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

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

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

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

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

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

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

‘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

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

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

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

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

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

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

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

“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

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

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

— WilliamThornton (@billineastala) April 29, 2019

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

December 22, 2015 by V Leigh

#PrisonReform Tweets 12.21

The UN, 4 Congressmen & the NYTimes are among those who called for the release of Louisiana prisoner #AlbertWoodfox– https://t.co/7lqClUdgUR

— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) December 12, 2015

After inmate's death, what's really going on inside Santa Clara County jail?: https://t.co/AkXe5SEbdx via @MercNews

— PrisonReformMovement (@PrisonReformMvt) December 20, 2015

@getgln @SaucySisTah The death penalty in the USA is an instrument of racist terror and class oppression, and always was.

— Hendriks (@egosumhicetnunc) December 11, 2015

If we do not change the system, a black male born today stands a one in four chance of spending time in prison. That is unacceptable.

— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) December 14, 2015

The off this chart U.S. incarceration rate for women https://t.co/Jhna9k0YiH pic.twitter.com/vtS8ql37le

— Conrad Hackett (@conradhackett) December 14, 2015

2.3 mil adults & kids in cages in US, more than pop of Houston, TX or state of New Mexico. https://t.co/Ti9nkiMA3D pic.twitter.com/iOyo25MXqV

— Prison Policy Init. (@PrisonPolicy) December 8, 2015

Oppression Monitor Daily

A Community Village Site

prison abuse

‘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

Like this:

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

Like this:

#PrisonReform Tweets 12.21

Like this:

Share this:

Like this:

Share this:

Like this:

Share this:

Like this: