March 1, 2022 by V Leigh

The cruelty is the point, the prison industrial complex is made to exploit the poor

The cruelty is the point, the prison industrial complex is made to exploit the poor https://t.co/O0gXhrM7cN
— Shaunrade (@BetterWorld86) February 24, 2022

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The number of incarcerated women was over 7X higher in 2019 than in 1980.

Research on female incarceration is critical to understanding the full consequences of mass incarceration and to unraveling the policies that lead to their criminalization. https://t.co/pCHksSxX4O
— The Sentencing Project (@SentencingProj) February 8, 2022

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Few are familiar with the prison industry and fewer know the extent of its greed. This invisibility has protected it and its exploitative practices. That ends now. A year delayed due to COVID-19, today my TED Talk is out!

Thank you @TEDTalks @TEDFellow https://t.co/RGKXrZpx0l
— Bianca (@BiancaTylek) May 24, 2021

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The NYTimes putting out the same tired coppaganda just replacing chain stores with “small businesses”. They never miss an opportunity to shill for the prison industrial complex. https://t.co/DjuCJpqAjW
— Party like it’s 1347 (@ExpectingWords) February 28, 2022

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January 29, 2022 by V Leigh

The goal of the system is to oppress…

“The goal of the system is to oppress… There are better, more cost-effective, less racist ways to get to health and safety. That’s what want. And we’re doing it all wrong.”@ScottHech explains how being a public defender turned him into an abolitionisthttps://t.co/gY3pATipvM pic.twitter.com/Le8WQwSNw1
— AWKWORD (@AWKWORDrap) December 9, 2021

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Our organization has always advocated against over-incarceration.

But what #COVID19 uncovered is: our country’s obsession with locking people up in jails and prisons as a first response to everything is NOT a solution–it actually endangers us all.
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— Alliance for Safety and Justice (@SafeandJustUSA) April 9, 2020

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Today I’m filming a segment for a brilliant documentary on Rikers Island penitentiary.

🚨 The cost of incarceration there is a staggering $556,539 per year PER PERSON, or $1,525 a day. CRAZY!!

Tuition, room, and board at HARVARD is $75,891.

You get what you invest in.
— Shaun King (@shaunking) January 28, 2022

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I live across the street from this Days Inn and, unless someone’s learned something I haven’t, I don’t have the faintest idea what juvenile incarceration laws have to do with what happened. It’s beyond shameful to use a woman’s death to propagate unrelated—and harmful—policy https://t.co/OybdpwxPwr
— Elyssa Feder (@elyssafeder) January 27, 2022

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“Biden’s visit…is an opportunity for this nation’s leader to witness firsthand the horrendous conditions NYers endure each day on Rikers Island — conditions that should serve as a reminder of why incarceration is not a panacea for public safety concerns.”https://t.co/F4GGGAXQf3
— The Legal Aid Society (@LegalAidNYC) January 28, 2022

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December 11, 2020 by V Leigh

Mass Incarceration: This is a moral outrage

In New York, Black people are 5 times more likely than whites to be incarcerated for technical violations.

That’s incarceration for noncriminal behaviors that violate (often onerous and overly burdensome) probation/parole rules. https://t.co/1kOHNd4NCs
— Prison Policy Init. (@PrisonPolicy) September 15, 2020

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The whistleblowing complaints of medical neglect, further findings, & a new @Kare11 investigation has led to the director of the Minnesota’s Department of Corrections (DOC) Inspection and Enforcement Unit being placed on administrative leave.

New Report: https://t.co/lY6YAAh0zW pic.twitter.com/4IvVEedhaS
— Unicorn Riot (@UR_Ninja) September 29, 2020

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Most of the 700,000 people in jail are still eligible to vote, because they are in pretrial detention or serving sentences for minor offenses. But few can actually do so. “The de facto disenfranchisement of jailed citizens is a democratic failure.” https://t.co/7qhmD7Ltag
— The Appeal (@theappeal) October 24, 2020

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80 percent of those who died of Covid-19 in Texas county jails were never convicted of a crime, a new report finds https://t.co/EjLpTPPQ4E
— Vox (@voxdotcom) November 12, 2020

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“80 percent of those who died of Covid-19 in Texas county jails were never convicted of a crime”

This is a moral outrage. https://t.co/rJMEpSxSsj
— Robert Greenwald (@robertgreenwald) November 16, 2020

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New Orleans voters just elected a district attorney who has committed to ending mass incarceration.

Local elections matter. https://t.co/bksYgf6xTN
— ACLU (@ACLU) December 6, 2020

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Defund the police isn’t just a slogan.

It’s a demand to shift resources from incarceration and criminalization to education and emancipation.

It might not be good politics right now — but neither was abolition for decades before the civil war. Movements shift public opinion.
— Max Berger (@maxberger) December 2, 2020

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May 9, 2020 by V Leigh

Covid-19 and Jail Populations

Because of COVID-19, convictions for nonviolent drug offenses are turning into death sentences. We need to quickly move those who pose no safety risk from our jails and prisons to community supervision. Lives depend on it.https://t.co/RqY4aXv0mw
— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) April 29, 2020

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BREAKING: Another person incarcerated on Rikers Island has died of Covid-19.

This brings to 4 the number of people who have died of coronavirus, while incarcerated in NYC jails.

The death happened on Wednesday night and the person’s identity has not been released by DOC.
— Rebecca Kavanagh (@DrRJKavanagh) April 26, 2020

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On April 7, Ohio reported just 14 cases of COVID-19 in its prison system.

By April 19, there were 2,400 cases. Six incarcerated people and one guard had died.

More than 3/4 of the 2,500 people incarcerated at Marion County Prison were infected.

MDOC needs to start testing now.
— Rebecca Kavanagh (@DrRJKavanagh) April 26, 2020

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71% of the prison population – a staggering 1,828 people – at Marion County Correctional Facility in Ohio have tested positive for COVID-19 coronavirus.

109 correctional staff have also tested positive and one has died. https://t.co/xH9Cn0XOED
— Rebecca Kavanagh (@DrRJKavanagh) April 20, 2020

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Almost a year ago, Louisiana’s pardon board recommended that Gloria “Mama Glo” Williams, who is 74 and has been in prison almost 50 years, be granted clemency and released from prison. But the governor hasn’t acted.

Now she is in hospital with COVID-19https://t.co/H08f5mC6OF
— Rebecca Kavanagh (@DrRJKavanagh) April 24, 2020

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What’s it like to live & work in the epicenter of one of the largest COVID-19 outbreaks in the country? We talked with a dozen people detained or working inside Cook County Jail. They shared stories of terror and confusion, spreading alongside the virus. https://t.co/kH1L7us27g
— Shannon Heffernan (@shannon_h) April 30, 2020

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My first piece for @theappeal! I wrote about how this pandemic is the first time that Cook County Jail inmates’ voices are actually standing a chance to be heard over the whir of Sheriff Tom Dart’s PR machine. https://t.co/NLXoGKPWR0
— Maya Dukmasova (@mdoukmas) April 28, 2020

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Social distancing isn’t enough to prevent massive loss of life from COVID-19.

Our model shows that reducing jail populations is critical to saving nearly 100,000 lives — inside of jail AND in surrounding communities. https://t.co/ELV6Nh2FtY
— ACLU (@ACLU) April 25, 2020

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27 years. 27 years for possessing cocaine in his apartment which happened to be near a junior college. That already outrageous sentence just turned into a death sentence. https://t.co/Y0Y3HKy0T0
— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) May 3, 2020

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Top 10 Coronavirus clusters in the US? Prisons, meat packing plants, a Navy battleship. Next 10? Prisons, meat packing plants, nursing homes. Next 10? And the 10 after that? Prisons, meat packing plants and nursing homes…. https://t.co/vdXEqlVymY
— Gina Neff (@ginasue) April 30, 2020

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March 3, 2020 by V Leigh

Harvard University “continues to benefit from its historical ties to slavery through its investments in the prison-industrial complex.”

Reading costs 5
cents a minute and the prisoners earn 30 cents an hour. Reading a 330
page book costs them about $20. Prisons are designed to destroy
people’s humanity. https://t.co/yiWu2Eeid2

—
Joseph Hill (@jaceyhill) February
16, 2020

▪️ The US is the largest incarcerator in the world

▪️1 out of 3 Black boys can expect to go to prison in his lifetime

▪️50% of people in prison have some indicator of a mental health disorder

The prosecutorial system needs to change. https://t.co/0KmONR8L9X

— ACLU (@ACLU) February 23, 2020

Five Harvard students are suing the university's president, a senior fellow of Harvard Corporation, and Harvard's endowment manager over the university's investments in what they call the "prison-industrial complex." https://t.co/HkrKz3erBg

— CNN (@CNN) February 21, 2020

Harvard University “continues to benefit from its historical ties to slavery through its investments in the prison-industrial complex." https://t.co/CcUk72eUmN

— Black Enterprise (@blackenterprise) February 25, 2020

January 31, 2020 by V Leigh

Another inmate died in Mississippi’s Parchman prison

The death of India Cummings—she suffered a mental breakdown, was seen smearing food on herself+lying in a pool of her own urine—brought national attention to Erie County, NY jails. But the deaths haven't stopped: on average, 1 person dies every 6 months. https://t.co/oH0JtNzxqx

— Ethan Brown (@ethanbrown72) January 16, 2020

Yet another person has died in Parchman prison this morning. According to Mississippi DOC, Thomas Lee died of "apparent suicide."

10 people have died in Mississippi prisons, 8 in Parchman, in the last 3 weeks.

4 of the deaths were in the last 5 days.https://t.co/WS0kmFQVgj

— Rebecca Kavanagh (@DrRJKavanagh) January 23, 2020

The Mississippi Governor who created Parchman prison said he made it to run as an “efficient slave plantation.” The most in-depth account of its conditions is a book named “Worse than Slavery.” It was designed to exacerbate black enslavement, as we’re seeing with each news story. https://t.co/mrKL5XMgWU

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) January 25, 2020

The conditions in Parchman are dangerous and inhumane, and we are seeing the deadly consequences. As we fight to end mass incarceration, our government needs to meet basic human rights standards for the people under its care. #MSPrisonReformNow https://t.co/vleQMhL5yL

— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) January 23, 2020

We often talk about the fact that the death penalty is racist, arbitrary, and error-prone. It has an emotional and psychological toll on the people forced to carry it out — prison guards, wardens, and witnesses. https://t.co/TuUXn5D8NS

— ACLU (@ACLU) January 9, 2020

Why does the U.S. have the highest incarceration rate in the world?

Because we criminalize poverty.
Because we criminalize homelessness.
Because we criminalize addiction.

Because we make recidivism easy.
Because we make finding employment hard.

Let's imagine something better.

— Mckayla Wilkes for Congress (@MeetMckayla) January 29, 2020

January 9, 2020 by V Leigh

76% of people currently incarcerated in America’s jails have not been convicted of a crime and most are there because they cannot afford bail.

61 year old Stephen Wayne Cole is the third person to die at the Bexar County jail in 12 months after being booked on a trespassing charge. Cole was held at the Texas jail because he couldn’t afford a $40 bond. https://t.co/lvSnZwqFZN

— Ethan Brown (@ethanbrown72) December 28, 2019

All Mississippi prisons remain locked down after five inmates violently died in state prisons in one week https://t.co/qIG7tDIn39 pic.twitter.com/a50yk8YYvm

— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 4, 2020

Meanwhile people who are homeless and charged with trespassing on non-residential property – as opposed to police officers committing home invasions – are dying in jail sometimes after being held for months because they cannot afford bonds of under $100. https://t.co/pXAnZemMxT

— Rebecca Kavanagh (@DrRJKavanagh) January 2, 2020

BREAKING: After Fairfax County’s new prosecutor announces plan to drop prosecutions for pot possession, judge denies motion to dismiss first case. Says cases need to be evaluated on individual basis.

— justin jouvenal (@jjouvenal) January 2, 2020

At least five people have died in Mississippi prisons in the past week and it’s the result of longstanding issues that have been ignored for far too long — including chronic understaffing and failure to protect incarcerated individuals from harm. https://t.co/DmmDsb892d

— Real Justice (@RealJusticePAC) January 8, 2020

Greetings from today's contentious Metro Council meeting. Still on the agenda: presentation from CorrectHealth, the firm overseeing jail medical care, which has come under fire for an inmate death rate more than twice the national average. Background here: https://t.co/XzSp5f16ME

— Lea Skene (@lea_skene) January 8, 2020

Texas executes man whose trial featured false testimony https://t.co/wR9cfkraEr

— Shaun King (@shaunking) December 12, 2019

76% of people currently incarcerated in America’s jails have not been convicted of a crime and most are there because they cannot afford bail. https://t.co/dwyq4ULBnC https://t.co/Kp3XtNpe3n

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) December 28, 2019

October 30, 2019 by V Leigh

Sentencing and New Fact Sheet on Private Prisons in the United States

A man who had spent 1,181 days in the Fulton County Jail was released Wednesday after he was found not guilty of 21 felonies.

His attorney said the man only wanted to buy a $10 bag of marijuana, which nearly cost him his life and freedom. https://t.co/rlwiLh50ix

— AJC (@ajc) October 10, 2019

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What a difference a DA makes. Man walks out of prison after 28 years, 10th man exonerated under Philly's reform DA Larry Krasner.

Cops involved had a “pattern and practice” of coercing confessions. https://t.co/rh7xXfQBbT https://t.co/50XtUdqvhq

— David Menschel (@davidminpdx) October 10, 2019

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A Texas jury has found prison guard Lou Joffrion not guilty in the killing of David Witt, who was incarcerated at Darrington Unit. The DA charged Joffrion after video showed he slammed Witt, who was handcuffed, into the concrete floor so hard it killed him.https://t.co/1jCObTIlya

— Rebecca J. Kavanagh (@DrRJKavanagh) October 14, 2019

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The Sentencing Project along with more than 250 other signatories signed an open letter to Wisconsin @GovEvers requesting clemency for Brendan Dassey, whose murder conviction was featured in Netflix's Making a Murderer. #bringbrendanhome #FreeBrendanDassey https://t.co/fb3Ya1gNkh

— Sentencing Project (@SentencingProj) October 25, 2019

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NEW FACT SHEET: 28 states and the federal government incarcerated 121,718 people in #privateprisons in 2017, representing 8.2% of the total state and federal prison population. https://t.co/K9ULb35siC pic.twitter.com/yixp7dhg8O

— Sentencing Project (@SentencingProj) October 24, 2019

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February 16, 2019 by V Leigh

In some cases, inmates have served more time awaiting trial than they would have for the crimes they are accused of committing.

America’s bail system is a war on the poor. Let’s get rid of it https://t.co/qlhTwvHLBY #SoJustBail #SaturdaySchool

— Rhonda Ragsdale (@profragsdale) March 31, 2018

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"… innocent people… plead guilty, simply so they can get out of jail with time served. In some cases, inmates have served more time awaiting trial than they would have for the crimes they are accused of committing."#SaturdaySchool #SoJustBail https://t.co/fI05fLJtYs

— Andrew H. (@CobaltTiNor) March 31, 2018

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Denver settles lawsuit with man jailed for five days because he couldn't pay a $50 bail fee. The man was also assessed a $25 public defender fee. As part of the settlement, Denver agreed to no longer hold inmates who paid bond but could not afford the fee. https://t.co/638YlzRgJB

— Ethan Brown (@ethanbrown72) December 27, 2018

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From June to October, a total of six prisoners died in Ohio's Cuyahoga County jails. Three prisoners died in one week. “I’m not sending anybody else to this hellhole of a jail, unless it’s a violent felony,” one judge said. https://t.co/brmTsp3hjR

— The Appeal (@theappeal) December 23, 2018

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Lanekia Michelle Brown, 37, died at the Madison County, Mississippi Detention Center; she was 3-4 weeks pregnant and complained of stomach pains. “I need to know what happened to her…they won’t tell me or give me no information. That’s my child." https://t.co/wLEnq7CmP6

— Ethan Brown (@ethanbrown72) December 25, 2018

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We're not the only ones fighting inhumane conditions in prison. An investigation by @virginianpilot found horrific deaths & brutal treatment of people with mental illness in jails across the US—just one of piece we recommend in our #SPLCWinterReadingList https://t.co/BmH1q42DIh pic.twitter.com/HdPrKdwYdo

— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) December 25, 2018

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Lanekia Brown, a Black woman, locked in a Mississippi jail. Pregnant. Complaining of stomach pains. Seen by a jail nurse, but not taken to a hospital. Lanekia died. A pregnant white woman in the jail complained of pain, was taken to a hospital & survived. https://t.co/UoqtVEo1DI

— The Appeal (@theappeal) January 3, 2019

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A man filed a $10 million lawsuit against the Hampton Roads jail after he says their neglect caused him to lose a foot. In late Jan., the jail paid $3 million to the family of a man who died at the jail while being held for stealing $5 worth of 'snacks.' https://t.co/lD23VimoCe

— The Appeal (@theappeal) February 14, 2019

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February 12, 2019 by V Leigh

The call for prison reform

Efrain Romero de la Rosa committed suicide after being held in solitary confinement for 3 weeks at Stewart Detention Center. We're already suing the private prison company, CoreCivic, that operates Stewart + forces the immigrants detained there to run it. https://t.co/CUXuQ55lTf

— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) December 18, 2018

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A 61-year-old woman died in a San Antonio jail last week. She was charged with trespassing, her first arrest. She had been held *since July* on a $300 bond – she apparently didn't have the $30 that would have sprung her. So many needless jail deaths. https://t.co/w7GS1FukjJ

— David Menschel (@davidminpdx) December 18, 2018

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Family of Janice Dotson-Stephens, who died at TX jail while held on $300 bail in trespass case, say they didn't know she was jailed. "She had…family who would have easily paid…to get her out of jail if that’s what we had to do to take the next step.” https://t.co/ZiENHVjiM1

— Ethan Brown (@ethanbrown72) December 18, 2018

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Two Florida correctional officers charged by feds with violating the civil rights of kids locked up at the South Florida Reception Center after ushering them into a broom closet and striking them with fists and a broomstick. https://t.co/lOypXYI6RA

— Ethan Brown (@ethanbrown72) December 18, 2018

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In 1 day, a New Mexico prison had 2 suicides in solitary confinement. New Mexico uses solitary confinement at one of the highest rates in the nation. https://t.co/thz23wrYHX by @kira_lerner

— The Appeal (@theappeal) January 29, 2019

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. @REFORM 1 in 5 African Americans are sentenced to a life in prison. Have you screened our film series on prison reform yet? #JusticeInCrisis https://t.co/2zKpnbJDHi

— Brave New Films (@bravenewfilms) February 1, 2019

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I break down NY’s unfair evidence laws in 5 minutes. “In NY people accused of crimes are denied all info until their trial begins. The result: NY has the 2d highest wrongful conviction rate in the country.” In 2019 we change things: https://t.co/92KprIBpp8 pic.twitter.com/4EmXyCwOpE

— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) February 1, 2019

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“The prisoners, who could see the protest from their cells, responded by banging against the metal bars on their windows, a haunting call and response that hinted at the mass of humanity inside, and out.” https://t.co/p69Fb9IB7V

— NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson (@NYCSpeakerCoJo) February 4, 2019

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Prison Industrial Complex

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76% of people currently incarcerated in America’s jails have not been convicted of a crime and most are there because they cannot afford bail.

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