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26 Feb, 4 tweets, 3 min read
🚨BIG NEWS-The KKK passed non-unanimous jury laws so they could convict whoever they wanted in Louisiana & Oregon. *Louisiana just acted & granted new trials.*

Will Oregon's AG @EllenRosenblum & @ORDOJ now do basic justice & stop perpetuating racism too?nola.com/news/courts/ar…
In 2020, the Supreme Court finally acknowledged: non-unanimous juries were racist & unconstitutional. But decision only applies to future cases. What about those convicted in the past? Ellen Rosenblum is preventing Oregonians from getting new, fair trials.
Oregon can fix this. Just like Louisiana just did. There's no reason why people should still be oppressed by a racist law even @EllenRosenblum called the law "an embarrassment to our otherwise progressive state." But she's the one who can do something. Doesn't make sense. Image
This week is the launch of StillinPrison.org, a campaign to topple--finally--this legal monument to racism. And call on Oregon leaders to end the impact of the non-unanimous jury law passed nearly a century ago by the KKK. We are deeply hopeful Oregon will do right.

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28 Feb
Jaquaree Simmons. You probably haven't yet heard his name. 23 years old. Caged pretrial in Harris County, TX. Called his mom almost every day from his jail cell. Crying & begging for help. One week after he entered, found dead. This happened 10 days ago. “All I can do is scream." Image
This all went down during the power outages in TX, the freezing cold, the lack of food or water for those incarcerated. Jaquaree's mom, Larhonda: “What went through my head is, ‘What the hell did they do to my child?’” Still so many unanswered questions: houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…
The night before his death, Jaquaree was attacked by a "detention officer." He hit the floor. "He’s small at 5-foot-3 & 125 pounds." His family still doesn't have answers. Jail saying there's no video. Won't even let them see him. “We still haven’t seen Jaquaree."
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26 Feb
Listening to phone calls from people caged pretrial in Harris County, TX during COVID. They wanted shared. This: "I have not had the pleasure of seeing the sky since May 2019. No natural elements on my skin. I haven’t heard bird sing. Haven’t smelled a fresh cut of grass." More: Image
"Since I’ve been locked up, I’ve lost my mother. Been with my mother for 47 years. Never went anywhere without returning home and not being able to hug my mom."
"This is not easy on anybody. It’s extremely heard. And then to be treated like less than a human being. The officers walk in and treat like you’re already guilty. I am frustrated."
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26 Feb
PEOPLE--LET'S DO THIS. $815 away from being able to bring Lamar home. Caged on Rikers during a pandemic solely because of his inability to afford bail. Just $815 to save a man's life. To buy his freedom. Please help me and him and his family. I just gave. gofundme.com/f/help-get-lam…
5 minutes -- we just raised $100. Just $700 more. And Lamar will be home today. Keep going! gofundme.com/f/help-get-lam…
13 MINUTES AND 600 MORE. LET'S DO THIS. NOTE: His family and friends raised thousand outside gofundme. All we need to get to is $15,000. gofundme.com/f/help-get-lam…
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26 Feb
For those who think solitary confinement is reserved for the "worst of the worst." A) "Worst of the worst" is propaganda invented by cops. B) Just heard a call from a man in Michigan who got 18 months in the hole for saving some chicken from lunch. C) That's not unusual. Routine.
Facts: There are over 3000 people in solitary in Michigan. No restriction on length of stay. 47% of people in solitary have been in over 2 years. Longest serving have been in over 40 years. Black men are 7% of MI population. 54% of prison population. 65-80% solitary population.
How to get solitary:

Disobeying an order
Yelling
Cursing
Arguing
Fighting
Too many alcohol swabs, toilet paper, toiletries
Too much medication or food
Asking to speak to a superior officer
Standing up for vulnerable person
Refusing meals
Filing grievances
Requesting protection
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25 Feb
"I have been intentionally sterilized. And I have been lied to."

Meet Kelli Dillon. While she was incarcerated in California prison she was the victim of *systemic modern-day eugenics.* Then she discovered she wasn't alone. Doctor's response: "It's cheaper than welfare." More:
The law prohibits sterilizing people in prison for the purpose of birth control. But California was doing it anyway. Kelli's lawyer: "The state has admitted that they have done these illegal surgeries. But we don’t know who they actually did them on."
Central California Women's Prison is the world's largest women's prison. The farmlands surrounding it helped conceal the brutal human rights violations happening on the inside. "Inmates become numbers," Kelli says. "They don’t get names. And that’s why it’s easier to abuse them."
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24 Feb
THREAD: In Hildago County, TX last week, a 24-year-old was arrested & then caged in the jail during a pandemic & a historic winter storm crisis for being *40 minutes late for his curfew.* His fiance called terrified: "It’s been over 72 hours he’s been sleeping on the floor."
"He was doing okay about 6 days ago. Living at a halfway house. Went for a walk. The time for him to return passed about like 30/40 minutes. He asked if he could go back. They said no. He was crying to me and I told him to just call your parole officer. They locked him up."
I called up there & said "Can he at least get a mat? It’s been over 72 hours sleeping on the floor." They said: "I don’t have any mats & I’m not going to move him until a bunk becomes available. You know there’s nothing you can do about it so that’s just what’s gonna happen."
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