Demand that Absolute Standards, Inc stop supplying drugs for use in executions to federal and state governments. Take action at buff.ly/4b5Y9Si. #StopExecutions #NoProfitsFromExecutions Worth Rises Last Week Tonight Chris McDaniel

Millions of families remain affected by the devastating toll of mass incarceration: nearly 80 percent of women incarcerated in jails are mothers and nearly five million children in the #UnitedStates experience the incarceration of a parent.

Mother's Day is this weekend & we're reminded of all the mothers, grandmothers, and mother figures who are unable to speak with their children due to the egregious cost of prison and jail calls.

This moving op-ed, written by Susan Guardia, shines a light on this reality:

MUST READ: CCA's Michelle White explains why we need #NoPriceOnJustice in a new op-ed.

'When our family sends Tracy - my incarcerated husband - money to buy food, toiletries and other basic necessities, half of it is garnished to pay court debt.

timesunion.com/opinion/articl…

Today, we are launching the #Right2Hug Project because we believe everyone has the right to hug their family.

Unfortunately, millions of children in the US are being denied this right because jails have banned them from visiting, and hugging, their parents. 🧵

Demand that Absolute Standards stop supplying drugs for use in executions to federal and state governments. Take action at buff.ly/4b5Y9Si. #StopExecutions #NoProfitsFromExecutions Worth Rises Last Week Tonight Chris McDaniel

Standing in solidarity with the incarcerated workers who filed suit against Alabama last week challenging the constitutionality of involuntary servitude in the state. ccrjustice.org/home/press-cen…

Behind the Scenes! We're excited to share that Worth Rises Executive Director Bianca will be appearing on Inside Story, a series produced by The Marshall Project. Stay tuned!

Officials have responded to an overcrowding crisis in Houston by sending more people to far-flung, for-profit lockups.

Local advocates want the jail to prioritize reducing its population instead:
boltsmag.org/harris-county-…

It’s no secret that the criminal legal system is in need of reform. And one of the most apparent issues lies in the money bail system which disproportionately affects people of color and perpetuates poverty and injustice.

comenian.org/10849/opinions…

One of the biggest scams in carceral budgetary policy is the fallacy of the “Inmate Welfare Fund”. A similar chart could be made for every prison and jail in the country and the results would be the same.

Check out Prison Policy Init.’s new report.

MUST-READ: This important report from @prisonpolicy highlights the nefarious ways in which the carceral system steals from the poor in order to financially bolster prison operations, staff salaries, benefits, and more.

Slavery is still legal in 2024. Pass it on.

Americans have been swept into a protracted panic fueled by a supposed wave of property crime. Turns out, many of the most widely covered property crime phenomena can be better understood as the predictable result of a callous corporate push for profits. theappeal.org/corporations-p…

Prisons and jails are ground zero for first amendment violations. What starts there will find its way into the rest of society. Case in point, this attempted exchange between an incarcerated person in TX and a journalist.

We have to give credit where credit’s due. Thank you to the DOJ for recognizing the importance of prison communication and supporting advocacy calls for the regulation or prison telecom.

A private prison company wants to open an immigrant detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, but state law may prevent it from happening. trib.al/WwQaERI

'Nothing in the infirmary names CoreCivic, let alone Corrections Professional Corp. The nurses’ ID badges don’t say who they work for. The 'sick call' forms come from DOC. Even staff didn't know who was handling our medical services.'

By Secrets from a Prison Cell:
filtermag.org/corecivic-priv…

I’m not sure how many times Congress has talked about the prison industry, but I’m sure it never sounded like this.

“An industry so offensive it cannot advertise, uses public fearmongering to hide its interest and boost its business.”

Full testimony: bit.ly/wr-congress

I loathe Securus and J Pay so much that I refuse to watch the Pistons b/c the owner owns both Securus and the team....

'Free' tablets are a Trojan horse....to do anything on the tablets costs money, often LOTS of money that people making pennies an hour and their families…