Adam J. Foss

@adamjohnfoss

Until the lion learns to write, the story will always glorify the hunter. - African Proverb

Boston, MA or 35K feet up
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Joined October 2015
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    May 9

    Mandatory vasectomies until you want to have children. They can be reversed, so. Come on guys, Lets save lives! Whats that? A hard no? Why? Cause its your body and we dont get to make that choice for you? Ooooooohhhhhh!!!

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  2. May 9

    About two years ago, I walked into San Quentin for the first time with the incredible people at . They introduced me to many amazing men, including this one: Adnan akhan1437. Adnan quickly became a dear…

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    May 8

    Private prisons hold 8% of the prisoners. Pubic prisoners hold 92%. Private prisons make $300M in profit. Public prisons pay officers $30 BILLION in wages. It's the publics that matter. Also, the public-side story gets complicated, in ways that should matter to progressives:

    If your “business model” is based on caging kids, keeping fams in freezing rooms to save on heating costs, and for-profit incarceration, you shouldn’t be in business at all. Caging people shouldn’t be a financially incentivized activity. For-profit prisons should be banned.
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  4. May 9

    More kids have perished in the US this week protecting us from terrorists than combat soldiers in Afghanistan or Iraq combined. Let that sink in.

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    May 7

    The woman who said Emmett Till came onto her lied about what he said. The officer who killed Oscar Grant lied about what he did. The police withheld video of Sandra Bland that tells a different story. There’s a long history of black ppl being killed based on someone else’s lie.

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    May 6

    This is a daily reminder that creating hierarchies of worth around who 'deserves' to be incarcerated is a strategy rooted in damaging conceptions of criminality w/ direct links to our country's legacy of racism, white supremacy, & the assumed guilt of people of color.

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  7. May 6

    Kiara is a rising sophomore at where she is double majoring in legal studies and Portuguese in the Honors Program. I met her last year at an after-school program called Squashbusters. I was blown away…

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    May 4

    Jenny Mollen, Jason Biggs, and How Race and Class Shape the Aftermath of Childhood Accidents :: Politics :: Child Welfare :: Paste

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    May 2

    What’s crazy about the Mueller report, is that it documented more than 251 interactions between the Trump campaign & Russia. Still no collusion? Yet if a brotha in the hood had 1 contact w/ his cousin who’s a gang member, the local police & FBI would label him a gang member

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    Apr 30

    Brooke High scholars had the privilege of starting their day with a dialogue with of about the power of privilege, learning empathy, and ways they can change the criminal justice system. Thank you Adam!

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    Apr 30

    . is a fierce advocate for criminal justice reform and he is this year's commencement speaker. Join us this Saturday at 2 p.m. to hear from Foss, celebrate the Class of 2019 and welcome them to the profession.

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    Apr 29

    This is what leadership looks like "an unprecedented move" in the midst of unprecedented times." Thank you for taking on this rogue agency.

    In an unprecedented move, sue ICE over courthouse arrests of immigrants. story here:
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  13. Apr 29

    Tell them what happened here. Tell them what happened when came to Suffolk County District Attorney's Office with her three dragons.

    In an unprecedented move, sue ICE over courthouse arrests of immigrants. story here:
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  14. Apr 29

    RP from earlonnewoods. 🔊 VOLUME ALL THE WAY UP. I met Maserati E a year ago while visiting some advisors in the San Quentin media lab with . I was immediately struck by how much he had adopted…

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    Apr 25

    The Queens DA primary, which will pick the next head prosecutor for a borough the size of New Mexico, is 2 months from today. Let me gently suggest to all my NYC friends that the energy you're gonna spend on the 2020 race in the next 2 months would go much, much further locally.

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    Apr 11

    i wrote something in the new yorker about how bothered we are by leniency. in it, i make a case for why dropping jussie's charges is the logical thing to do and in line with the office's discretionary choices.

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  17. Apr 11

    When you ask what your DA can do for you. A 12% reduction in jail population in one of the highest carceral cities on the planet equals millions of dollars saved that can be reinvested in strategies that prevent crime. Thank you for your leadership.

    “In the 100 days I’ve been in office, we’ve reduced the jail population by 12% which is the lowest since 2002”
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  18. Apr 11

    This.

    2 child lifers were at the parole board today: Henry Montgomery, 72, served over 55 yrs, was denied. Clifford Hampton, 78, served 61 yrs, had a worse prison record, was (justly) granted. The difference? Henry’s victim was a white police officer. Clifford’s was a black woman.
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  19. Apr 11

    to Modern Family, Season 1, circa 1987.  I've met thousands of people at all stages of the criminal justice system whose lives have been defined by trauma, particularly when they…

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    Apr 11

    😊🎉 

    Delighted to announce Im the new host for , a podcast from & . Each episode, we give light to an idea in hiding—stories so risky they need to be told anonymously—& then we explore the idea w/the help of others. Coming 5/6!
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