We have a racist criminal justice system that costs us billions of dollars, ruins lives and allows private prisons to profit off of human misery. It's time for real criminal justice reform. pic.twitter.com/XmjgwAvSna
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) June 12, 2018
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Cop asks my juvie client: “are you in a gang?”
He says no
“Hang out with gang members?”
He says no
“Know any gang members?”
Kid says yeah, my cousin is a Hoover crip
Cop lists my kid as “affiliated with the Hoover Crips” https://t.co/FvwllM5pUe— you used to commie on my cell phone (@acekatana) June 12, 2018
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Mentally ill and incarcerated: In this Louisiana jail, inmate deaths mount as pleas are unheeded https://t.co/1DdaivYvLw via @faresmelissa @levinsonc pic.twitter.com/bKKPVmnLMh
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) May 31, 2018
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The mentally ill continue to be kept in extreme isolation in AL's prisons, a situation that is driving a steep rise in suicides. It’s sickening to witness people endure so much suffering while the state stalls and makes excuses.https://t.co/SEMBfaeD7Z
— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) June 20, 2018