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How North Carolina's "bathroom law" is invigorating the push for
#CJreform http://bit.ly/1OAlBWV via@thinkprogress2:26 PM - 18 May 2016 · Details3 retweets 2 likes
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@USCBO score on Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act: Savings from mandatory minimum changes vastly exceed costs. https://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/114th-congress-2015-2016/costestimate/s2123.pdf …2 retweets 1 like -
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20 states have no laws to compensate the wrongly imprisoned: http://nyti.ms/1NyG2se via
@nytimes11:21 AM - 18 May 2016 · Details9 retweets 1 like
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@TheJusticeDept announces it will review North Charleston, S.C.’s police department: http://bit.ly/1NyzBFN via@postandcourier10:21 AM - 18 May 2016 · Details2 retweets 1 like
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Are 3 days in jail enough to wreck a life?
@Pretrial advocacy group says yes: http://bit.ly/1Nykfku via@clevelanddotcom#BailReform7:40 AM - 18 May 2016 · Details4 retweets 2 likes
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@POTUS makes push for sentencing reform while honoring police officers: http://bit.ly/1Xkw6V3 via@thehill#NationalPoliceWeek3:29 PM - 17 May 2016 · Details4 retweets 3 likes
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North Carolina police chief implores officers to stop arresting people suffering from drug addiction: http://bit.ly/1Oyiwqr
@thinkprogress2:26 PM - 17 May 2016 · Details13 retweets 5 likes
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Former corrections chief calls for ending
#solitaryconfinement for youth: http://bit.ly/1snImZp via@TheCrimeReport10 retweets 11 likes -
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WATCH: Short film highlights why US bail system is critically flawed & discriminatory against the poor http://bit.ly/1Oy9h9z
#EndMoneyBail12:18 PM - 17 May 2016 · Details18 retweets 16 likes
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New Orleans considers allowing some formerly incarcerated individuals to reunite with their family in public housinghttp://bit.ly/1Xj7Gex
10:10 AM - 17 May 2016 · Details14 retweets 6 likes
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MS to close all Adolescent Opportunity Programs which provide community based treatment to justice involved youth:http://bit.ly/1Xjc51h
9:06 AM - 17 May 2016 · Details4 retweets 1 like
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Is Rikers' new "Secure Unit" just
#solitaryconfinement by another name? http://bit.ly/1Xj5qEc via@Gothamist8:15 AM - 17 May 2016 · Details9 retweets 3 likes
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ESSAY: Expanding Public Safety in the Era of
#BlackLivesMatter, by@nicoleporter http://bit.ly/1OwkyqR3 retweets 4 likes -
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Pharmaceutical giant imposes sweeping controls on distribution to ensure its drugs are not used in lethal injectionshttp://nyti.ms/1XfPDpK
2:26 PM - 16 May 2016 · Details7 retweets 5 likes
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Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act won't end
#massincarceration—but it's undeniably a step in the right direction http://huff.to/1OselME9 retweets 8 likes -
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Voting rights are determined based on citizenship—not character. http://bit.ly/1Ow0XHi
@InsideSourcesDC#felonydisenfranchisement12:18 PM - 16 May 2016 · Details3 retweets 3 likes
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Louisiana's
#raisetheage legislation could impact 5,000 17-year-olds who are arrested each year: http://nyti.ms/1OvZ4up via@nytimes10:10 AM - 16 May 2016 · Details8 retweets 4 likes
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@UCBerkeley honors formerly incarcerated graduates at special graduation ceremony:http://bit.ly/1OvXAAm9:06 AM - 16 May 2016 · Details44 retweets 34 likes
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We can't afford to wait on sentencing reform.
@texpat explains why: http://huff.to/1OselME10 retweets 6 likes -
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After legalization, marijuana arrests in CO went down for white teens but rose for black and Latino teens: http://bzfd.it/1NrH5dz
@BuzzFeed10:10 AM - 12 May 2016 · Details10 retweets 3 likes
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Rare federal charges brought against former South Carolina officer who shot and killed Walter Scott http://bit.ly/1NrEAbl
@postandcourier9:06 AM - 12 May 2016 · Details7 retweets 5 likes
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International Association of Chiefs of Police backs federal sentencing reform bill.
#CriminalJusticeReform@TheIACPpic.twitter.com/McMRiI9Dz62:27 PM - 11 May 2016 · Details17 retweets 9 likes -
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Incarcerated drug users are 8X more likely to die immediately after release than at other times in their lives: http://n.pr/1Wpc1Oc
@NPR1:22 PM - 11 May 2016 · Details14 retweets 5 likes
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Formerly incarcerated people lead tours
@easternstate on history of incarcerateion & their own experience within it:http://bbc.in/1Wpcvnq12:18 PM - 11 May 2016 · Details11 retweets 8 likes
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People in jail are even poorer than people in prison & drastically poorer than non-incarcerated people http://bit.ly/1OnMopd
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Obama Administration urges colleges to rethink questions about criminal records,
@nytimes reports:http://nyti.ms/1WpcXST7:55 AM - 11 May 2016 · Details8 retweets 0 likes
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OP-ED: Don’t turn Prince’s death into a drug trial—incarceration can’t solve America’s addiction crisis http://bit.ly/1WmBO9E
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There's no evidence that enhanced sentences reduce drug availability or the number of people harmed by illicit drugshttp://lat.ms/1Omul2N
2:26 PM - 10 May 2016 · Details21 retweets 7 likes
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Ep 7:
@SentencingProj ED Marc Mauer explains our addiction to mass incarceration#CJReform https://itun.es/us/oaOobb.c pic.twitter.com/JAXhzmodyx6:58 AM - 10 May 2016 · Details13 retweets 3 likes -
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@RepBillFlores can play lead role in#sentencingreform for drug offenses, says former federal prosecutor http://bit.ly/1WlVt9N@wacotrib3 retweets 1 like -
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Activists race to register VA's 200K newly eligible voters before election http://wapo.st/1OlXEm6
@washingtonpost#felonydisenfranchisement12:18 PM - 10 May 2016 · Details5 retweets 5 likes
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Judge rules FL death penalty unconstitutional because jurors are not required to agree unanimously on execution:http://hrld.us/1Wlwvau
10:10 AM - 10 May 2016 · Details11 retweets 8 likes
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NEW BOOK: Ending the "Drug War"; Solving the Drug Problem: The Public Health Approach by Steven Jonas http://amzn.to/1WlL7H4
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@POTUS had lunch with Ramona Brant after commuting her life sentence for a nonviolent drug offense. http://www.people.com/article/president-obama-meets-with-woman-granted-clemency …@People4:05 AM - 10 May 2016 · Details10 retweets 8 likes
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BLOG: Why higher ed makes sense for those with criminal records http://huff.to/1WjXseF via
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Rehabilitative programs are often too little, too late; we need to intercede early, says
@WesternBruce http://bit.ly/21PPREQ@NewYorker1:49 PM - 9 May 2016 · Details6 retweets 6 likes
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Only 8 of the 3,487 people known to have hepatitis C in TN prisons are receiving medicine that can cure the disease:http://tnne.ws/21Paykf
10:28 AM - 9 May 2016 · Details4 retweets 1 like
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Ohio prison population could hit record high this summer even as crime in the state has declined: http://bit.ly/1WjkJ0y
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Replacing in-person jail visits with video visitation is inhumane & actually increases violence—but it makes money.http://bit.ly/21OwVpL
7:53 AM - 9 May 2016 · Details91 retweets 51 likes
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Formerly incarcerated man now helps other people reenter society: http://bit.ly/1r3gadq via
@vicenews3:00 PM - 8 May 2016 · Details11 retweets 11 likes
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Mothers at the Gate: How a powerful family movement is transforming the youth justice system http://bit.ly/21LieUr via
@IPS_DC1:30 PM - 8 May 2016 · Details13 retweets 11 likes
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Google helps kids send love letters to moms in prison for Mother's Day http://usat.ly/1Wh9Xb3 via
@USATODAY12:00 PM - 8 May 2016 · Details6 retweets 4 likes
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@POTUS: "Too many black boys and girls pass through a pipeline from underfunded schools to overcrowded jails."pic.twitter.com/WZmhiXb3dI9:05 AM - 7 May 2016 · Details20 retweets 14 likes -
Louisiana Senate passes bill to
#raisetheage youth can be tried as an adult, from 17 to 18: http://bit.ly/26PIAsk via@theadvocatebr3 retweets 8 likes -
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D.C. abandons plan to pay people with criminal records to stay out of trouble,
@washingtonpost reports:http://wapo.st/1Ydxyah12:00 PM - 7 May 2016 · Details2 retweets 1 like
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The only way to get rid of racial bias in death penalty cases is to get rid of the death penalty: http://slate.me/1YdyiMT via
@Slate10:30 AM - 7 May 2016 · Details11 retweets 12 likes
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Inside death row: 5-part graphic journalism series by
@PatChappattehttp://nyti.ms/1YdxZl19:00 AM - 7 May 2016 · Details2 retweets 0 likes
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Should prostitution be a crime? A growing movement is making the decriminalization of sex work a feminist issue:http://nyti.ms/1YdyzPQ
3:29 PM - 6 May 2016 · Details3 retweets 1 like
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@easternstate exhibit shows why "#massincarceration isn't working" http://bit.ly/1YdrtL0 via@njdotcompic.twitter.com/ceFt7JEalR2:26 PM - 6 May 2016 · Details3 retweets 7 likes -
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"Formerly incarcerated" vs "felon"—Why language matters: http://bit.ly/1Ydv5wx via
@RT_com1:22 PM - 6 May 2016 · Details13 retweets 14 likes
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