November 7, 2023 by V Leigh

‘Prisons were never designed to be nursing homes’ — Approx $16 billion of taxpayer money is spent each year keeping individuals 50 years and older in prisons that put their health at risk

http://cathedral-lonavala.org/dscn0419/ Jailed Man Loses Arms Due To Medical Neglect From Staff https://t.co/LaixCxiZwI via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) October 18, 2023

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Must-Watch: @LastWeekTonight takes on the terrible healthcare provided in prisons and jails. Among the responses John Oliver pushes are releasing people, particularly older adults, and guaranteeing universal health care for all in this country. https://t.co/tjxaCB0ICw
— Release Aging People in Prison Campaign (@RAPPcampaign) October 22, 2023

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New from @prisonjourn: A searing look at the mental health crisis in U.S. jails and prisons, told from inside the Washington State Penitentiary.https://t.co/hHklKSvZSA
— Public Health Watch (@pubhealthwatch) October 26, 2023

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‘Prisons were never designed to be nursing homes’ — Approx $16 billion of taxpayer money is spent each year keeping individuals 50 years and older in prisons that put their health at risk

(with @reform, @galaxy_gives, @RAPPcampaign, @hamzasaldana614, @brennancenter + @lbeisen) pic.twitter.com/wcJfN1ktHW
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) October 26, 2023

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May 14, 2023 by V Leigh

People w/ mental health conditions make up 53% of the population at Rikers. On average, they are held 61% longer. We pay $556,000 per person annually to keep them in jail. 90% on Rikers are held without conviction. By contrast, it costs ~$42k to put them in supportive housing.

NEW: Video reveals Indiana jail guards left Josh McLemore, 29, naked in solitary confinement for 3 weeks straight before he died of malnutrition. He was in a state of psychosis and had no bed or bathroom while trapped in a windowless cell w lights on 24/7https://t.co/zJbkW9mvVp
— Sam Levin (@SamTLevin) April 12, 2023

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NEW from @TanaGaneva at @theappeal: A lawsuit filed today says that jail guards in Indiana locked a man in solitary while he had a psychotic break for three weeks, gave him no toilet access, & let him starve to death. We obtained graphic jail footage. https://t.co/cvBkE96Ef7
— Jerry Iannelli (@jerryiannelli) April 12, 2023

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SCOOP: Texas prisons have killed the 3D denture program they started in 2019 after I found they were giving ppl pureed meals instead of 🦷

NOW they’re promising something better! They just wont give details 🫤

My last for @HoustonChron makes me sad https://t.co/RWBSHzCtDb
— Keri Blakinger (@keribla) April 12, 2023

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This is WILD! Inmates from Brooklyn federal lockup paid low wages to do handiwork at apartment complex for jail staff – New York Daily News 1/3 https://t.co/TaLvzTVnSm
— Monifa Bandele (@MonifaBandele) April 23, 2023

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People w/ mental health conditions make up 53% of the population at Rikers.

On average, they are held 61% longer.

We pay $556,000 per person annually to keep them in jail. 90% on Rikers are held without conviction.

By contrast, it costs ~$42k to put them in supportive housing.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 4, 2023

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August 6, 2022 by V Leigh

NYC jails killed another person today, the 11th person this year and 27th person since early 2021. Judges, prosecutors, and every elected official in the state and city need to act now. Release people and stop sending people to these jails to die.

Check out Ep. 630 – Incarcerated Black men were told by the government to register to vote. Then given additional jail time for breaking the law when they did so. https://t.co/3SzolrXYRI
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) July 2, 2022

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Many thousands of incarcerated people still don’t have A/C, as the temp hits 107 degrees in parts of Texas today.

I wish this @MarshallProj piece on men dying inside wasn’t relevant every summer.

w/@johncarlosfrey, @abbycellis, @sollygrana @abbycellis https://t.co/AdlJDoPzLK
— Maurice Chammah (@MauriceChammah) July 11, 2022

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NYC jails killed another person today, the 11th person this year and 27th person since early 2021. Judges, prosecutors, and every elected official in the state and city need to act now. Release people and stop sending people to these jails to die.

Statement from @sabur_anisah pic.twitter.com/pKI6b0cdFm
— #HALTsolitary (@NYCAIC) July 15, 2022

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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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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

April 29, 2019 by V Leigh

The first horror is what people have endured in Alabama’s prisons. The second horror is that while shocking, it is not a surprise.

The first horror is what people have endured in Alabama's prisons.

The second horror is that while shocking, it is not a surprise.

Prisons should be subject to the most exacting scrutiny and public oversight, but the reality is just the opposite. https://t.co/9TnXL2LOQ5

— ACLU (@ACLU) April 29, 2019

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Conditions in Alabama's prisons are notoriously bad. Homicides are 600% higher than the national average. People are placed in solitary confinement not for disciplinary infractions, but to maintain order.https://t.co/Nbdd0mTafh pic.twitter.com/NFGgPOqSo2

— The Appeal (@theappeal) April 7, 2019

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Last week, @nytimes published a few photos from more than 2,000 sent to @splcenter by someone identifying as a guard at an Alabama prison, deciding the majority were too horrific to publish. These are some of the photos @nytimes chose not to print. https://t.co/D7qeuFm9wD

— The Appeal (@theappeal) April 7, 2019

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“The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky https://t.co/rWxsewMC0W

— Zachary Siegel (@ZachWritesStuff) April 8, 2019

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Trauma from Alabama’s ‘dog-eat-dog’ prisons continues long after sentence ends https://t.co/FovBv6JnxQ @KimKardashian

— WilliamThornton (@billineastala) April 29, 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 3, 2019 by V Leigh

The Metropolitan Detention Center

I just left this jail.

It is FREEZING.

And nobody was there to fix the heat or electricity. NOBODY. No emergency crew. Nothing. 6 straight days.

Just protestors chanting “They are human beings” as the men bang on the windows in the cold.

It’s clearly not a priority. pic.twitter.com/FISIYQKaKU

— Shaun King (@shaunking) February 2, 2019

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I am outside of the Metropolitan Detention Center where prisoners are without heat. The banging noise is them protesting for all of us to hear. They are without heat for days. This is in BROOKLYN. pic.twitter.com/h3UiVcR6VF

— Shahana Hanif (@HShahana) February 1, 2019

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the Trump administration runs this facility https://t.co/1O9RRH49wY

— Tim Dickinson (@7im) February 3, 2019

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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called on the Department of Justice to immediately investigate the circumstances at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where a power outage has left inmates without heat or lighting the past few days. https://t.co/A9VRE4OuMa

— WPSD Local 6 (@WPSDLocal6) February 3, 2019

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The Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center remains with limited power as inmates and workers were forced to face freezing temperatures over the week https://t.co/6xIP4J7vy9 via @HuffPost

— Ingvald (@Ingvald1) February 3, 2019

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Protesters have gathered outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn following news reports that those housed there have largely been without heat or power for the past week and also haven’t been able to communicate with lawyers or loved ones. https://t.co/ix1vQEymUX

— Alex Sanz (@AlexSanz) February 3, 2019

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October 29, 2016 by V Leigh

At this prison, inmates can be left with wrists and ankles cuffed for hours, days and sometimes weeks at a time.

Restraints so tight they cause nerve damage. Paper clothing in winter weather. Disturbing report on a federal prison https://t.co/EixqasGK1C pic.twitter.com/LjLsmmFWno

— SPLC (@splcenter) October 26, 2016

“If Obama Can Forgive Me, Why Can’t She?”—Woman Whose Sentence Was Commuted Still in Jail Thanks to Florida DA | https://t.co/nVCqP0GFOb

— PrisonReformMovement (@PrisonReformMvt) October 23, 2016

Class-action suit seeks reform to 'unjust' jail bond system that crushes poor minorities in Cook County https://t.co/n3IBGR5ZlM

— Mitchell Armentrout (@mitchtrout) October 19, 2016

👇🏽is why criminal justice reform is needed now! How does someone languish in jail for 3yrs w/o a trial? Miscarriage of justice. https://t.co/EnoUmqkQIu

— Crystal (@YesSheWrites) October 18, 2016

At this prison, inmates can be left with wrists and ankles cuffed for hours, days and sometimes weeks at a time. https://t.co/Dbiy0naHwD

— AllThingsConsidered (@npratc) October 26, 2016

September 9, 2016 by V Leigh

Josh Williams is a political prisoner. Serving The Longest Sentence From The Ferguson Protests

Cop Who Shot And Killed Unarmed Teen Fired From South Carolina Police Department https://t.co/se1ScRC68k pic.twitter.com/D690Lt4TFR

— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) September 4, 2016

A stroke victim was charged w/ pot possession. He didn’t have $100. So he died in custody of an infamous Va. jail. https://t.co/Kapk1LyxUc

— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) September 7, 2016

Louisiana spent 4 times the cost of installing A/C units in a prison to defend their right to not install A/C units. https://t.co/MOHGYsJHKm

— The Intercept (@theintercept) August 27, 2016

Josh Williams is a political prisoner
Serving The Longest Sentence From The Ferguson Protesthttps://t.co/6EXF99QvYw pic.twitter.com/7qoWknXU1W

— Crystal Johnson (@Crystal1Johnson) August 31, 2016

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‘Prisons were never designed to be nursing homes’ — Approx $16 billion of taxpayer money is spent each year keeping individuals 50 years and older in prisons that put their health at risk

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People w/ mental health conditions make up 53% of the population at Rikers. On average, they are held 61% longer. We pay $556,000 per person annually to keep them in jail. 90% on Rikers are held without conviction. By contrast, it costs ~$42k to put them in supportive housing.

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NYC jails killed another person today, the 11th person this year and 27th person since early 2021. Judges, prosecutors, and every elected official in the state and city need to act now. Release people and stop sending people to these jails to die.

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