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@prisonpolicy.org❌ MYTH: Crime victims support long prison sentences. ✅ REALITY: Most victims of violence want violence prevention. Harm is real, but mass support for mass incarceration is not.
@prisonpolicy.org60% of youth in custody are diagnosed with ADD or ADHD – compared to just 11% nationally.
Kids need care, not cages.
@prisonpolicy.orgMore from our latest briefing 👇
@prisonpolicy.orgThe Trump admin said that ICE would scale back on community arrests if states complied with its deportation agenda. But data show that was a false promise. ICE's assault on communities has only gotten worse, even for states that do collaborate with the federal agency:
@prisonpolicy.orgToday is World Mental Health Day and World Homeless Day — two issues that are undoubtedly targeted by the criminal legal system. Clearly, the U.S.'s approach is not working.
@prisonpolicy.orgProgramming should not be the reason that someone languishes behind bars — especially when they could get better treatment back home after release. It's time for parole to stop being a failed promise.
@prisonpolicy.orgThis means that someone could be deemed "safe" enough to return to their community, but remain locked up indefinitely until the required programming is available to them. And, of course, this all only makes prison overcrowding worse.
@prisonpolicy.orgMany incarcerated people who are up for parole are required to complete programming, like drug or alcohol treatment programs, before they can be released. But the bleak reality is that programming is just not readily available behind bars.
@prisonpolicy.org"Because of Idaho’s overcrowded prison population, some women can’t access the programming that commissioners expect them to complete before they’re released... Those women remain incarcerated longer, delaying access for other women"
@investigatewest.bsky.socialReposted by @prisonpolicy.orgBecause of Idaho's women's prison overcrowding, some women can’t access the programming required of them to make parole - and end up incarcerated longer, even when a state commission has decided they're otherwise fit for parole. @wbryen.bsky.social reports - www.investigatewest.org/prison-overc...
@prisonpolicy.org🗓️ Access to government documents is essential for advocates trying to change the criminal legal system. But requesting records can be intimidating, as agencies use jargon & loopholes to throw you off.
In this webinar, we'll demystify records requests 👇
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@prisonpolicy.orgThe deportation agenda doesn't happen without this *voluntary* cooperation from local law enforcement. In order to stop ICE's assault on communities, states must prohibit collaboration with federal agencies. Learn more from our new briefing:
@prisonpolicy.orgInstead of releasing people, jails are increasingly complying with ICE detainers and handing folks over to the federal agency. ➡️ Since 2024, the average number of daily detainer-related arrests has grown by 144%
@prisonflowproject.orgReposted by @prisonpolicy.orgMass incarceration is not justice, provably weakens democracy, and disproportionately harms the most vulnerable, such as incarcerated menstruators.
@prisonpolicy.orgRight now, 657,000 people in the U.S. are in jail. The vast majority have yet to be tried in court and are legally innocent. Does that look like a system built on justice?
@hannahnpbowman.comReposted by @prisonpolicy.orgAs usual, essential data from @prisonpolicy.org, this time on how ICE is changing tactics and using the criminal legal system to facilitate mass deportation:
@prisonpolicy.orgTo do so, states must not only prohibit collaboration with ICE, but also expand sanctuary laws to cover federal immigration enforcement — both civil & criminal — and regulate data sharing with the federal government. Learn more from our new briefing 👇
@prisonpolicy.orgThis loophole is a sinister way to make the system more punitive and funnel more immigrants into the deportation agenda. But it can be closed.
@prisonpolicy.orgThe Marshals rely heavily on this existing infrastructure. And since they're separate from ICE, the federal government can transform what are normally civil immigration matters into more serious federal crimes, bypassing sanctuary policies and holding people in local jails.
@prisonpolicy.orgHere's the deal: Local governments are paid a per diem amount to jail people for the federal criminal courts. (Yes, that means your local law enforcement is lining its pockets from incarceration)
