New @prisonpolicy.bsky.social report, Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2025, shows US continues to lock up more people in jails & prisons, after a decade of consistent declines. www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2025/03...
Hoping that Biden finds the courage to grant clemency to Native Anerican political orisoner Leonard Peltier in his final days in office. 52 years in prison is an injustice in itself. theappeal.org/leonard-pelt...
New report by The Sentencing Project examines the scope & impact of life & long term imprisonment in US. #abolishDBI #dropLWOP #AbolishJLWOP #ParoleJustice #elderparole #clemencynow www.sentencingproject.org/reports/a-ma...
In its recent annual update, @prisonpolicy.bsky.social outlines 34 criminal legal system reforms winnable in 2025, including reducing prison terms, cutting wasteful criminal legal system spending & increasing community investments that make US safe. #dropLWOP www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/12...
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This holiday season, outgoing governors & President Biden must take a bite out of cruel & counterproductive punishment in US by using their clemency powers to save the lives of people on the death row each oversees. via @prisonpolicy.bsky.social #ClemencyNow www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/11...
Bundesliga football club @fcstpauli.bsky.social leaves Elon Musk's "hate machine" X, expressing concerns over the social media site's use to influence elections by manipulating public discourse. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
The Trouble with Long Prison Terms: Animated short film argues ending mass incarceration will require US to replace life & other long prison terms w/ community-driven, health & safety strategies & investments. youtu.be/8NX8BgeJVPc?...
Addressing the twin threats of environmental collapse & artificial intelligence requires eliminating the category “billionaire” altogether. by @Tyler_A_Harper & @leifweatherby
Federal Prison Industries dangles the promise of workforce readiness as it exploits incarcerated workers. by Aaron M. Kinzer
CA Gov Newsom wants to remake infamous San Quentin prison into a model for rehabilitation, but the plan raises concerns for both supporters & critics of criminal legal system transformation.
Life in prison w/out possibility of parole (or Death By Incarceration) is costly financially & morally, counterproductive & cruel. People can change & must be given opportunity to prove it. #abolishDBI #dropLWOP #AbolishJLWOP #ParoleJustice #elderparole
Progressives Need To Have Real Answers On Crime by @AbramskySasha
Brush up on Consent Decrees & boost your understanding about Federal Oversight of the US criminal legal system. by @SamMcCann for @verainstitute
Portugal Has Succeeded Where We’ve Failed With Addiction by @maiasz
The War on Terror helped Americans turn on one another & make US more violent than ever.
Why State Supreme Courts matter, how they work & the levers for changing them.
The First Step Act: Ending Mass Incarceration In Federal Prisons by @love__justice & @Liz_Komar of @SentencingProj
First Step Act: An Early Analysis of Recidivism by Avinash Bhati for @CouncilonCJ
Voters favor smart health & safety solutions, including access to reproductive healthcare, but many conservative state governments are aggressively targeting the very local progressive prosecutors voters elected to deliver on their demands.
Art can shift the narrative around the criminal legal system & help US imagine real ways to ensure health & safety while abolishing failed carceral schemes.
Life & other long prison terms have led to large numbers of elderly people in US prisons, increasing prison costs & requiring care for advanced medical needs of older incarcerated people. #abolishDBI #dropLWOP #AbolishJLWOP #ParoleJustice #elderparole
The Problem With Mass Supervision (As An Alternative To Mass Incarceration) by @isaiah_thompson
This is what democracy looks like?! Millions of US are unjustly disenfranchised due to a felony conviction.
Violent Crime Reports In Major US Cities Fell In 2023's First Six Months via @thencja
Life in prison w/out possibility of parole (or Death By Incarceration) is costly financially & morally, counterproductive & cruel. The fact that people can & do change is proven time & again. #abolishDBI #dropLWOP #AbolishJLWOP #ParoleJustice #elderparole
The GOP Was For These Prison Reforms Before Turning Against Them by @MarcALevin of @CouncilonCJ & @RightonCrime
In an effort to advance unpopular policies like criminalizing reproductive health & requiring harsh punishment for low-level offenses, Southern state governments are maneuvering to undercut the will of voters in prosecutor elections.
What The New Wave Of
Prison Art Tells Us
About Incarceration Today by @MauriceChammah
Across US, efforts to undermine democracy include a concerted effort to limit the powers of, or to oust altogether, prosecutors who were elected by the people from communities they serve.