Thread by @LRBitisnot

"Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2020"

@PrisonPolicy!

"Can it really be true that most people in jail are being held before trial? And how much of mass incarceration is a result of the war on drugs?"
prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie202…

"How many people are locked up in the United States?"

"74% of people held by jails are not convicted of any crime."

"Despite reforms, drug offenses are still a defining characteristic of the federal system."

"Beyond "federal prison," multiple agencies and thousands of local facilities confine people for the federal government."

The #OregonGenocide is about a racist state killing Black, Hispanic, American Indian/Alaska Native and a few criminal class White people. #OregonGovernorBrown will go down in infamy for her callous disregard for justice and human life both inside & outside of our jails & prisons.

"Nationally, according to the U.S. Census, Blacks are incarcerated five times more than Whites are, and Hispanics are nearly twice as likely to be incarcerated as Whites:"

The #CoronavirusPandemic cannot and will not be contained and controlled in inmate populations without a desperate and drastic reduction of head count. Without such immediate action, countless will die - as any incarceration includes a potential death sentence.

@OregonGovBrown - Stop the #OregonGenocide!

Act now to save lives!

“Red Lines host Anya Parampil speaks with Dr. Amanda Klonsky, the chief program officer at a prison education organization, about the impact of coronavirus on the US prison population.”

"Oregon, in particular, faces an uphill battle. Oregon has the smallest number of hospital beds per-person in the country: just 1.6 beds for every 1,000 residents." opb.org/news/article/c…