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freelance journalist / Slate, Village Voice, The Appeal, Rolling Stone, VICE etc. associate editor / rebecca.k.mccray@gmail.com

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    Feb 23

    9 days after my article about NY's TV facility prisons came out, NY DOCCS changed the policy. Then, they told me I was confused, and that prisoners could always receive free books. (Note: I am not confused)

    Rebecca McCray () recently reported for the Voice on how certain NY prisons did not allow prisoners to receive books. Now, she reports, the state is changing its policy — yet advocates still worry the prisons won't follow through
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    14 hours ago

    Quick post about private prisons and prison technology companies behaving (surprise) badly. My first byline:

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    Jun 7

    I curate a weekly newsletter with for The Appeal on criminal justice issues in the Pacific Northwest. Sign up here:

    Police in Portland are engaged in training about implicit bias, but the jury’s out on whether it will help in practice. Read about this and other stories in our weekly newsletter The Pacific Northwest Appeal: Subscribe:
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    Jun 7

    Quanice Hayes's family is seeking justice through a civil lawsuit after the grand jury declined to pursue any criminal charges against the Portland police officer who killed Quanice. Now his family is crowdfunding to help pay for expenses in their lawsuit.

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    Jun 6

    a few months back i got a tip that the USDA was funding local jail construction projects, which play a major role in driving incarceration. i looked into it and here's what i found:

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    Jun 6

    The Persky recall is a victory for carceral feminism.

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  7. Jun 5

    Iowa org bails out seven men detained after ICE raid

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  8. Jun 4

    I think I’d go for healthcare over pens but hey, maybe I’m just needy

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    Jun 2

    Why does America report on these stories as if they’re normal. A nine year old crowd funding for his dying brother is not inspiring, its deeply tragic.

    Over the weekend, a nine-year-old boy held a lemonade stand, and in two hours raised nearly $6,000 to help his parents pay for medical bills after his baby brother was diagnosed with a rare and terminal neurological condition.
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    Jun 1

    The criminal justice system exists not to avenge victims but to make sure the state follows its own rules when taking away the freedom of ppl accused of crimes. Victims shouldn’t expect more

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    May 30

    Of the hundreds present at the inauguration protests, only a handful in masks broke windows. Now we learn that the group allegedly included at least 8 rightwing infiltrators.

    ‘Matt’ reportedly said Project Veritas had 8 infiltrators targeting protesters for a period of weeks before Inauguration Day. All 8 were also present at the protest march as well and could have been possibly operating as “bad actors” according to defense counsel.
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  12. May 31

    One good thing about spilling water on your laptop (the only good thing?) is coming across stories of people whose children have urinated on their Mac books while frantically googling how to save yours

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  13. May 30

    Dear and : Your current link to NYPD FOIL request forms leads to a "We're sorry, this doesn't exist" page. I'll refrain from making jokes about this and just request that you fix it, please.

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  14. May 30

    I've been talking about prisons at parties for 10 years, and now Kim Kardashian is talking about reform at the White House. Does this mean I'm no longer the most depressing person to get stuck making small talk with?

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    May 28

    READ THIS ENTIRE THREAD.

    Now that we’re all on twitter because of this game, I am making a public service announcement: PLEASE STOP SHARING THAT STORY ABOUT 1500 KIDS MISSING. The outrage I’ve seen is a result of a total misinterpretation and could SERIOUSLY threaten the children you want to save.
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    May 28

    Y’all, check out my journal article on cell phone use in prisons and its terrible consequences. I found that prison and parole policies in CA create an incentive to use them but being detected doing so delays parole for parole-eligible lifers.

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  17. May 25

    Here's the 30th issue of the newsletter I write and curate with on criminal justice issues in the PNW: Thanks for reading! And sign up here, if you haven't:

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    May 25

    Teens, parents, anyone: How sharing drugs can mean murder and other questions answered

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    May 24

    Criminal justice policy is eternally threatened by low-probability, highly-salient risks getting overblown to drive policy, often w strongly racist implications. We have an entire name for it: the Willie Horton Effect. It is essential to call it out when it happens.

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    May 25

    People engaged in violence have often experienced serious trauma in childhood. This “should force us to reconsider the simplified model of offenders-and-victims, and to allow more second chances”

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  21. May 25

    "While Drum may think it’s 'wasting time' to challenge Trump’s definition of what a human being is, it’s much more actively harmful to write a column that provides liberal backing for that definition" 🙌

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