Thread by @amberspeaksup

1/ “It is important to note, that the people languishing on probation, on the registry, in mandated outpatient treatment, in rescue programs and other forms of out of prison confinement are considered to be ‘in the community’” @MayaSchenwar @LVikkiml #read4justicewithamber

2/ “This refrain raises the question of what it means to be part of a community. In the vocabulary of the prison nation, being in community simply means occupying the same physical space as others.” - @MayaSchenwar @LVikkiml

3/ “But community has a deeper meaning, a sense of mutual care and responsibility & it is this meaning that disintegrates in the face of constant surveillance and restrictions.” - Prison by Any other Name @MayaSchenwar @LVikkiml #read4justicewithamber

4/ “The prison nation often twists words to mean their opposite. Rehabilitation becomes endless punishment, and corrections becomes the maintenance of a destructive cycle.” - Prison by Any other Name #read4justicewithamber

5/ “The current crop of alternatives to incarceration, attempts to translate the word ‘community’ as its opposite- isolation & confinement. It’s crucial to push back against this linguistic manipulation, both in the culture & in our own minds.” @MayaSchenwar @LVikkiml /END