July 16, 2018 by V Leigh

It’s sickening to witness people endure so much suffering

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

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February 28, 2018 by V Leigh

The school-to-prison pipeline punishes kids of color for being poor

Prisons in North Carolina and Florida bar inmates from reading Michelle Alexander’s THE NEW JIM CROW. Prisoners in other states also have had trouble obtaining a copy. “Perhaps they worry the truth might actually set the captives free,” she told @nytimes. https://t.co/5rmZeOAZSY

— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) January 20, 2018

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Segregation can be deadly, especially to those already struggling.
This revelation shows that AL has not changed its practices, fails to consider the impact of segregation on mental health, and does not properly monitor or treat those in its care. https://t.co/L1aihzlekT

— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) February 8, 2018

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The school-to-prison pipeline punishes kids of color for being poor || By Anna Deavere Smith https://t.co/ZUnI6Mf7sa

— SafetyPin-Daily (@SafetyPinDaily) February 24, 2018

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November 26, 2017 by V Leigh

Private Prisons Lock Up Thousands Of Americans With Almost No Oversight

Municipal courts n SC incarcerate poor ppl w/out 1st providing them w/lawyers. We sued 'em. @ACLU_SC @NelsonMullins https://t.co/caoloUzBZn

— Twyla Carter (@twylajcarter) October 12, 2017

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Alabama DOC has proposed a spending plan for mental healthcare staffing that is vague, unsubstantiated & incomplete https://t.co/4Q1Lwyccbk

— SPLC (@splcenter) October 20, 2017

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New report and full length video #EndPretrialDetention #EndMoneyBond https://t.co/3doWBlFN9a

— BLMChicago (@BLMChi) October 24, 2017

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1.5 million Americans living in Florida cannot vote. That includes a quarter of the states black residents. https://t.co/fHWJB8XnB1

— SPLC (@splcenter) November 1, 2017

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Ways we can make the private prison industry more transparent and accountable to the public. https://t.co/J1YMq0o0h9

— Brennan Center (@BrennanCenter) November 10, 2017

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January 20, 2017 by V Leigh

Criminal records are keeping millions of men out of the workforce — and it’s hurting the economy

U.S. IMPRISONMENT RATE FALLS TO LOWEST SINCE 1997: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT………. https://t.co/RfgTFz2Ap9

— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) December 31, 2016

U.S. still incarcerates its citizens at much higher rates than almost any other country on earth https://t.co/pzOtRsy1zu by @DanielDenvir

— SPLC (@splcenter) January 11, 2017

Missouri bill could get rid of mandatory minimum sentences https://t.co/jpzASFfSZr

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) January 5, 2017

Criminal records are keeping millions of men out of the workforce — and it’s hurting the economy https://t.co/2vwEclcorO

— SPLC (@splcenter) January 7, 2017

August 27, 2016 by V Leigh

Keeping people in jail before trial increases the rate of guilty pleas, and decreases job prospects

50 companies that use US slave labor ………………………… https://t.co/xBgkHaWC71
-via @IWW_IWOC
– RT @KatrinaNation

— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) August 23, 2016

Women are being jailed at a faster rate than men, two-thirds are Black/Latino. (via @BlackYouthProj) #IntelGroup https://t.co/fMkef40O27

— D (@Delo_Taylor) August 22, 2016

Transgender woman found dead in prison during legal battle with corrections officials https://t.co/KXRdwaCKSa pic.twitter.com/pzPhxlTFqy

— ThinkProgress(@thinkprogress) August 23, 2016

U.S. To Stop Federal Prison Privatization After Investigation Shows
Contractor Run Facilities Are More Dangeroushttps://t.co/O4w5Om0GKu

— CorpWatch(@CorpWatch) August 20, 2016

Study: Keeping people in jail before trial increases the rate of guilty pleas, and decreases job prospects https://t.co/iMJ9zpU9Mf

— David Sirota (@davidsirota) August 22, 2016

August 22, 2015 by V Leigh

#Politics #HateCrime #Discrimination Tweets 8.22

Bernie Sanders Announces Bill To Abolish For-Profit Prison Industrial Complex http://t.co/e6PCgxBSLf

— john osalvo (@jojokejohn) August 20, 2015

50% of youth detentions are private—Confining kids for profit does not keep kids & communities safe, says @NJJNetwork http://t.co/rEHjFKSSDD

— Sentencing Project (@SentencingProj) August 20, 2015

Police: Invoking Trump, 2 men beat up homeless man because he is an 'illegal immigrant' http://t.co/9j1AMX7YMb

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 21, 2015

Someone please count the amount of times a non-white has been kicked out of school for their natural hair https://t.co/8uBXk8lKG2

— better (@keonahwinters) August 20, 2015

As if enough wasn't erased already through assimilation… this sickens me https://t.co/ASgGP2BxiZ

— Rossi (@skrattrisus) August 20, 2015

July 17, 2015 by V Leigh

#MassIncarceration #POTUS Tweets 7.17

We could eliminate tuition at every public college and university in America with the $80 billion we spend each year on incarcerations.

— President Obama (@POTUS) July 14, 2015

Mass incarceration doesn't work. Let's build communities that give kids a shot at success and prisons that prepare people for a 2nd chance.

— President Obama (@POTUS) July 14, 2015

“Mass incarceration makes our country worse off and we need to do something about it.” — Obama, speaking at the NAACP

— Zeeshan Aleem (@ZeeshanAleem) July 14, 2015

President Obama outlines case for overhauling criminal justice system in NAACP speech. http://t.co/nsw82tEvoy. pic.twitter.com/XZmsfoNhlG

— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) July 14, 2015

President Obama met with inmates and became the first president to visit a federal prison. https://t.co/VYh0dQ6ait pic.twitter.com/JeaYpk3WGp

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) July 16, 2015

July 10, 2015 by V Leigh

#BlackLivesMatter Tweets 7.10

Black man who can’t pay bail has spent 6 years behind bars — but hasn’t been convicted of anything http://t.co/5QC6zsyObw

— diane straub (@didikins4life) July 10, 2015

Predictive Policing (think Minority Report or The Avengers) comes to the NYPD. For real. http://t.co/Ee38zoaSvZ pic.twitter.com/WEc3GxyY0S

— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) July 10, 2015

The three #corporations that dominate the #privateprison industry https://t.co/VyqugfghD3 by @_blip_ pic.twitter.com/XHvVc0mID1

— MuckRock (@MuckRock) July 9, 2015

This is #JonathanSanders Was on this very farm when choked to death with a flashlight by Mississippi police. pic.twitter.com/s0BqqAR66L

— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) July 10, 2015

Activists in Ferguson Broaden Scope, Unveil 'Power Behind the Police' http://t.co/UIcwgp4Njo

— deray mckesson (@deray) July 10, 2015

October 29, 2014 by Oppression Monitor

Slavery and the Prison Industrial Complex – Angela Davis | 2003

9-19-2003

Speaker: Angela Davis, Professor in History of Consciousness and Chair of Women’s Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz

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October 29, 2014 by Oppression Monitor

The Prison Industry in the United States: Big Business or a New Form of Slavery?

Human rights organizations, as well as political and social ones, are condemning what they are calling a new form of inhumane exploitation in the United States, where they say a prison population of up to 2 million – mostly Black and Hispanic – are working for various industries for a pittance. For the tycoons who have invested in the prison industry, it has been like finding a pot of gold. They don’t have to worry about strikes or paying unemployment insurance, vacations or comp time. All of their workers are full-time, and never arrive late or are absent because of family problems; moreover, if they don’t like the pay of 25 cents an hour and refuse to work, they are locked up in isolation cells.

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