs passes House Members of the Kentucky House of Representatives voted to approve HB 774. The measure, sponsored by House Judiciary Committee Vice Chair Jennifer Decker, would increase transparency in Kentucky’s criminal justice

Understanding a problem is step one in figuring out how to address it. That's why this victory in #Kentucky - two years in the making - is such an important milestone for the #EndJusticeFees movement. Grateful to the allies who've been in this work from day one.

He Compared a Black Child to a Dog and Withheld Evidence in Death Row Cases. Now He’s Running for Judge. Holland, who once compared a Black child to a dog, has had a career mired in controversy. That hasn’t stopped him from becoming the de facto frontrunner of his judicial race.

He's been on a racist crusade throughout his career and now his allies are all-but ensuring he gets more power, and more of an opportunity to decimate people's lives. This is what happens in a system that tolerates prosecution as a hunt and rewards its hunters.

#elections #justice @propublica.org👇🏽

DOJ guts office that helps indigent immigrants obtain affordable legal aid, sources say The DOJ's Recognition and Accreditation program enables non-attorneys to assist immigrants with needs including naturalization petitions and immigration court appearances.

The latest in what's been a systematic dismantling of protection & support for the most vulnerable people—isolating them in the midst of chaotic processes with generational consequence. This, while people who hold power leverage it to insulate themselves from accountability. #immigration #Trump #DOJ

Last Monday, I noticed a jarring addition on ICE's 287(g) program: a K-12 school district police department.

How did the Caney Valley Public Schools briefly end up on ICE's list of 1,315 law enforcement agency partners?

Here's what we know so far 🧵

cc: @austinkocher.com

It starts with a ticket or a fine. Then it cascades. Debt, debilitating choices, and the threat of having your license suspended—of having your life and livelihood destroyed. The #RoadToOpportunityAct can end this, and can be another step forward in the #FreeToDrive movement. #Massachusetts #mapoli

Bill to Cap Commissary Prices in ICE Facilities Advances in California Senate - Davis Vanguard The California Senate Public Safety Committee approved Senate Bill 941, which would limit price markups on goods sold in privately run ICE detention facility commissaries to 35% of vendor cost.

This is how corrupt and corrosive #immigration detention and #incarceration can be: Victory means limiting private vendors to a *35 percent* markup in their efforts to profit off of the most vulnerable and scared people in our country.

@vanguardnewsgroup.bsky.social👇🏽

Here it is. The latest in *This Week is #FreeToDrive and #EndJusticeFees*.

#advocacylife #justice

Fact Sheet: Centering Job Quality for Workers with Records #FairChance #JobQuality A Black woman carpenter is at work sawing a table.

Nearly 1 in 3 U.S. adults has a criminal record. Many are trapped in underpaid, unstable, and unsafe jobs.

NELP’s new fact sheet unpacks the evidence and explains why we need to center job quality for #workers with records.

www.nelp.org/insights-res...

DOJ to Start Hiring Prosecutors Directly Out of Law School (1) The Justice Department has waived a policy requiring newly hired federal prosecutors to possess at least one year of experience practicing law, as US attorneys’ offices struggle to find qualified repl...

I was hired as a prosecutor—straight out of law school. At the *local* level. And I wasn't anywhere close to ready for that kind of power.

Now we're gonna turn that up? And encourage a sharper, unethical tilt toward adversarial "justice"?!

#AUSA #DOJ @bloomberg.com👇🏽

Spyware-Based Searches for Domestic Criminal Law Enforcement NSO Group’s and Paragon’s targeting of American markets warrant evaluation of spyware’s potential implications for domestic criminal justice.

You're not as safe as you think. The carceral system continues to evolve—it will find new ways to use #technology to target. To punish. To oppress. And the legal protection intended to guard you, and the people who have far fewer resources, are thin. At best. Excellent piece by @yberger.bsky.social.

It’s crystal clear now that Trump has lost control of this war. He badly misjudged Iran’s ability to retaliate. The region is on fire.

1/ I’m going to explain to you in this🧵what I’ve learned - in part from closed door briefings - about the four biggest current crises.