Very grateful to my Southern Center for Human Rights colleagues for never giving up on this case filed to protect men incarcerated in Georgia’s SMU prison. When a GA judge is fed up, you know something.

Via Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

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'The End Police Violence Collective... had to work hard behind the scenes to educate skeptics that abolition & public health are, in effect, two sides of the same coin.'

Check out this piece in Inquest about folks working for abolition & public health!
inquest.org/for-the-people…

Congrats to Mark Spencer Mark Spencer who has created and leads new curricular content around incarceration and health. #GIMProud #Meded

Using public records laws, I've collected prison commissary lists from almost every state in the country. These lists reveal an exploitative, unregulated system that preys on incarcerated consumers. New from me + Ethan Corey for The Appeal. theappeal.org/locked-in-pric…

'Financial insecurity is a major driver behind cycles of poor mental health, disease, violence, crime, and incarceration all of which, in turn, further entrench poverty, destabilize families, undercut public health and childhood education, and constrain people’s...opportunities'

Just finished my talk at Emory University with Dr.Mark Spencer and all the wonderful medical residents who attended the talk. I really enjoyed myself and I think we did some great work today with informing the residents about the intersection of health care & the carceral system!

“Oregon Measure 110 Wasn't a Failure. Rolling Back Drug Decriminalization Will Be:

We can't arrest our way out of the overdose crisis”

Breaking down the actual facts behind the headlines about Oregon’s decriminalization in MedPage Today w/ Genevieve Friedman medpagetoday.com/opinion/toxico…

A must-read: This piece from Vera Institute of Justice highlights the reality of the corporations that benefit from predatory prison food services. 'Better ways exist.' vera.org/news/cheap-jai…

Despite the common refrain that jails and prisons are 'de facto treatment facilities,' most prioritize punitive visitation/mail policies that fail to prevent drugs from entering facilities while providing little to no access to treatment and healthcare.
prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/01/3…

When pushing for a new jail, sheriffs often use arguments based on the 3 Cs to convince residents to foot the bill.

In a new briefing, we highlight examples where these arguments have failed communities & point out a 4th — and better — C-word.

prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/02/2…

The unregulated electronic monitoring (EM) industry is furthering the harms of incarceration beyond the prison walls by controlling people who would otherwise be free.
Learn more in our blog that unpacks the harms, costs, and corruption that surround EM: VERA.ORG/NEWS/ELECTRONI…

The new cash bail law in Georgia is like something drawn up by a cartoon villain. It removes from judges the power, even in many low-level misdemeanor cases, to release people without an up-front cash payment.

Breaking: The Georgia House has passed SB 63 which guts charitable bail funds and will send more people accused of low-level offenses to Georgia's deadly jails. theappeal.org/georgia-bail-b…

As SB 63 nears a House vote tomorrow, Bridgette Simpson, Executive Director of Barred Business, explains “Why the House must vote ‘No’ on SB 63: upholding people over profit”.

#opinion

atlpresscollective.com/2024/02/05/why…

'Jail can never be an adequate healthcare facility.' Facts 💯

Reasons why we must end prison profiteering and invest in public safety solutions that center communities first.

Read the full article to dispel a few myths about incarceration. ⬇️
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