David Fathi

@DavidCFathi

Director, National Prison Project. Views are my own; RTs are not endorsements.

Washington, DC
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  1. Feb 28

    Arizona prison officials to federal court: two-minute mental health sessions are "meaningful" and "met the standard of care."

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    Feb 28

    Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was assassinated on this day in 1986. He was the last social democratic leader to really believe in a world beyond capitalism.

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    Feb 28

    UN expert on torture reiterates previous concerns over excessive use of solitary confinement in the U.S. He highlighted use of “prolonged or indefinite isolation, excessive use of in-cell restraints and needlessly intrusive strip searches.”

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    Feb 24

    HAPPENING NOW: An art installation on the Rose Garden of the AZ Capitol calls attention to the urgent need for sentencing reform. Each of these 42 jumpsuits represents 1,000 people incarcerated in state prisons. Their artwork and photos are on display.

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    Feb 21

    shares the perspective of the bar on the challenges and vulnerability of persons with mental illness and intellectual disability.

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  6. Feb 21

    There are of course exceptions. But the courtesy and empathy and compassion I've seen exhibited -- over and over again -- by people whom society has written off is one of the most inspiring experiences of my life.

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  7. Feb 21

    Just finished two days of prison tours. I'm always amazed at the ability of incarcerated people to maintain their humanity, despite the dreadful and dehumanizing conditions under which so many of them are forced to live.

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    Feb 18

    René Lima-Marín broke his face on a steel toilet. Aurora detention officials wouldn't take him to get surgery, lawsuit alleges via

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    Feb 13

    Jailed for cocaine possession. As he was detoxing, he asked multiple times for medical help. When his condition worsened, jail staff placed him in an isolation cell. He died in that cell, alone, from a perforated ulcer. Jails won't stop killing people.

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    Feb 12

    Clearly this man has no support.

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    This is a political rally for a 78-year-old presidential candidate.
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    Feb 10

    My bill to establish a min wage for inmate labor recognizes the dignity and value of work and helps inmates pay for telephone calls and menstrual products in prison. Manual labor paid at 0.10/ hr.

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  12. Feb 7

    Alex Friedmann has fought for incarcerated people for many years. Now he needs our help. Please give generously.

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  13. Feb 6

    Arizona prison officials just lost 3-0 in the Ninth Circuit. Their response: ask for a do-over! Your tax dollars at work, Arizona.

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    Feb 5

    I feel very confident all the time that law enforcement and prisons do a perfect job of identifying gang members and handling them appropriately.

    California’s gang database had a few dozen one-year-olds in it as of 2016. Apparently they “admitted” their gang affiliations.
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  15. Feb 3

    “This is a level of violence and lethality that we associate with prisons in countries like Brazil and Honduras, not the United States."

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    Feb 1

    Detaining US citizens with Iranian heritage at our borders does nothing but attempt to portray a false sense of 'security,' while violating our civil rights ensured by the Constitution. No -- you can't have our rights, we're using them.

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    Feb 1

    In the 2000s my brother, my mother, my wife, and I were put on the no fly list -- simply because of our last name. My elderly father was even delayed trying to cross from Canada to Seattle to visit his newborn grandson.

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    Jan 31

    BREAKING: 2 days after 9th Circ upholds contempt order in prison health care case, Judge Silver issues new order threatening DOC w/ $100k contempt fine for each instance of noncompliance w/ settlement at each prison beginning February

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    Jan 30

    People incarcerated in Arizona had cancer that went untreated, and were even told to pray to be cured after asking for treatment. Yesterday's ruling affirms what we already knew. This type of care is unacceptable, unconstitutional, and must be fixed.

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    Jan 30

    “We hope that the state will now begin to comply with the settlement agreement,” says . AZ has lost appeal following lawsuit against AZ DOC director for failure to provide mental health& medical care for inmates

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