Three years after the murder of George Floyd, little action has been taken to address the harms of over-policing Black communities. In the past 12 months, 1,078 people have been shot and killed by police.
Isn’t it time we put an end the police-centered approach to public safety and move toward alternatives that truly keep us safe and end racial injustice?
The #13thAmendment ended slavery in the U.S., except for incarcerated people.
Across the country, this exception in the 13th Amendment would perpetuate a system wherein financial incentives were used to criminalize people and force them to work for the profit of others.
Labor in U.S. jails, prisons, and detention centers should be voluntary and people who work while incarcerated should be paid a fair wage. This #MayDay, it’s critical that we work to #EndTheException: https://www.vera.org/news/close-new-yorks-legalized-sweatshops-and-end-slavery-once-and-for-all
When children in New York’s classrooms are learning about the historic horrors of chattel slavery in the United States, there is a fair chance that the chairs they sit on were produced by enslaved labor. Corcraft is the brand name for the New York State Department of Corrections and Community…
“Justice too long delayed is justice denied.”
60 years after Martin Luther King Jr.'s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” racial inequities in the criminal legal system continue to disproportionately impact Black people.
From overpolicing Black communities to “tough-on-crime” policies like cash bail, the roots of today’s system of #MassIncarceration can be traced back to our nation’s dark history of racial subjugation and dehumanization. #MLKDay
#News: This week, Congress concluded its work without passing the #EQUALAct to permanently & retroactively eliminate the federal sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine.
Vera President and Director Nick Turner:
"...It is unconscionable that anyone will remain behind bars because of this unscientific, racist, and indefensible disparity in federal law..."
Read our full statement: http://ow.ly/5Plt50MbIGp
This week, the 117th Congress concluded its work without passing the EQUAL Act to permanently and retroactively eliminate the federal sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine. This came after months of bipartisan negotiation and despite previous approval of the bill with overwhelming…