And… cutting the current population down by 50% doesn't even get us close to the U.S. incarceration rate in 1970 which was much much lower. A 50% cut means the U.S. will STILL remain the largest jailer in the world. People need to understand this. https://t.co/A7T2m2I2i3
— #AbolitionMeansNoPrisons (@prisonculture) November 14, 2019
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People incarcerated in West Virginia prisons will soon be charged $3 an hour to read books and $15 an hour for video visitation with their families.
Prisoners in West Virginia are paid between 4 and 58 cents an hour for their labor.
— Rebecca J. Kavanagh (@DrRJKavanagh) November 23, 2019
Three men who were falsely convicted of murder in Maryland have been freed. They have served 36 years in prison. They were sentenced in 1984 for killing a 14-year-old boy.
Baltimore state attorney Marilyn Mosby said “police and prosecutorial misconduct” was to blame. pic.twitter.com/8YUBC5i7Np
— AJ+ (@ajplus) November 26, 2019
Yes, it’s a gateway to a prison cell and a permanent record for a disproportionate number of black and brown men. But, go ahead Mr Crime Bill, we wouldn’t want to starve the beast known as the prison industrial complex… https://t.co/lG5mQNyxGF
— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) November 18, 2019
Last year South Carolina spent:
$21,756 per prison inmate
$11,552 per studentIt makes no rational sense to invest more in keeping people in prison than keeping them in school.
As president, I will do everything I can to reverse this absurdity.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) December 1, 2019