#CommunitiesNotCages is fighting to overhaul NY’s racist sentencing laws. Use this tool, bit.ly/CNCNY, to demand your lawmakers stand with us to: ❌ ELIMINATE MANDATORY MINIMUMS ❌ END EXTREME SENTENCING ✅ SUPPORT TRANSFORMATION ❤️ And bring our loved ones home!

RHI Statement about April 27 Raid "As a community-based organization rooted in youth development, Red Hook Initiative (RHI) condemns these violent actions by law enforcement. We stand with our families, community members, and youth who have been impacted and are victims. "

"People having their sentences shortened are likely older than their years. Some 10% of the prison population in #Connecticut is over 55, & physically in worse shape than a 55-year-old. These are not people at high risk of recidivism." Hugh Bailey on CT's pause on commutations:

But as this new report shows, without action from the Census Bureau, states can only go so far in fixing this. For example, the Bureau of Prisons refused to provide data to states, making it impossible to reallocate people in federal facilities to their home communities.

A #WorldPressFreedomDay reminder that the replacement of physical mail with crappy scans in many US prisons is basically a media blackout, as well as a strain on family ties and a deterrent to voting. Prisons are making it as hard as they can for the press to reach behind bars.

In just the latest example of a prison refusing to tell an incarcerated person's family anything about the person's death, Trenton Washington's family has been given misinformation, berated, and ghosted by the prison chaplain: kansascity.com/news/local/art…

What a huge victory for people in #Colorado prisons and their families. FCC needs to take note of the energy building to regulate prison telecom products. More and more states are agreeing that communication should be free or virtually free.

Please consider signing this petition. Taylor is serving LWOP since the age of 20. All the details are explained in the petition. Thank you change.org/freetaylor

People on probation/parole are especially affected by abortion bans: Supervision often comes with a ban on out-of-state travel, extending total state control over someone’s right to have an abortion if they live in a state that has outlawed it. Read more: prisonpolicy.org/blog/2022/06/3…

This year marks 50 years since the U.S. embarked on a path of mass incarceration. Nazgol Ghandnoosh and Miriam Krinsky highlight how felony murder laws have contributed to the increase in the U.S. prison population. on.mktw.net/3VzPe4M

To address mass incarceration, we must confront extreme sentencing policies that have led to our bloated prison population. In MarketWatch, Miriam Krinsky and Nazgol Ghandnoosh explain how lawmakers can start by eliminating ineffective & unjust felony murder laws. marketwatch.com/story/felony-m…

"After 50 years of mass incarceration, it’s time for America to wake up and find a better path forward. Abolishing felony murder laws is the right place to start." Miriam Krinsky Fair and Just Prosecution and me The Sentencing Project marketwatch.com/story/felony-m…

For a look behind the scenes at the #NEJAD2023 ceremony and the red carpet, follow LDF on Instagram at instagram.com/naacp_ldf ✨

“I accept this award not only on my behalf but on behalf of thousands of my clients.” - Civil rights attorney Fred Gray accepting the Thurgood Marshall Lifetime Achievement Award at #NEJAD2023

Incarcerated Black men and women are more likely to suffer the innumerable physical and psychological harms of solitary confinement. prisonpolicy.org/blog/2020/07/2…

173,000 women are locked up today, 50,000 for a drug offense alone. About 80% are mothers, many of them single mothers to minor children.

Please consider signing this petition. Taylor is serving LWOP since the age of 20. All the details are explained in the petition. Thank you change.org/freetaylor

"Now is the time for us to build on this momentum [of restoring voting rights] and work toward building a country where every citizen has the right to vote — regardless of their involvement in the criminal legal system," writes Kristen Budd. #FreeTheVote bit.ly/44v6xrT

TEXAS! TODAY, May 6th, is Election Day! Polls are open from 7am-7pm. Your vote is your power to enact change. There are a number of races on the ballot, from your school district to your mayor. Be sure to confirm your polling place beforehand: vote411.org

People who are Black and/or poor are more likely to be arrested, and to be arrested repeatedly. prisonpolicy.org/blog/2020/06/0…