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61-year-old Charles Leo Daniel from Trinidad and Tobago was locked in solitary confinement in an ICE Detention facility for four years. He took his own life a few weeks ago www.democracynow.org/2024/3/12/ma...

Immigrants Held in For-Profit ICE Jail Report Death, Suicide Attempts Amid Crackdownwww.democracynow.org At one of the largest for-profit immigrant detention centers in the country, human rights advocates report, there were two suicide attempts Monday, just hours apart. The privately run Northwest Detent...

My view of abolition is that abolishing prisons is not feasible without also abolishing capitalism. This means confronting our class enemies in a way that might make liberal or academic abolitionists uncomfortable. Slumlords are the footsoldiers of capitalism, and as such they are the enemy.

“Is it abolitionist to celebrate a landlord getting punched in the face in prison?” Look, I dream of a world without prisons or landlords, but if the prisons go first, I dream I get to be the one to punch my landlord and then watch him be trained in boiler repair so he can fix shit (rehabilitation!)

“On every front it is a catch-22: You must file a grievance to get a hearing, and everywhere that grievance is denied by bureaucratic process” truthout.org/articles/in-...

In NY Jails, Prisoners Must Submit Their Abuse Grievances to Their Abuserstruthout.org Legal victories by LGBTQ people and youth of color face rollbacks amid the rise of new, reactionary sheriffs.

“The tension between the urgent need to secure reforms to enable the captives’ immediate survival as human beings and the equally urgent project of abolishing broader systems of oppression is a central contradiction of the prison movement and the broader Black liberation struggle” - Orisanmi Burton

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why are young people unhappy? why don't they socialize more? why are kids always on their phones? why don't they go outside? exhibit 2345543:

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How to Abolish Prisons Join Rachel Herzing, Justin Piché, and special guests for a discussion of lessons from the movement against imprisonment. Thursday, April 4th at 6:00 pm ET RSVP to attend: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...?

Register Now – How to Abolish Prisons: Lessons from the Movement Against Imprisonment – YouTubewww.tickettailor.com How to Abolish Prisons: Lessons from the Movement Against Imprisonment – YouTube, Thu Apr 4, 2024 - Join Rachel Herzing, Justin Piché, and special guests for a discussion of lessons from the movement ...

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Multiple ways you can give mutual Aid to JLS towards any of the ongoing projects & help to keep this inside org strong. Solidarity! 👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿 Mutual Aid - directly towards the inside people led Prisoners Human Rights/Jailhouse Lawyers networks/projects by cash app $ arebelsworld Venmo @ arebelsworld

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As pro-police factions pressure Gov. Walz to take away Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty powers, Minneapolis community groups & leaders are rallying in support of Moriarty who was elected in 2022 after her campaign focused on police accountability. Full story: unicornriot.ninja/2024/communi...

Community Calls on Minnesota Governor and AG to 'Stay Out of Hennepin County Prosecutions' - UNICORN RIOTunicornriot.ninja Pro-police state reps and associations are pressuring Minnesota's governor to take powers away from prosecutors charging a State Trooper with murder.

Black History in the United States Has Always Included Solitary Confinement solitarywatch.org/2024/02/29/b...

Black History in the United States Has Always Included Solitary Confinementsolitarywatch.org The historical legacy of slavery lives today in our prisons and jails.

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