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Lansing, MI
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Citizens for Prison Reform retweeted
What Biden Can Still Do on Criminal Justice With 65 Days Left in Office. | The Marshall Project themarshallproject.org/2024/…
Adrian Wulff, said he advocated consistently for more support and staff and those requests were not granted. He said he was terminated by Chris Warner, Kotek’s chief of staff. msn.com/en-us/news/us/oregon…
Citizens for Prison Reform retweeted
Corrections officials routinely failed to properly investigate alleged abuses in NJ prisons, watchdog says newjerseymonitor.com/2024/06… via @njmonitor
1 example of why we need #Corrections #Oversight because #Retaliation is status qou in jails and prison settings. This is from New Jersey where they have a robust oversight system in place. Without oversight, these incidents occur in a vacuum. youtube.com/watch?v=kG25DRZX…
Citizens for Prison Reform retweeted
100% True
.@KevinARing tells state legislators in Pennsylvania that #criminaljustice expenditures would be better spent on policies that have a proven deterrent effect, such as solving violent crime, rather than on long sentences.
More on solving violent crimes: bit.ly/3V6Izzc
Citizens for Prison Reform retweeted
Tomorrow, the Senate Judiciary Committee @JudiciaryDems will hold a hearing on the @TheJusticeDept OIGeneral Report on 344 deaths in the @BureauOfPrisons between 2014-2021
Here is a link to the report: oig.justice.gov/sites/defaul…
Link to hearing: judiciary.senate.gov/committ…
Citizens for Prison Reform retweeted
THE HELL INSIDE HELL: Solitary Confinement in Texas Hides the Sexual Abuse of Women and Girls - Please don't miss this scorching expose by incarcerated writer Kwaneta Harris, supported by a grant from Solitary Watch. scalawagmagazine.org/2024/05… via @scalawagmag
Citizens for Prison Reform retweeted
Service outages by prison communications companies Securus and JPay left incarcerated people cut off from the outside world this week as users were unable to send messages, make video calls, transfer funds, or even log into their accounts. theappeal.org/incarcerated-p…
Citizens for Prison Reform retweeted
Solitary confinement exacerbates the cycle of recidivism by deepening the trauma experienced by those subjected to this torture. A shift towards rehabilitative practices can break this cycle of punishment.
To hear more #voicesfromsolitary, visit tinyurl.com/voicesfromsolita…
Citizens for Prison Reform retweeted
Assange wins High Court bid to appeal against extradition to US over spying charges -- where he would likely face imprisonment in solitary confinement -- independent.co.uk/news/uk/cr…
Citizens for Prison Reform retweeted
💔 no one’s job entitles them to hurt someone incarcerated especially children. Los Angeles puts 66 probation officers on leave for misconduct and abuse | Los Angeles | The Guardian theguardian.com/us-news/arti…
A PUBLIC BRIEFING ON SB493
WHEN: Thursday May 16 at 2:30PM, during CPR’s Legislative Education Day
WHERE: Online & in the Mackinac Room, 5th Floor House Office Building124 N Capitol Ave, Lansing, MI 48933 Registration is required to attend online. umich.zoom.us/meeting/regist… .
#MiVisitsMatter! Join us at the Captial May 16 for our Legislative Education Day and a #RallyForOurVisits
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Do you care about governmental oversight? Transparency? Please send a letter and ask @GovWhitmer to support SB493, release the Hold on SB493 and Ensure Prison Safety. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/te…
We're number one! In #Incarcerating Children! Way to go #PureMichigan
"Michigan has the largest population of children condemned to life without parole in the country and on the planet," write @ProfKrisHenning and Abd’Allah Lateef for @detroitnews.
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98.2% of police officers who KILL SOMEONE are NOT charged with a crime. I wonder what that number is for Prison staff? And I wonder what on earth we need to do to change this???
Citizens for Prison Reform retweeted
“I want to be clear about our so called “justice system” system, .. even community service sentences are just another form of free labor for the city & state” – at United States
“It’s well accepted that the weakest and most vulnerable members of society are the biggest victims of coercive practices, like police being dishonest and deceptive practices in interrogations." nbcboston.com/news/national-…
You can bet your Time of Reckoning there are more lawsuits coming. #PrisonReform #MassIncarceration
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