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A tiny subset of terrible things that have happened at #Rikers Island #Jail in #NewYorkCity: a primer for upper middle class white people. If you don't know these stories, you are not doing your job as a human.
I'm tweeting about #jails and #bail because (real, substantive) #bailreform is good for society and we need more of it. And I'm tweeting for upper middle class white people because we have a lot of power/positionality, and yet tend to be least knowledgeable about the issues.
Upper middle class white people: I beg you, I plead with you, to educate yourself on these critical criminal justice topics which affect minoritized people most directly, and yet which also affect ALL of society.
EMERGENCY: New York lawmakers are about to pass a budget that undermines everything they say they believe in and doubles down on the racist criminalization of poverty. Thread. 1/
After months of talking about the need to address the troubling increase in gun violence, NY leaders are trying to push a bill that targets victimless, low-level crimes of poverty like jumping the turnstile or mothers who can’t afford diapers for dangerous pre-trial jailing. /2
This plan will do nothing to address gun violence. It will only worsen mental health, substance use disorder, and poverty. Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to matter. /3
Here's @NBCnewyork misinforming its audience on #bailreform with a claim that Mayor Adams wants judges to have discretion to hold “gun criminals” in jail. It's false and misleading on many levels – and a distraction from what's really needed to improve community safety. 🧵/1
Putting aside the dehumanizing and inaccurate “gun criminal” label, NBC is attempting to cover the fight over bail reform, which impacts people who are presumed innocent and convicted of nothing. /2
In fact, gun charges, including possession, are “bail-eligible”, meaning judges can set bail or remand someone to jail without a trial under current law. /3
#Defundthepolice. Its a phrase that is controversial. Lets examine it's merits. 1st lets look at a scenario that I'm going to pull out of thin air:
A young man from the lower socioeconomic class graduates from high school.
A young man from the lower socioeconomic class graduates from high school.
He doesn't have money for college or trade school, so he gets a low skilled job paying minimum wage. That minimum wage isn't enough to live on, so he gets another low wage job (#fightfor15). Living on the bottom rung of the "hard knock life" like this is hard on a person.
How many people can make it working 80 plus hours a week for peanuts? So, eventually he hits some more tough times, as is life, he gets fired from one of his jobs (right to work), or he is arrested for Marijuana use (#legalize_it),
(hella long) THREAD on #bailreform & #PoliceViolence
Here’s the deal: last year NY passed bail reform legislation that mandated pretrial freedom for 90% of folks going through the system. It was a huge win for black people, poor people & the movement to end pretrial jailing.
Here’s the deal: last year NY passed bail reform legislation that mandated pretrial freedom for 90% of folks going through the system. It was a huge win for black people, poor people & the movement to end pretrial jailing.
It also SIGNIFICANTLY checked the power of law enforcement to use pretrial jailing as a tool to terrorize black NYers. The reforms meant that tens of thousands of people now couldn’t be jailed and held hostage just based on an arrest.
Pretrial jailing is a direct extension of police power. The #ExoneratedFive, #KaliefBrowder, #LayleenPolanco are all examples of black people who suffered horrible violence and tremendous consequences from being locked up pretrial as a result of racist cops & racist arrests.
Folks, the problem is in the way we talk about #bailreform. The needed correction will never occur if advocates can say "If only he had $500, he'd be free." We need to end cash bail while allowing judges discretion to detain. /1
And we need to be honest with the public. I wrote last month that today and previously, prosecutors use bail as a *proxy* for detention/remand when they think D is a flight risk or a danger. /2 nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-ope…
We need a new paradigm: if conditions can reasonably assure a return to court, then person should be "released on bond or a bond package." No cash required. No poverty incarcerations. /3
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The real agenda of the @NYPost, prosecutors, and law enforcement has finally been revealed (they have been acting in lockstep)....and like I expected it is INCREDIBLY regressive #BailReform
nypost.com/2020/01/11/no-…
The real agenda of the @NYPost, prosecutors, and law enforcement has finally been revealed (they have been acting in lockstep)....and like I expected it is INCREDIBLY regressive #BailReform
nypost.com/2020/01/11/no-…
@nypost The real agenda is to ROLL BACK not just bail reform, but also the prohibition against pretrial incarceration based on dangerousness.
This prohibition has been in effect in #NewYork since 1971 (when I still lived there)
nypost.com/2020/01/11/no-…
This prohibition has been in effect in #NewYork since 1971 (when I still lived there)
nypost.com/2020/01/11/no-…
@nypost This was never about their problems with bail reform, they saw this as an opportunity to throw away protections against the presumption of innocence using scare tactics and misleading anecdotes
BREAKING: Study from @MDRC_News finds N.J. #CJReform is showing early signs of success.
Of note: Changes to pretrial system resulted in significantly fewer people arrested statewide—especially for less serious charges such as misdemeanors: mdrc.org/publication/ev… #pretrialreform
Of note: Changes to pretrial system resulted in significantly fewer people arrested statewide—especially for less serious charges such as misdemeanors: mdrc.org/publication/ev… #pretrialreform
@MDRC_News New Jersey's #CriminalJusticeReform Act positively impacted state's pretrial justice system—helping reduce arrests & length of time defendants spend in jail & increase the number of defendants released without conditions, @MDRC_News report shows.
mdrc.org/publication/ev…
mdrc.org/publication/ev…
@MDRC_News After New Jersey implemented #pretrialreform, there was a significant uptick in the use of summonses over warrants, @MDRC_News report shows. This is helping to keep people out of the #CJSystem who don’t need to be there. mdrc.org/publication/ev… #pretrialreform
BREAKING: We've launched a new pretrial reform project to support the country’s burgeoning #bailreform movement
Advancing Pretrial Policy and Research (APPR) starts with 5 jurisdictions committed to pretrial justice. arnoldventures.org/newsroom/arnol…
Advancing Pretrial Policy and Research (APPR) starts with 5 jurisdictions committed to pretrial justice. arnoldventures.org/newsroom/arnol…
APPR pairs jurisdictions with researchers and justice experts for a 5-year project aimed at reducing wealth- and race-based discrimination and ensuring pretrial incarceration is used only when absolutely necessary to protect public safety. #bailreform
“We must address the deep and far-reaching roots of inequity in our systems if we are going to achieve our vision of greater racial and economic justice.”—@Caduggy arnoldventures.org/newsroom/arnol…
TX Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan Hecht is now giving his state of the judiciary in the #txlege house.
He begins by talking about Harvey's effect on the courts.
He begins by talking about Harvey's effect on the courts.
He raises the high turnover of judges during the November election.
He said about 1/3 of appellate and county judges are new. 1/4 of trial judges are. #txlege
He said about 1/3 of appellate and county judges are new. 1/4 of trial judges are. #txlege
And of course, Hecht is now talking about #bailreform.
He mentions, like in 2017, the surge of people sitting in jail who have not been convicted (75%), and nearly the $1B a year it takes to keep them in there. #txlege
He mentions, like in 2017, the surge of people sitting in jail who have not been convicted (75%), and nearly the $1B a year it takes to keep them in there. #txlege
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CALL TO ACTION - Help us hold the San Diego County District Attorney, Summer Stephan, accountable on her promise to support bail reform. During the campaign, Ms. Stephan pledged to support #bailreform. Now, it appears she is already walking back her promise to voters.
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CALL TO ACTION - Help us hold the San Diego County District Attorney, Summer Stephan, accountable on her promise to support bail reform. During the campaign, Ms. Stephan pledged to support #bailreform. Now, it appears she is already walking back her promise to voters.
Currently a bill on bail reform (SB-10) is being voted on in Sacramento. Recently, The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office, led by DA Summer Stephan, switched their official opinion on this bill from “supporter” to “opposition”. (See attached photo).
We are calling on you all to help us hold her accountable by tweeting, e-mailing, and/or calling her office today and asking her to reverse her decision. We are asking her to keep her promise to the voters and residents of San Diego County, and support bail reform today.
Some have expressed outrage this week on how Democrats handled the sexual harassment charges against two of its leaders:
“Dems didn’t call for ousting quick enough!”
“Called for ousting too quickly!”
“It was a GOP hit job!”
“Oust the women, that ousted the man!” (Really?) /1
“Dems didn’t call for ousting quick enough!”
“Called for ousting too quickly!”
“It was a GOP hit job!”
“Oust the women, that ousted the man!” (Really?) /1
Some of you have gone as far as saying:
‘We’re going to join a 3rd party!” or “We need a 3rd Party to unite the Nation.” /2
‘We’re going to join a 3rd party!” or “We need a 3rd Party to unite the Nation.” /2
So here is a thread about our Country’s history with 3rd Parties and why forming a 3rd Party to unite us wont help as much as demanding policy that dismantles inequality, institutionalized racism and misogyny /3
