Like the majority of Americans, I have an immediate family member locked up behind bars. My dad is in prison & at the age of 75, he is high risk for the virus. If we forget about incarcerated people we’ll lose to the virus and we’ll lose ourselves.https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-local-correspondents/chesa-boudin-on-his-incarcerated-father-and-the-threat-of-the-coronavirus-in-prisons …
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@NewYorker a couple days ago, no one in my dad’s prison had tested positive. Now they have. Time is of the essence. This pandemic made it clearer than ever that mass incarceration must end. Public health & public safety depend on it.29 replies 86 retweets 348 likesShow this thread -
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We have over-criminalized behavior we don't like. That is what we should examine. We have addicts in prison shi need HELP, nnot a cell. Eliminate the PROBLEM and mass incarceration goes away.
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He was convicted for taking life, yes. I push back a little on the language. "Killer" is inflammatory and ignores the totality of the person. He is also a father, a grandpa, and myriad other things in between. It's simpler to ignore those things when we start at "killer."
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