#incarceration — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #incarceration, aggregated by home.social.
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The left often criticizes the high incarceration rates in the USA (0.7% in the moment) and rightfully so.
What they wont tell you, in the 1950s the incarceration rate in the Soviet Union was 10% of the whole population.
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Real public safety means more community, not cages https://therealnews.com/real-public-safety-means-more-community-not-cages @therealnews
That conflicts with evidence from the DC government about the use of solitary confinement in the DC jail. But they continue, as recently as a few weeks ago, to say, we don’t do that. Easy way to get a good answer about that question: Ask somebody who’s in there who’s experienced it.
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From Welfare to Control
The Criminalisation of Poverty* "The NT government has announced plans for a new 1,200-bed men's prison that will be built, financed and operated by a private company."
"According to data from the Productivy Commission from February this year there are currently eight privately operated prisons in Australia, located across New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia and South Australia." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-17/nt-new-privately-operated-mens-prison-announced-clp-gov/107044994* Punishing the Poor, The Neoliberal Government of Social Insecurity, : Loïc Wacquant >>
https://www.dukeupress.edu/punishing-the-poor
#NSW #incarceration #privatisation #inequality #SocialControl #FirstNationsPeoples #IndustrialPrisonComplex #hyperincarceration #Australia #PenalState #MassIncarceration #PPP #books -
NEW: America’s prison population is aging into disability and disease. Understaffed clinics and delayed treatments turn serving life into a death sentence: as the system breaks down, the logic behind decades-long sentences begins to unravel.
This story by Zoe Beketova is produced by The Xylom and copublished by The Nation.
https://www.thexylom.com/post/washington-pennsylvania-louisiana-death-by-incarceration/
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What’s the link between the War on Drugs, racism and colonialism?
British Ghanaian professor Kojo Koram is the author of “The Next Fix: The Winners and Losers in the Future of Drugs”
His book looks at the impact of the US War on Drugs, the criminalization and legalization of drugs in the US and the disproportionate impact on communities of color in the US and Global South
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DK2rWbsCk/
#WarOnDrugs #USimperialism #racism #colonialism #harmreduction #usterror #incarceration #uspol
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Eventually Everyone Will Be Called A Terrorist
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://defector.com/eventually-everyone-will-be-called-a-terrorist
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CW: Incarceration
Want less prison violence? Make prison phone calls free https://therealnews.com/make-prison-phone-calls-free @therealnews
...FCC set caps on how much the telecommunications corporations can charge incarcerated people...caps were meant to be six cents in prisons, and 12 cents in very small jails. Now those caps were never completely implemented and enforced as there was change in administration and the caps themselves were delayed.
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Second Chances Farm is where retired racehorses and incarcerated men find healing
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Unlike The Defendants, One Of The Prairieland Judges Is Part Of An Organized Cell Of Extremists
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Federal agents threaten woman, lying about what she posted.
She called them in to the voting area, but they should not have gone.
This regime breaks the law as it breathes. These fascists live outside the law, believing they will always remain in power.
We need to keep all receipts and prosecute every crime.
#fascist #USA #GOP #KKK #DEI #ICE #DHS #diversity #equity #inclusion #Instagram #post #indict #arrest #jury #trial #jail #incarceration #accountability
https://www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06/federal-agents-track-down-syracuse-woman-demand-she-remove-instagram-post-about-ice.html -
The U.S. Is Still Killing People In Illegal Boat Strikes
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://defector.com/the-u-s-is-still-killing-people-in-illegal-boat-strikes
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"Gaza is a prison without walls."
"Every step I take, every movement I make, is constrained by the Israeli occupation's policies, controlling my daily life from the smallest details to the biggest."
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Title: The Bombs Have Slowed, But Israel Controls Every Aspect of Our Lives in Gaza
Author: Hassan Herzallah
Publication: Truthout
April 18, 2026
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#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Genocide #Military #Housing #Incarceration
https://truthout.org/articles/the-bombs-have-slowed-but-israel-controls-every-aspect-of-our-lives-in-gaza/ -
"The context of this law lies in fulfilling political coalition demands with the far right."
"Palestinian blood has become the bargaining chip used to settle Israeli political demands."
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Title: Palestinian Prisoners Live on Hope. Israel's Death Penalty Aims to Destroy It.
Author: Hend Salama Abo Helow
Publication: Truthout
April 17, 2026
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#Israel #Gaza #WestBank #Palestine #Apartheid #Incarceration #DeathPenalty #Genocide #Torture
https://truthout.org/articles/palestinian-prisoners-live-on-hope-israels-death-penalty-aims-to-destroy-it/ -
"The agency that oversees New York City's jails is refusing to release basic information about defense attorneys' visits to Rikers Island, hampering efforts to cut down long wait times for lawyers to see their incarcerated clients."
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Title: Are New Yorkers Held on Rikers Getting Timely Access to Their Lawyers? The City Says: None of Your Business
Author: Max Rivlin-Nadler
Publication: Hell Gate
April 17, 2026
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#NewYork #USA #Incarceration
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"[P]rison system is 'everywhere' in Louisiana."
"If you take the plantation economic and power system and just scale it to a state level, that’s what Louisiana has done with incarcerated labor."
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Title: In New Orleans, Black Cowboy Tradition Collides With Prison Rodeo Spectacle
Author: Adam Mahoney
Publication: Capital B
April 17, 2026
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#Louisiana #USA #Labour #Incarceration #Slavery
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"I'm being held in prison based on false positives, and that's the truth of it."
"He's not alone."
"6,000 false-positive test results across California's population in state custody."
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Title: California parole board denies incarcerated man a hearing based on 'potential false-positive' alcohol test
Author: Glen Stellmacher
Publication: Prism
April 16, 2026
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#California #USA #Parole #Incarceration #Drugs
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"A Ukrainian man detained by [ICE] in South Florida remains at risk even after being hospitalized and ending a 60-day hunger strike."
"[D]enied critical psychiatric care for months."
"They simply do not care."
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Author: Alexandra Martinez
Publication: Prism
April 16, 2026
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#Florida #USA #Incarceration #Food #Protest #Healthcare #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
https://prismreports.org/2026/04/16/ice-florida-hunger-strike-andriy-shepitsen/ -
"After 33 years in Israeli prisons, Abu Srour was finally free."
"[W]e only had four pieces of clothing." "[O]ne thin blanket each."
"They started a war on prisons." "On a daily basis there were repeated assaults, 24/7."
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Title: Hopelessness and Love in an Israeli Prison
Author: Toby Lichtig
Publication: New Lines Magazine
April 16, 2026
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#Israel #WestBank #Gaza #Palestine #Egypt #Incarceration #Genocide
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"[T]wo years ago [Daria Egereva] spoke about how Indigenous peoples are confronting environmental degradation and climate change."
"Instead, this year she is in a Russian jail, facing up to 20 years in prison on terrorism charges."
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Title: 'A bellwether for new forms of repression': 2 Indigenous rights advocates remain behind bars in Russia
Author: Anita Hofschneider
Publication: Grist
April 16, 2026
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#Russia #Climate #Incarceration
https://grist.org/indigenous/a-bellwether-for-new-forms-of-repression-two-indigenous-rights-advocates-remain-behind-bars-in-russia/ -
Club de Mediapart/ Valérie Rey Robert Autrice de Une culture du viol à la française et Dix questions sur la culture du viol (Libertalia).
Le monstre utile. Trente ans de surenchère pénale à la française
https://mcinformactions.net/le-monstre-utile-trente-ans-de-surenchere-penale-a-la-francaise.html
#politiquePenale #repression #incarceration #prevention -
"Over 1,000 postcards have been written, stamped, and sent across continents."
"[C]arefully addressed to Palestinian female prisoners held inside Israel's Damon Prison."
The "prisoners will never see them."
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Author: Hind Shraydeh
Publication: Mondoweiss
April 11, 2026
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#Israel #Palestine #USA #Censorship #Incarceration #Torture #SexualViolence #DeathPenalty
https://mondoweiss.net/2026/04/israeli-prison-authorities-are-blocking-hundreds-of-solidarity-postcards-being-sent-to-female-palestinian-prisoners/ -
LeHuffPost – Patrick #Bruel : le parquet de #Nanterre demande l’ #incarcération du #chanteur #français
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"After 35 years of defending Palestinian children's rights, we are not able to overcome operational challenges resulting from Israel's targeted criminalization of Palestinian human rights organizations."
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Title: Top Palestinian Children's Rights Group Shutters After Being Targeted By Israel
Author: Sharon Zhang
Publication: Truthout
April 7, 2026
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#Gaza #WestBank #Palestine #Israel #Incarceration #Genocide #Torture
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"[B]rutally demoralizing."
"[E]scorted to the solitary confinement unit where they work as custodians."
"[P]rison administration tried to force work crews to clean blood and bodily fluids without compensation."
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Title: They Had to Clean Solitary Cells. What They Saw Forced Them to Quit.
Author: Antoine E. Davis
Publication: Solitary Watch
April 7, 2026
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#Washington #USA #Labour #Incarceration #Solitary #Suicide #Torture #SexualViolence
https://solitarywatch.org/2026/04/07/they-had-to-clean-solitary-cells-what-they-saw-forced-them-to-quit/
