Prison Culture

@kfromdabay Sounds good.

@kfromdabay projectnia@hotmail.com - did you already RSVP for 3/8?

@kfromdabay Looking forward to seeing you there.

@therealbermie Sorry it's actually a small event so not open to the public...

@pastachips Yup it should be...

Sent out our invitations to a daylong convo/workshop re: carceral feminisms this weekend. It can't come soon enough.

@frankalready Will do. Thank you again.

Should Cook County board president Toni Preckwinkle have the authority to release low-risk defendants from jail? http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/cook-county-officials-fight-over-jail-crowding/Content?oid=12195364 …

Twitter and old friends deliver! Yes!

@frankalready Dear Frank, you are a mensch! I would totally appreciate that and will send you an email later today. Thank you.

@so_treu @djolder You are both a mess :)

@djolder LOL! No country for Chris Christie obviously...

@nickmaneck Thank you. Yes, I actually use survey monkey but it won't work unfortunately for this cuz I need it to provide answers too.

@estherarmah @harrybelafonte Yes, that's exactly right.

+that I have been working towards for so long." - There u have it. Dr. Beth Richie writing at @thefeministwire today: http://thefeministwire.com/2014/01/how-anti-violence-activism-taught-me-to-become-a-prison-abolitionist/ …

"Here, in a feminist prison abolition project is where I find the best possibility of the kind of liberation+

+communities, which are ignored by feminist groups who invest in or accept resources that are tied to the growing punishment industry."

"The focus of the problem is individual incidents of abuse rather than public policies that result in state violence against women & queer+

+and punishment as ways to solve the problem of gender violence."

"The anti-violence movement buys into the carceral state by advancing “anti-violence” campaigns that rely on arrest, prosecution,+