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22 Sep, 14 tweets, 4 min read
Slavery.
Slavery in America (still legal for people incarcerated via the 13th Amendment) #EndtheException
Prison.
Prison. It’s literally characterized by the exact primary drivers of violence itself: shame, isolation, economic deprivation, & violence. Worst, costliest “solution.”
Mass incarceration.
Mass incarceration. America spends more on policing, prosecution, & prisons than any other society in the history of the world. So we should be the healthiest & safest society in world history, right? Wrong. Terrible ROI.
Policing.
Policing. Spectacularly bad at solving & preventing crime. Spectacularly good at wasting billions in taxpayer funds & spreading fear propaganda so people continue to invest billions in their continued failure instead of proven, healthier alternatives.
Bail bondsmen.
Bail bondsmen. An $18 billion a year lobbying force to perpetuate policies that allow profiting from the currency of the incarcerated.
For-profit jail & prison communications companies.
For-profit jail & prison communications companies. Extract & coerce a fortune from people in cages & their loved ones desperate to connect to one another. Phone calls & other communications should be free.
For-profit companies that produce & surveil people on ankle monitors.
For profit companies that produce & surveil people on ankle monitors. There are third party companies with employees in Kentucky who monitor Black people on the Southside of Chicago & can get them arrested if they so much as step outside on their front stoop.

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Dude. I know I am. And it is what it is given widespread knowledge of the extraordinary deadly conditions on torture island. I didn’t draft NY penal law. Not advocating y’all *should be charged & caged pretrial tho. I’m morally consistent. Brooklyn DA’s communications director:
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After posting this thread below about how towing is another—lesser discussed—crime against people without means, people have started replying with their own horror stories. Going to start sharing them in this thread if interested in reading more on this injustice.
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17 Sep
A real crime: "In CA, individuals are forced to pay average fines of $499 to retrieve a vehicle 3 days after a tow. 40% are unable to afford an unexpected $400 charge. A towed vehicle is the permanent loss of transportation for low-income individuals."davisvanguard.org/2021/09/guest-…
The impact of a tow, leading to unaffordable costs & loss of transportation is significant: "Loss of employment, access to education, ability to keep medical appointments, & in some cases, their only shelter." There are viable alternatives already adopted in some cities. More:
"San Francisco has a fee-waiver program that enables low-income & homeless individuals to retrieve their vehicles for free or at a reduced price. Between July 2020 & March 2021, 7,435 low-income residents retrieved their towed vehicles using a waiver, saving $1.1 million."
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THREAD: "I recently sat w/ a young man. About pain of missing a fourth funeral bc of electronic monitoring. Not allowed to grieve w/ family. Had to sit home & mourn alone." A public defender on how e-carceration *is* incarceration. Teen Vogue keeps leading.teenvogue.com/story/electron…
The call comes in on a Friday afternoon. “Cathryn," a voice says, shaking. “This is Larquelle’s mother. Larquelle is in handcuffs."

Here is a story of electronic monitoring & how sensational crime reporting has made it worse. By Cathryn Crawford. Public defender for 25 years.
"They are saying they are taking him back to jail. That boy has not left the house without permission. It must be a mistake.”

At the time of the phone call, Larquelle, a 20-year-old I represent had been on GPS electronic monitoring for 454 days.
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16 Sep
🔥 FROM NYT EDITORIAL BOARD: Calls it like it is. Connects today's Rikers horrors to last year's repeal of bail reform. Based on a"relentless scaremongering campaign by the police, prosecutors & some lawmakers who exploited a few high-profile crimes." More:nytimes.com/2021/09/15/opi…
"Mr. de Blasio likes to point out that citys jail population is roughly half the size it was when he took office. Still much too big: close to 6000. This number could be significantly lower if Mr. de Blasio & other politicians hadnt gotten cold feet about NY’s bail reform law."
NYT Editorial Board rightfully slams Mayor de Blasio's "plan." More corrections officers sent from the courts. And "calling on judges to release as many as 250 people serving less than a year for nonviolent crimes — *even though he has the power to release them himself.*" Phew.
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PSA. For all those now outraged by the brutal, tortuous, inhumane, & deadly conditions on Rikers, know this: These conditions are consistent in local jails throughout the country. And in these jails, we cage 500k pretrial each year. That's more than total incarceration in India.
In Miami, Anthony Swain-a wheelchair bound paraplegic man who contracted COVID- and dozens of others sued about the horrific conditions in Miami West Detention Complex. Denials of needed treatment, crammed with symptomatic people, disgusting food.
In PG county, MD jail, anyone positive for COVID put into filthy cells where the walls are covered in feces, mucus, & blood. Uninfected placed on 23 hr lockdown. Federal judge dismissed their sworn declarations as “unhelpful” & not relevant.”
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