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@CivRightsCorpsChallenging systemic injustice in the US legal system and changing the narrative around the punishment bureaucracy.
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BREAKING: CRC filed a lawsuit against MPD & Capitol Police, on behalf of nine plaintiffs, for constitutional violations at a ceasefire protest at the Democratic National Committee office last November. Read more in @theintercept: theintercept.com/2024/08/16/dnc…
“The repro rights movement has not done enough to become abolitionist and to live up to its promise. You can not have bodily autonomy if you are still criminalizing. Criminalization is a tool to subvert bodily autonomy.” - Erin Miles-Cloud of @CivRightsCorps
“We are really fighting for freedom…If we can not be fully free in our people, how can we reproduce freedom?” - Erin Miles-Cloud of @CivRightsCorps
Liberation from the Ground Up: Reproductive Justice Visions for Family Integrity – with jasmine Sankofa, Bobbie Butts, Erin Miles-Cloud, Imani Worthy, and Keshia Adeniyi-Dorsey #BreakingSilosRJ
If you want to understand how the harms of mass incarceration span generations, take a look at how many people behind bars reported having a family member who had also been incarcerated. Incarceration has devastating impacts on family members and entire communities.
Wellpath is the 3rd correctional healthcare provider to file for bankruptcy or liquidate in the last 2 years. It'll survive, but we need to be unpack this story. For-profit prison healthcare providers have been pocketing billions while, quite literally, killing people. THREAD
BREAKING: Prison healthcare Wellpath has declared bankruptcy, defaulting on $644Mn in debt. Among its operational issues, Wellpath has over 1,500 pending lawsuits (vast majority related to quality of care), millions due in settlements, and increasing liability insurance expenses.
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Join us for a walking tour ft @factsandfire @dereckapurnell @equalityAlec Vendedores Unidos & Qiana Johnson to explore what “safety” means when being unhoused, selling food, wearing a mask, or protesting genocide are met with police violence. SIGN UP: bit.ly/abolitiontour
Incarceration has a wide-reaching and long-lasting effect on families. People with incarcerated immediate family members are less likely to report good physical and mental health and less likely to rate as “thriving” in terms of overall well-being. prisonpolicy.org/blog/2021/07/1…
Sadly, California's Prop 36 passed. It will slash MILLIONS from reentry & prevention services while growing the state's prison population by 35% over 5 years for theft & drug charges. Here's what advocates need to know 👇 prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/10/1…
If you’re in CA or NV and you need another reason to vote this year, here it is. There’s a measure on your ballot to protect incarcerated people from SLAVERY — vote yes. Maybe we can stop assaults on incarcerated women that result directly from their inability to refuse to work.
Correctional staff nationwide have been accused of using inmate work assignments to sexually abuse incarcerated women, The Associated Press found as part of a two-year investigation into prison labor. apnews.com/article/prison…
NC must radically shift its approach to keeping children safe. We shared 14 recommendations for transformative change in our testimony. Read our recommendations: bit.ly/NC-family-poli…
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