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John Oliver: ‘Putting people in solitary is torture, so let’s stop’
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Mayor Adams brought in a cop to “oversee” investigations of brutality by Rikers officers & the guy just made perhaps hundreds of reports by incarcerated people disappear.
Jailing more people here is the #1 “public safety” priority for .
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"Staff had been influenced or prompted, either overtly or implicitly, to adopt a more lenient approach when assessing cases and to change their practice in ways that compromised the quality of the investigations" - Federal Monitor's report.
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#SecondChanceMonth is a time to reaffirm the impact second chances can have on our communities. Recidivism rates fall, and communities are safer when people with an arrest or conviction record are given a fair opportunity to rebuild their lives. Everyone deserves a #CleanSlate.
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How Long Without Outdoor Exercise Is Too Long for a Prisoner in Solitary? Case goes to the U.S. Supreme Court -
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Outstanding piece by on solitary confinement in the United States. Watch the full 20 minutes.
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75% of people in jail in the United States have not been convicted of a crime
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WATCH: a humanitarian crisis is unfolding in the heart of Los Angeles behind the locked doors of Men's Central Jail. Inside, men told us they had no hot water and no hot meals.
"If I didn't have family that cared for me, I'd be dead."
Full story: bit.ly/40v0ilG
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Far too many people have spent decades—yes, decades, plural—of their lives in rooms just like this one. This is what solitary confinement looks like in Illinois’ prisons. This is torture.
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This is what the solitary confinement cells look like at Menard prison. They're 4.5'x10'. There are so many people in solitary in IL that sometimes they put bunk beds/two people in one cell. As lonely as solitary is, most people report it's worse to have a cellie in there.
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Here's our piece from last night on solitary confinement...
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Here’s last night’s story about solitary confinement and, of course, how to hit the woah:
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Prisons Are Where America Buries Its Problems. Solitary Confinement Is Where Prisons Bury Theirs.
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As Gov. Newsom transforms San Quentin, he cannot ignore the problem of solitary confinement | Important commentary by anti-solitary leader
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ICYMI. John Oliver explains how the permanent consequences of #solitaryconfinement affect kids and adults long after they leave prisons, impacting lives and communities.
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TONIGHT at 11 pm: John Oliver talks about solitary confinement on @LastWeekTonight on @HBO and @hbomax!
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The Word: Prisons Are Where America Buries Its Problems. Solitary Confinement Is Where Prisons Bury Theirs. - mailchi.mp/solitarywatch/
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“Solitary isn’t something we do to people behind bars. It’s something we do to them forever. And it needs to be universally understood how utterly indefensible it is.” - John Oliver Watch:
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Be sure to look out for our campaign partners , the history of solitary, quotes from , stats on Juveniles being locked in solitary, call-outs on renaming solitary for political gain, reasons why people go to solitary (HINT: the reasons are banal & more!
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Because of your support & the tireless work of organizers across the country, we’re seeing this crucial issue hit major outlets like & now, !
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The show starts in one minute! And upon further consideration, we think John would fit in nicely with all those Succession guys. He swears a lot *and* he wears a suit. They’re practically identical.
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TONIGHT at 11 pm: John Oliver talks about solitary confinement on on and !
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This is what the solitary confinement cells look like at Menard prison. They're 4.5'x10'. There are so many people in solitary in IL that sometimes they put bunk beds/two people in one cell. As lonely as solitary is, most people report it's worse to have a cellie in there.
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#SolitaryConfinement fuels mental health crises in youth and adult prisons, especially for the most vulnerable. 📢📢 Check out this much needed article by ’s Jessica Sandoval and ! #StopSolitaryForKids
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The Word: Prisons Are Where America Buries Its Problems. Solitary Confinement Is Where Prisons Bury Theirs.
solitarywatch.org/2023/03/31/the Instead of banishing them to distant lands, today "we have 'disappeared' our own underclass into permanent exile right in our own backyards."
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Calvin Arey spent most of his eight years in the Virginia State Penitentiary in solitary confinement.
Given only bread & water, he craved the solace of reading.
Today at age 81, he gives hope to people incarcerated in Virginia by sending them books.
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This #TransDayOfVisibility, I'm asking everyone to lift up my beautiful baby sister Layleen Polanco, who died of a seizure in solitary confinement at Rikers.
We cannot allow to gut the bail laws so more families suffer like mine has.
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She spent 3 YEARS on Rikers Island awaiting trial because she couldn't post bail. 3yrs later she was released, never convicted of any crime.
Rikers was torture, where she spent months in solitary confinement.
This is why we must protect Bail Reform.
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How many times more likely are Black individuals to be imprisoned compared to White individuals in the US? reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comm
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Remember Sandra Bland?
Her death led Texas lawmakers to create better accountability for deaths in jails — through independent investigations.
Now, reports there’s a new effort to roll it back — and let jails investigate themselves.
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Listen to the reality of solitary confinement from survivors themselves. Stream our podcast, "23 Hours" now, wherever you get your podcasts!🎙️🎧
And visit 23HoursNV.org to learn more about our work in solitary confinement and read more stories from survivors.
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Freedom Reads recently donated 500 books to Valley State Prison in California. Incarcerated writer Daniel Henson interviewed people to see what the new arrival meant for them.
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Another Voice: Undoing bail reforms would make the justice system less safe buffalonews.com/opinion/anothe via
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Here is how much people in 43 states are forced to pay to send ONE electronic message to an incarcerated loved one. (Typically, there is a character limit, and one message isn't enough.)
In the 14 states that have banned physical mail, it's virtually the only option.
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The history of prison-run newspapers and why they're on the rise
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Double-whammy good news: has launched its "Right to Write" program to feature and pay incarcerated writers, and the program launched with a story co-reported by EA writer Steve Brooks and EA volunteer .
Read it here:
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April Harris is a poet incarcerated in CA. Demetrius Buckley is a poet incarcerated in MI. But tomorrow, their voices will be projected inside for First Saturday, where EA will host a reading from April, Meech, and formerly-incarcerated poet Lucinda Karma.
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Texas House delays final vote on barring the death penalty for mentally ill defendants deathpenaltynews.blogspot.com/2023/03/texas- #texas #deathpenalty #mentalillness #Psychiatry #solitaryconfinement
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At a rally to draw attention to LA county’s failure to make good on its plan to close the sixty year old Men’s Central Jail, addressing the crowd
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📢L.A. has a decades old jail crisis it has failed to remedy.
" The County must work harder to keep people out of jail who are there only because they are too poor to pay bail..."
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Some pretty wild stuff happening in Georgia, where the state legislature wants to create new mandatory minimums, require cash bail for misdemeanors like unlawful assembly, make "rioting" a felony, and make it easier to oust prosecutors who support reform.
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