Folks, when people who are incarcerated organize and demonstrate, it is almost always because conditions are so bad they have been left with no other option

I am not sure why the press always demonizes them, read history, most so-called "riots" are for legitimate greivances
Also, some timetake a gander at how impossible it is to get a court to recognize a cruel and unusual punishment case sometime....it is pretty much impossible.

Also, prisons are black boxes....a lot of bad things happen in the dark w/o accountability
If you haven't read, for instance, "Blood in the Water" by @hthompsn, you probably should...especially if your natural inclination was to assume it was unwarranted
For those who don't know....people in prison have a quasi-legal process they can follow to lodge greivances, but you have to work through multiple stages (taking years) before they move to a legitimate court....and they are usually denied at every turn
So, there are not a lot of avenues for redress and the ones that exist rarely find for people in prison....even when really ugly things are clearly happening.....and I think the current story is about a jail....which is usually even worse
For instance, when the Lee Riot in South Carolina happened, we found out within a few days how horrific the conditions had been....it almost always turns out there was a good reason
Oh, and the few really good jail house lawyers are generally moved around, in order to break up effectiveness by moving them away from their "clients" - so what legal options you do have are often suppressed too

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7 Feb
Here is the problem with the new NY plan for vaccinating people in prisons

1) EVERYONE IN PRISON is high risk - not just people over 65 (see CDC)

2) It was forced by a lawsuit

Regardless, it is a good start, but EVERYONE in prison is at high risk and should be prioritized
People will ask, "why should people in prison be prioritized?"

That is easy, people in prison are not able to look after their own health care or socially distance, are 7X more likely to catch COVID and 3X more likely to die from it...nobody was sentenced to die from #COVID19
Prison is also permeable and we are not sure vaccinations prevent transmissions....if people inside have #COVID19, correctional staff bring #COVID19 IN and OUT....the best hope is ensuring people are vaccinated
Read 9 tweets
5 Feb
There were a lot of human beings who had been in prison since the 1980's - who were passed over in 2010 - most of them black and brown, because of the crack v cocaine disparity

A lot of them are home now, and a lot of that is b/c @VanJones68 worked with the Trump White House
If @VanJones68 had not done what he did, if he was not willing to work across the aisle....how exactly were those people (over 14k) coming home?

Being ideologically pure is great in theory, but I will stick with working to bring people home
It is really easy to take shots (@ananavarro) but what was the people on The View's plan to bring people home from prison during the Trump years? How could that have happened without alliances inside the White House exactly?
Read 8 tweets
5 Feb
Happy #InternationalClashDay

For those who don't know, The Clash have always been my touchstone, and were where I started my deep-dive into "alternative" musics back in my first year of high school
I had dabbled a little prior to that, but in around 1982 I was asked to play drums with a band and after our first practice they handed me the S/T album to practice with and it changed everything for me
Next thing you know I was listening to punk and hip-hop in equal measure....post-punk, going to shows, playing in bands....making new friends from all over the country...one of the best periods of discovery in my life
Read 9 tweets
1 Jan
Yesterday, when I was talking about 2020 accomplishments, I forgot to mention the 19 interviews I produced on the Decarceration Nation Podcast @DNationPod

Was so great to talk to so many amazing and accomplished guests in 2020

decarcerationnation.com
The year started with an interview with my friend Val, who returned from over 40 years of incarceration last year...We talked about everything from his service in Vietnam to getting to vote for the first time

decarcerationnation.com/episode-72-rom…
Next I talked to a legendary activist, Lisa Fithian about her new book "Shut It Down"

Who knew, just a few months later, protests would break out across the entire country

decarcerationnation.com/episode-73-lis…
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31 Dec 20
People...

@JoeBiden MUST end the use of the Federal Death Penalty....It was LITERALLY part of HIS #cjreform plan during the campaign....it was also LITERALLY part of the @KamalaHarris #cjreform plan

These were the promises they made, not some wild demand from outsiders
Don't believe me?

This is from the @JoeBiden campaign promises web page

joebiden.com/justice/ Image
Don't believe me?

This is from the @KamalaHarris #cjreform promises from her Medium page

kamalaharris.medium.com/kamalas-plan-t… Image
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31 Dec 20
Okay in 2020 Michigan:

* Passed the largest expansion of expungement ever (arguably ever in the United States)
* Passed all 20 pieces of legislation from the recommendations of the Task Force on Jails and Pretrial Incarceration
* Occupational Licensing reform
* SNAP reform
There was more, but it is actually possible that MILLIONS of people will be benefited by these changes and it all happened in a state with GOP control of the legislature and a DEM Governor

EVERY legislator and our Governor deserve a lot of credit for working together #mileg
Obviously, there is still a LOT of work left to do and we are dealing with a full-on COVID crisis in our prisons and jails.

117 people have died from COVID in Michigan prisons as of last night

We need the vaccine in our prisons and commutations for people at high-risk ASAP
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