Black hole of information for those inside.https://twitter.com/radleybalko/status/1238120529527267328?s=20 …
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ILLINOIS: “We’ve all been told to socially distance ourselves to prevent the spread of the virus. Well, there’s no such thing as social distancing in prison,” said Alan Mills, executive director of the Uptown People’s Law Center.https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/3/12/21177045/coronavirus-covid-19-prisons-illinois-pritzker-clemency-italy-iran …
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A system that shackles pregnant women to their hospital beds during childbirth is a system that can so easily overlook & ignore the humanity of vulnerable humans caged during a pandemic.https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-brooklyn-woman-handcuffed-labor-pregnant-delivery-lawsuit-20200312-y6cidsblrfdhrexsu2huxtki44-story.html …
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Most offenses NYPD arrests people for are drug possession, not paying for subway fare, trespass, petit larceny, suspended licenses. Crimes of poverty. Disproportionately poor. Black & Brown communities. Calls them “criminals,” who “deserve to be arrested.”https://twitter.com/chayesmatthew/status/1238221749818404865?s=21 …
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All across the country, public defenders stepping up: “Orleans Public Defenders asking Criminal District Court to immediately release people held on non-violent offenses." Also asking for release of people held on technical parole/probation violations.https://thelensnola.org/2020/03/12/public-defenders-request-the-release-of-all-non-violent-offenders-in-jail-due-to-coronavirus/ …
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Insanity. In Washington, D.C. today, a judge was unwilling to consider an alternative to a 30 day jail sentence for a man, exhibiting signs of illness, who was before her on a minor probation violation. Had discretion to do different. Didn't.https://twitter.com/mjs_DC/status/1238493376212807680?s=20 …
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