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First Nations Voices and Solutions Thread:
“Thank you for watching #IncarcerationNation and signing up to #RaiseYourVoice. incarcerationnation.com.au
“Thank you for watching #IncarcerationNation and signing up to #RaiseYourVoice. incarcerationnation.com.au
#IncarcerationNation is a story told by First Nations voices. The power of the film reflects the power and resilience of First Nations Peoples - and makes it clear non-Indigenous Australia must listen and be led by First Nations voices when it comes to justice and sovereignty.
#IncarcerationNation is changing the narrative. It's time to listen to First Nations voices and support community-led solutions. incarcerationnation.com.au
Mary Jennings Hegar (MJ) is an American politician, United States Air Force veteran, and teacher. In 2017, she published the memoir “Shoot Like a Girl” which describes her service in Afghanistan.She also sued the U.S. Air Force to remove the Combat Exclusion Policy. #TXsen
“We must create a public option to make Medicare available for all those who want it. The best health care I’ve ever had was when I was on military-provided Tricare, similar to Medicare, and I believe that kind of high-quality care should be made available to all Americans.” 2/20
While we try to wrap our minds around all the crimes described in the #MuellerReport and how they can’t be “proved” we have to wonder what the millions of “guests” of #IncarcerationNation think and feel right now..
The American criminal justice system holds 2.3M people in 1,719 state prisons, 109 federal prisons, 1,772 juvenile facilities, 3,163 local jails, 80 Indian Country jails,military prisons, immigration detention,civil commitment centers, state psychiatric hospitals./2
Every year over 600,000 enter prison gates but people go to jail 10.6M X each year.Jail churn is particularly high as most ppl in jails haven’t been convicted. Some will make bail within hours or days while many others are too poor to make bail &remain behind bars until trial./3
