The USA PotatoLoophole in Illinois Sanctuary Laws Lets ICE Hold Immigrants in County Jails
Illinois is a sanctuary state — but 17 of the state’s counties still have contracts to detain immigrants for ICE.A New Domestic Violence Hotline Aims to Stop People from Doing Harm
“Being able to talk someone off the ledge, I think it would prevent a lot of cases like mine,” one man said.https://murica.website/2025/12/a-new-domestic-violence-hotline-aims-to-stop-people-from-doing-harm/
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The USA PotatoNothing Can Truly Prepare You for Your First Time Behind Bars
A new book offers an inside look at incarceration at Rikers Island, from intake to release.
Geoff HingThe #California ballot measure rolls back reforms made by an earlier ballot measure. My colleague wrote about #proposition36 and broader efforts to roll back #CriminalLegalSystem reforms: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/08/01/california-illinois-crime-public-safety-reform
I've been really interested in ballot measures in the 2024 U.S. general #election that could have big impacts on the #CriminalLegalSystem. I'm starting a thread of these, along with coverage of the initiatives.
fulanigirl has moved#Abolition #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #CriminalLegalSystem @blackmastodon Maybe if we viewed restoring our communities as a post-war effort, people could understand that tinkering with reform around the edges simply cannot work. If we want to be free, and I realize not everyone wants freedom, but for those who do, we really must give up relying on models infused with supremacy to find our solutions. Let us be bold and revolutionary. Here's the trailer for the doc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQaMgSqjbGY 5/5
Trailer: Dancing in A-Yard documentary
#Abolition #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #CriminalLegalSystem @blackmastodon When I returned to the US I saw a story in the Guardian that discussed the trauma informed healing/education that one group is using for girls who were kidnapped by Boko Haram. The school doesn’t start with a fixed curriculum. It meets the girls where they are, works with the trauma, and by doing so opens the door for them to be educated. 4/5
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/feb/20/nigeria-borno-lafiya-sarari-school-psychological-support-girls-abducted-boko-haram
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/feb/20/nigeria-borno-lafiya-sarari-school-psychological-support-girls-abducted-boko-haram
#Abolition #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #CriminalLegalSystem @blackmastodon
Each and every one of the men in the film was on a journey of transformation, but most of them were to remain in prison. Listening to their stories reinforced for me that we have to free our children from the toxicity of white supremacy that removes persons who could be role models from our communities; that re-enforces to them in their schools, in their housing, in their neighborhoods that aren’t worthy of love. 3/5
Each and every one of the men in the film was on a journey of transformation, but most of them were to remain in prison. Listening to their stories reinforced for me that we have to free our children from the toxicity of white supremacy that removes persons who could be role models from our communities; that re-enforces to them in their schools, in their housing, in their neighborhoods that aren’t worthy of love. 3/5