This article on #PFAS poisoning prisoners notes that 1 million people, including 13,000 youths, are especially vulnerable because they can't protect themselves from groundwater contaminated.
#FightToxicPrisons #AbolitionNow #environmentaljustice #TTPD
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#ICYMI : Register below to join us for our #WaterIsLife webinar coming up this Thursday! We will talk about water pollution and how to advocate for #CleanWaterForAll
#environmentaljustice #ClimateAction #EarthDay2024

Join us tonight!!

An important reminder as you file your taxes and possibly owe Uncle Sam: mass incarceration costs the government and families of justice-involved people at least $182 billion every year.

Read more: prisonpolicy.org/reports/money.…

We have always resisted.
Thank you Faith Ringgold. 🙏🏾

Join us online Monday, April 15, 7:00-8:00 PM EST
for a final event of our tour. We'll view a clip of the Calls from Home film followed by a teach-in with Judah Schept, Amelia Kirby, Sylvia Ryerson, Free Minds Book Club & more.

RSVP Link: bit.ly/BCNPEventApril…

SHARE FAR AND WIDE!! LISTEN TO THIS GREAT ARTICLE Abolitionist Law Center KFTC Voice of the Experienced (VOTE) Dream.Org Justice Team Forward Justice Justice Forward VA ACLU of Kentucky Kentucky Heartwood Power Coalition for Equity and Justice Protect Our Water, Heritage, Rights 1HoodPower National Lawyers Guild Democracy Now! FightToxicPrisons Free Minds Book Club Deb Golden

Incredible piece of reporting from Katie Myers about the renewed efforts to build a federal prison in Eastern Kentucky and the coalition, including people formerly incarcerated in the region, that is going to stop it.

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April is #SecondChanceMonth , so all month we will be bringing you a variety of new posts about what a second chance means:
– for incarcerated people,
– for their families and communities,
– for how we understand public safety,
– for the character of our society and nation.
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Speaking Truth to Power — Amelia Kirby — Public Hearing March 28, 2024 in Whitesburg, KY youtu.be/ETuH0mpC8dg?si… via YouTube

Speaking Truth to Power — Amelia Kirby — Public Hearing March 28, 2024 in Whitesburg, KY youtu.be/ETuH0mpC8dg?si… via YouTube

Join us this Wednesday at 7pm EST for a virtual Teach-In against the proposed Federal Prison in Letcher County, Kentucky! Sign up at bit.ly/NoToxicPrisonT…
Together we will learn from environmental activists, lawyers and Letcher County residents about the harms this prison poses

I'm attending a @theactionnet event: The Environmental Harms of Prisons- A Teach-In Against the Proposed Federal Prison in Kentucky. RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/the-env…

Investigative Journalism: Here's how a new federal prison could impact environment, economy in eastern Kentucky lpm.org/investigate/20…

PJI & Voice of the Experienced (VOTE) have filed a restraining order against the #Louisiana Legislature asking a court to halt consideration of several crime bills until a public hearing can be held that allows for full citizen participation. Release + filings here: promiseofjustice.org/news/2024crime… #lalege