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Phillip Atiba Goff 21 jan.
A reminder on that King was a formerly incarcerated, anti-capitalist protester who thought Northern liberals were more of an obstacle to racial progress than the KKK. Also, he was unpopular among both Black and White households while he lived.
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Prison Policy Init. 20 jan.
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Thanks Ruth! (And Illinois is not much better than the U.S. as a whole.)
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Ruth Greenwood 20 jan.
I have been supporting for years, but I still gasp when I see charts like this one...
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Prison Policy Init. 18 jan.
This, from , is a very good idea. People just released from prison are over 10x more likely to be homeless. Most also lack a strong social network. These two conditions are absolutely related. And this program addresses both.
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Prison Policy Init. 18 jan.
Harris County, TX plans to stop imposing cash bail on (most) people arrested for misdemeanors. It’s so hard to describe reforms like this: radical, given the status quo, but common sense to any thinking, moral person. We need a new word.
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Prison Policy Init. 16 jan.
We should be shocked by wrongful convictions, but also by the laws that make them possible: “New York state law authorizes prosecutors to withhold key evidence from defense attorneys and their clients until the eve or sometimes the day of trial.”
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John Pfaff 16 jan.
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It’s a really big deal, confusing PROFIT with REVENUE. Firms don’t lobby based on revenue. They lobby based on profit. If privates had to spend $6B to get that $5M, they’d all drop out immediately. Also, privates are a sideshow. WE are the problem, not shadowy corps.
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John Pfaff 16 jan.
REVENUE. Combined REVENUE. Profits are on the order of $300M () to $600M (). Meanwhile, public sector guards take in about $30 BILLION. THEY are the major profiteers of mass incarceration.
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Prison Policy Init. 16 jan.
When prison officials say their aim is to “rehabilitate” people, ask how much they charge incarcerated people to listen to music.
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David Menschel 15 jan.
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Despite a massive and entirely successful 30 year effort to caricature us as "soft on crime," those of us who oppose mass incarceration actually are deeply concerned with public safety, we just have a richer understanding of what it entails.
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Prison Policy Init. 15 jan.
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5. Please. There's nothing “real-world” about making someone pay to stay healthy inside a cage. Worse, for folks who never had quality health care before prison, it only teaches them one thing: The health care system is not to be trusted.
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Prison Policy Init. 15 jan.
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4. Meanwhile, prison administrators claim they’re just trying to create a “real-world environment."
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Prison Policy Init. 15 jan.
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3. And when health care is out of reach, incarcerated people are forced to buy medicine at for-profit commissaries:
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Prison Policy Init. 15 jan.
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2. Texas is not the only state that imposes copays on incarcerated people. In fact, most states do, burdening families and driving down the quality of care in prison:
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Prison Policy Init. 15 jan.
1. Incarcerated people in Texas have to pay $100 every year to get health care, despite being poor and despite earning nothing for their labor. It’s a terrible injustice that puts lives at stake.
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Phillip Atiba Goff 13 jan.
This needs more attention. It’s a good news story about how drug courts, when done right, can lighten the burden of mass incarceration. Truly good news in NJ.
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John Pfaff 13 jan.
I understand the challenge the left feels in opposing LEO unions in a time of general attack on union, public sector unions in particular. But they remain fierce opponents of reform, and generally back policies/candidates whose views don’t align w traditional union views.
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Prison Policy Init. 11 jan.
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For instance: Maryland spends $17 million *every year* to incarcerate residents of a single Baltimore neighborhood. That same neighborhood faces huge challenges with public health, housing and education.
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Prison Policy Init. 11 jan.
Maryland spends nearly $300 million dollars every year to lock up people from Baltimore. That’s money that could go towards helping poor communities thrive. Instead, the governor wants to pour even more money into funding mandatory minimum sentences.
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Prison Policy Init. 10 jan.
Prisons in Florida foot the bill for their staff canteens. But incarcerated people have to buy from separate canteens, run by a for-profit company. Is it really "too expensive" to feed incarcerated people properly? Or are prisons just choosing not to?
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