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theconcealedweapon · 8 months

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Also, some people think the government is secretly corrupt when they're openly allowing the police to get away with murder and passing laws against victimless actions in order to fill prisons so corporations can profit off of the resulting slave labor.

#police brutality #prison industrial complex #wealthy privilege

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seymour-butz-stuff · 1 year

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Note that this costs far more than just supporting the homeless by giving them a place to live and the necessary support to find a job

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reasonsforhope · 3 months

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"The New York City Council voted to ban most uses of solitary confinement in city jails Wednesday [December 20, 2023], passing the measure with enough votes to override a veto from Mayor Eric Adams.

The measure would ban the use of solitary confinement beyond four hours and during certain emergencies. That four hour period would be for "de-escalation" in situations where a detainee has caused someone else physical harm or risks doing so. The resolution would also require the city's jails to allow every person detained to spend at least 14 hours outside of their cells each day.

The bill, which had 38 co-sponsors, was passed 39 to 7. It will now go to the mayor, who can sign the bill or veto it within 30 days. If Mayor Adams vetoes the bill, it will get sent back to the council, which can override the veto with a vote from two-thirds of the members. The 39 votes for the bill today make up 76% of the 51-member council. At a press conference ahead of the vote today [December 20, 2023], Council speaker Adrienne Adams indicated the council would seek [a veto] override if necessary.

For his part, Mayor Adams has signaled he is indeed considering vetoing the bill...

The United Nations has said solitary confinement can amount to torture, and multiple studies suggest its use can have serious consequences on a person's physical and mental health, including an increased risk of PTSD, dying by suicide, and having high blood pressure.

One 2019 study found people who had spent time in solitary confinement in prison were more likely to die in the first year after their release than people who had not spent time in solitary confinement. They were especially likely to die from suicide, homicide and opioid overdose.

Black and Hispanic men have been found to be overrepresented among those placed in solitary confinement – as have gay, lesbian and bisexual people.

The resolution in New York comes amid scrutiny over deaths in the jail complex on Rikers Island. Last month, the federal government joined efforts to wrest control of the facility from the mayor, and give it to an outside authority.

In August 2021, 25-year-old Brandon Rodriguez died while in solitary confinement at Rikers. He had been in pre-trial detention at the jail for less than a week. His mother, Tamara Carter, says his death was ruled a suicide and that he was in a mental health crisis at the time of his confinement.

"I know for Brandon, he should have been put in the infirmary. He should have been seeing a psychiatrist. He should have been being watched," she said.

She says the passage of the bill feels like a form of justice for her.

"Brandon wasn't nothing. He was my son. He was an uncle. A brother. A grandson. And he's very, very missed," she told NPR. "I couldn't save my son. But if I joined this fight, maybe I could save somebody else's son." ...

New York City is not the first U.S. city to limit the use of solitary confinement in its jails, though it is the largest. In 2021, voters in Pennsylvania's Allegheny County, which includes Pittsburgh, passed a measure to restrict solitary confinement except in cases of lockdowns and emergencies. The sheriff in Illinois' Cook County, which includes Chicago, has said the Cook County jail – one of the country's largest – has also stopped using solitary confinement...

Naila Awan, the interim co-director of policy at the New York Civil Liberties Union, says that New York making this change could have larger influence across the country.

"As folks look at what New York has done, other larger jails that are not quite the size of Rikers will be able to say, 'If New York City is able to do this, then we too can implement similar programs here, that it's within our capacity and capabilities," Awan says. "And to the extent that we are able to get this implemented and folks see the success, I think we could see a real shift in the way that individuals are treated behind bars.""

-via NPR, December 20, 2023

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alwaysbewoke · 4 months

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america has never been great and will never be great. it's a failed experiment from the start. and don't get it twisted, this is happening everywhere in this country.

#prison industrial complex #alabama

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luthienne · 1 year

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Reginald Dwayne Betts, from Felon: Poems; "Behind Yellow Tape"

[Text ID: All the stories I keep to myself tell how / violence broke & made me,]

#reginald dwayne betts #felon: poems #behind yellow yape #words #poetry #typography #prison industrial complex #there's no return from a red like that #on violence #and never told the secret that kept me apart from them #…#unsayable #the great wound

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lilithism1848 · 2 months

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metalheadsforblacklivesmatter · 7 months

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#black lives matter #blm #black lives still matter #prison industrial complex

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salcristina · 9 months

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content warning prison and police violence - 7/18/23

Longtime disability rights activist and longtime prisoner in St Louis MO, Dawn Dziuba has been put under "partial guardianship" of a state administrator who's working to keep her incarcerated in a forensic ward. Because of her work to help other detainees in St Louis get due process, contacting lawyers about possible class action suits, and other 'jailhouse lawyering,' the state is cutting off her library access, threatening her with dangerous psychotropic drugs, and isolating her from her family. Some of her writing is here and a human rights alert was issued about her case by the Shield project. @bananapeppers @noncompliance @bioethicists These are her current needs / demands :

DAWN MUST BE ABLE TO: - Make her own medical decisions, including the decision to reject a powerful psychotropic drug. - Change or terminate her guardianship - Leave the ward in order to visit the library. - Enjoy unrestricted access to a computer and use of email account. - Be allowed to live independently

WHO PROFITS OFF DAWN'S GUARDIANSHIP? SEAN RAPP, (phone 314-622-4989) is a ST. LOUIS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR who profits off the detention of Dawn and other disabled people.

We also need supporters to call: - Abigail Schweiger : 314-982-8294 [email protected] - Rachel Linneman, Program Director : 314-877-5971 [email protected] - Dr. Amy Taylor Medical Director (psychiatrist) : 314-877-0522 [email protected] TO DEMAND DAWN'S NEEDS , LISTED ABOVE, ARE RESPECTED!

It's probably a good idea to save these images since they might be deleted by the site. Reposts elsewhere would be hugely helpful. They want to be able to isolate her without people finding out what's happening. Information is also posted at https://mindfreedom.org/front-page/shield-alert-for-dawn-dziuba-in-st-louis-missouri/

#prison industrial complex #free our people #st louis #missouri #antifascist prisoners

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liberalsarecool · 5 months

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#AngelaDavis

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personal-blog243 · 1 year

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The “criminal loophole” has been written OUT of the TN constitution!

#good news #blm #black lives matter #justice reform #abolish prison labor #Tennessee #TN #acab #fuck 12 #abolish the police #abolish prisons #defund the police #fuck the police #prison industrial complex

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liberaljane · 8 months

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Quick color study 🎃

Digital illustration using black, purple and orange depicting a fem witch flying on a broomstick. She has a purple hat, black dress and striped socked with Pom Pom shoes. Text reads, ‘hex the prison industrial complex’

#art #feminism #feminist #prison #prison industrial complex #abolish prisons #criminal justice #restorative justice #drawing #feminist art #witch #Halloween

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brettdoesdiscourse · 10 months

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A big argument with the pro death penalty crowd is, "well what about the people who actually are guilty?" And the answer is always, "well what about the people who are actually innocent?"

I would rather spare the lives of a 100 guilty people rather than execute 1 innocent person.

And functionally, the death penalty doesn't really do anything.

There's no evidence to suggest that states that have the death penalty see a decrease in crime, so it isn't a deterrent. The only thing it functionally does is attempt to make people feel better.

A life sentence will functionally accomplish the same thing a death penalty does, it will keep that person away from the public.

With life sentences, an innocent person has the opportunity to be found innocent and released. You can't bring an innocent person back to life if you find out after their execution that they're actually innocent.

*Stop tagging this post as pro life. I'm pro abortion, this post is pro abortion. If you like and/or reblog this post, you're pro abortion too*

#sidenote there's a bloodlust in the usa justice system that extends to citizens #but i don't know if yall are ready for that conversation yet #anti death penalty #anti capital punishment #capital punishment #death penalty #abolish prisons #abolish capital punishment #prison industrial complex #discourse #social discourse #brett does discourse

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theconcealedweapon · 18 days

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The words "criminals" and "illegals" are entirely defined by the government.

If you believe that "criminals" and "illegals" shouldn't have rights, then you believe that the government should decide who has rights, which is pretty much the definition of tyranny.

If you claim to be a supporter of "small government", your #1 priority must be protecting the rights of "criminals" and "illegals".

#small government #immigration #prison industrial complex

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lennielou444 · 10 months

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parents: *worried the schools will turn their kids gay and trans and liberal*

schools: *grooming children to be compliant and conformist and prepared for either prison or factory work*

#capitalism #education reform #prison reform #anarchism #prison industrial complex #schools are jails #anti capitalist #libertarian #punk #socialism #communism

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alwaysbewoke · 1 month

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