In a positive turn, Dauphin County's commissioners voted to forgive nearly $66 million in pay-to-stay debt for formerly incarcerated people.
This change was championed by a commissioner focused on jail reform.
A book to help support incarcerated folks. It has meditations, prayers, essays on lucid dreaming and manifestation, along with puzzles, games, writing prompts, lined and blank paper. https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wellness-while-incarcerated-anonymous/1146356790?ean=9798988816133
#incarceration #jail #prison #jailreform #prisonreform #abolishprisons #abolition #freedom #spirituality #mentalhealth #meditation #prayers #chants #mudras #chakras #newage #spirituality #injustice
You have to take responsibility for your emotional and spiritual development while incarcerated. Otherwise your brain will wither from lack of stimulation, lack of responsibility and lack of autonomy, and your soul will be crushed from the pointless cruelty of it all. This book is a very special...
It's a disgrace what's happening at Riker's Island, and the City refuses to act.
"A court-appointed monitor is urging a judge to begin contempt proceedings against New York City over conditions at the troubled Rikers Island jail complex, setting the stage for a potential federal takeover of the jail system in the nation’s most populous city."
https://apnews.com/article/rikers-island-jail-federal-monitor-04d1b55afdece458970024bd6352e98c
A court-appointed monitor is urging a federal judge to begin contempt proceedings against New York City to coerce the city to urgently improve its handling of its troubled massive jail complex. The monitor made the recommendation Monday in a report filed in Manhattan federal court. The report was issued just days after the monitor said that the jail complex forced detainees to live in damp, fetid quarters infested with mold, vermin and other “generally unsanitary” conditions.
From #DragQueens to #inmates: The #ACLU’s #battle for #civilliberties in #southerncalifornia
Since then, the organization, which is often #criticized by #conservatives, has represented #civilliberties cases involving #immigration, #votingrights, #freedomofspeech, #jailreform, #policeabuse, #education #equality, #racism, #homelessness, #religion and the #massincarceration of #JapaneseAmericans during #wwii
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Activism
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-06-22/la-ca-aclu-100th-anniversary
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