incarceration #CarceralState¶
First, social scientists have shown that longer sentences don't deter crime. And studies show that reducing low-level prosecutions *decreases* crime. And overwhelming scientific evidence shows that more prosecution doesn't fix problems of inequality. https://t.co/Mmdtu9DI7s
— Alec Karakatsanis (@equalityAlec) June 12, 2022
People serving sentences for crimes they were acquitted of
EXCLUSIVE: Arizona is inducing the labor of pregnant prisoners against their will — sometimes as early as three weeks before their due date. Health care experts call the policy unethical. Reproductive justice advocates say it's a human rights violation. https://t.co/x4qGhobO5g
— Jimmy Jenkins (@JimmyJenkins) January 2, 2023
Arizona inducing labor of pregnant prisoners against their will
The Punishment Bureaucracy - How to Think About Criminal Justice Reform
"The prison won't allow younger prisoners to bring elderly prisoners their meals anymore. This morning I watched men in their 70s, one of whom has a 20lb hernia hanging outside of his body, use their walkers to make the .5 mile walk in the rain just to get food."
@ChrisWBlackwell
Terrible conditions, including solitary confinement for children:
And that’s the part of his case that has haunted me. As a teen, he endured some of the worst youth solitary confinement conditions I’ve ever heard described: He spent weeks in dimly lit cells covered in semen, wearing toilet paper for shoes.
@keribla
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