Blunt Rochester Revives Push for Clean Slate Act, Aims to Boost Jobs and Second Chances

Standing on the Capitol steps with a bipartisan group of lawmakers, Blunt Rochester announced the reintroduction of the Clean Slate Act.

Shine My Crown
Mass incarceration refers to the disproportionately large and rapid increase in the imprisonment and incarceration rate. Let's explore the sociology of mass incarceration, its causes and consequences.
#MassIncarceration #CriminalJusticeReform #PrisonIndustrialComplex #SocialJustice #EndThePipeline #RacialJustice #JusticeForAll #Decarceration #RehabilitationNotPunishment #SystemicInequality
https://www.scitechsociety.com/the-sociology-of-mass-incarceration-causes-and-consequences/
The Sociology of Mass Incarceration: Causes and Consequences

Mass incarceration is the major increase in the number of people in prison in USA. Explore the sociology of mass incarceration, its causes and consequences.

SciTech Society – Build a Scientific and Technical Society Mass incarceration is the major increase in the number of people in prison in USA. Explore the sociology of mass incarceration, its causes and consequences.

Reopening Alcatraz isn’t justice—it’s Trump’s idea of a strongman shrine. A grotesque, wasteful throwback designed to stoke fear and glorify cruelty.

This isn’t about safety. It’s about control.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-wants-reopen-expand-alcatraz-prison-2067918
#NoToAlcatraz #ProDemocracy #MassIncarceration #AuthoritarianWatch #CriminalJusticeReform #EndTheCarceralState

Donald Trump Wants to Reopen and Expand Infamous Alcatraz Prison

Trump announced plans Sunday to reopen and expand the historic Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary to house "America's most ruthless and violent Offenders."

Newsweek

🎙️ "Bursting the Bubble" – a powerful new podcast hosted by Maxine Peake shines a spotlight on the injustice of Joint Enterprise law in the UK. A must-listen for those who care about truth, reform, and real stories.

🔗 Listen now: https://thepodcasting.org/maxine-peake-hosts-groundbreaking-podcast-exposing-joint-enterprise-law-injustice/

#MaxinePeake #JointEnterprise #PodcastLaunch #SocialJustice #TrueCrimePodcast #CriminalJusticeReform #BurstingTheBubble #MustListen #PodcastingForChange #UKLaw

Maxine Peake Hosts Groundbreaking Podcast Exposing Joint Enterprise Law Injustice

Actor Maxine Peake leads a powerful podcast uncovering the flaws in the UK’s joint enterprise law. “In It Together” features voices of victims, ex-prisoners, legal experts, and campaigners fighting for justice and reform.

The Podcasting - All About Podcast

“Had there been transparency in this whole process, would we have gone for almost three years not knowing that so many deaths had not been investigated?”
#CriminalJusticeReform #JailhouseDeaths #GregAbbottsTexas

https://boltsmag.org/texas-jail-death-investigations/?utm_source=Bolts&utm_campaign=e82160bde3-newsletter42225&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_56d2c0db9c-e82160bde3-646822552

Officials Play “Accountability Ping Pong” With Jail Deaths in Texas - Bolts

A bipartisan push for jail oversight comes after a North Texas sheriff flouted state law mandating independent investigations of deaths on his watch.

Bolts
The US has long been a violent #PoliceState. We have more than four times India's prison population, and they have four times our population. The time for #CriminalJusticeReform was a century ago. We need a radical transformation of the system.
#AbolishThePolice #AbolishPrison

March 24 International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims. We recommend Safe Place, a NYT Op-Doc short documentary film presenting the story of Jerod Draper, a Southern Indiana man who endured a fatal night of torture after being arrested for a routine traffic stop. 1/2

https://journeysinfilm.org/product/safe-place/

#HumanRights #HumanRightsViolations #CriminalJusticeReform #Education #HigherEducation @education

Safe Place | Journeys in Film

Discussion Guide for Safe Place, a powerful New York Times Op-Ed Documentary; use this guide to explore this difficult topic with your community group

Journeys in Film

@codeofamor PS We just noticed the "Vipassanta" in your bio. Do you know the film The Dhamma Brothers? We worked with the filmmakers and we have a feeling you might appreciate it.

https://journeysinfilm.org/product/the-dhamma-brothers/

#Vipassana #Meditation #CriminalJustice #CriminalJusticeReform #AntiRacism #RacialEquity @education @film

The Dhamma Brothers | Journeys in Film

Free teaching resources for The Dhamma Brothers, powerful documentary to explore mass incarceration, meditation and more

Journeys in Film
India Spellman: In 2023, A Woman Was Exonerated After Over a Decade in Prison for a Crime She Didn’t Commit

After spending more than a decade behind bars for a crime she did not commit, India Spellman walked free on February 9, 2023.

Shine My Crown

There is now a presidential pardon czar whose job is to recommend presidential commutations and pardons, who was herself pardoned after spending 20 years in a federal prison for a first-time, nonviolent offense: https://www.npr.org/2025/02/25/nx-s1-5307330/trump-pardon-czar-who-is-alice-marie-johnson

#law #legal #npr #alicemariejohnson #chandelisduster #47 #politics #us #usa #dstates #unitedstatesofamerica #criminaljustice #criminaljusticereform