Truthout
You Cannot Decarcerate by Using the Tools of Incarceration, Says Mumia Abu-Jamal
6 min · · “We must move for what we want, not for what we think the system can produce, because the system is the problem.” · Shared by 5, including Ayala Sherbow
commondreams.org
As Prisons Across US Report Surge in Covid-19 Cases, Supreme Court Rules Jail Does Not Have to Provide Basic Protections…
3 min · · Shared by 2, including Ayala Sherbow
jamiisisterhood.com
Jamii Sisterhood – Purpose. Politics. Pedagogy.
· Shared by 2, including Ayala Sherbow
Fast Company
The troubling history of citizen’s arrests—from slave patrols to Ahmaud Arbery to ICE
6 min · · Once viewed as key part of civic engagement, citizen’s arrests in America are now archaic, potentially violent, and targeted against minorities. Yet the laws allowing them remain on the books. · Shared by 22, including Ayala Sherbow
WIRED
Behind Bars, but Still Posting on TikTok
3 min · · The lives of incarcerated people are usually hidden from society. On prison TikTok, they’re going viral. · Shared by 45, including Ayala Sherbow, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after, Dr. Simon A. Rego, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Nicolas Babin, Katja Evertz
NPR
Psychiatrist: America's 'Extremely Punitive' Prisons Make Mental Illness Worse
6 min · · Dr. Christine Montross says people with serious mental illnesses in the U.S. are far more likely to be incarcerated than to be treated in a psychiatric hospital. Her new book is Waiting for an Echo. · Shared by 76, including Ben Miller, Ayala Sherbow
SAMHSA
After Incarceration: A Guide To Helping Women Reenter the Community
1 min · · This guide provides individuals who provide or coordinate reentry services for women involved in the CJ system with resources for serving women · Shared by 2, including Ayala Sherbow
newsone.com
A Truth About The Formerly Incarcerated: They Have The Right To Vote
4 min · · Formerly incarcerated author and activist Jamila T. Davis separates fact from fiction. · Shared by 2, including Ayala Sherbow
survivedandpunished.org
Letter Writing Action
· Visit the post for more. · Shared by 3, including Ayala Sherbow
Forbes
Inspector General Report Released On Tainted Bureau Of Prison Food
2 min · · The Federal Bureau of Prisons is not known for its dining selection but now an Office of Inspector General report cited the BOP for tainted food · Shared by 2, including Ayala Sherbow
TIME
39% of Prisoners Should Not Be in Prison
7 min · · According to a new study by the Brennan Center for Justice · Shared by 2, including Ayala Sherbow
virginiamercury.com
$5 medical copays
2 min · · Until this year, if prison inmates in Virginia needed to see a nurse or a doctor for anything other than an emergency, the state charged them a $5 copay — a modest amount in the context of ballooning… · Shared by 2, including Ayala Sherbow
cheatsheet.com
Behind Bars: The 15 States That Put the Most People in Prison
7 min · · Looking to avoid the slammer? These 15 U.S. states are more likely to put a person in prison than the rest of the country. · Shared by 2, including Ayala Sherbow
peoplesworld.org
Corporations and governments collude in prison slavery racket
4 min · · Whose money is it? Many departments of corrections (DOCs) supplement their state budgets with business deals. These deals mean free or under 50-cents-per-hour use of prison workers. It's a billion… · Shared by 2, including Ayala Sherbow
thecrimereport.org
How a 13th Amendment Loophole Created America’s Carceral State
4 min · · The 1865 amendment ended slavery, but it also contained a clause that condemned millions of African Americans to a different form of servitude— in a prison system that robbed them of their rights as… · Shared by 2, including Ayala Sherbow