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UN Experts Alarmed by Treatment of Political Prisoners in Belarus

United Nations human rights experts have raised serious concerns about the treatment of several detainees in Belarus who…
#Belarus #BY #Europe #Europa #EU #News #CivilLiberties #DetentionConditions #FreedomofExpression #Humanrights #InternationalHumanRights #PoliticalPrisoners #PrisonReform #RuleofLaw #UnitedNations
https://www.europesays.com/belarus/363/

“The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether Washington state has violated the rights of female prisoners housed with transgender women.”

#DOJ #CivilRights #CRIPA #PrisonReform #PrisonSafety #TransPolicies #GenderIdentity #PrisonHousing #TransRights #TransInmates #LGBTQRights

https://www.kuow.org/stories/department-of-justice-launches-investigation-into-washington-prison-trans-policies

“The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether Washington state has violated the rights of female prisoners housed with transgender women.”

#DOJ #CivilRights #CRIPA #PrisonReform #PrisonSafety #TransPolicies #GenderIdentity #PrisonHousing #TransRights #TransInmates #LGBTQRights

https://www.kuow.org/stories/department-of-justice-launches-investigation-into-washington-prison-trans-policies

Please make time to listen to Tahlia Isaac's International Women's Day Address from 2025, speaking from her personal experiences and the stories of others, about how we treat Indigenous women whom society labels as "criminals" and locks up for overwhelmingly minor offences, further oppressing them and pushing them into poverty and recidivism.

In my opinion, if you think prisons perform a necessary function in society for separating the "bad" from the "good" and keeping communities safe, or that police and the courts are fair and just, then you don't yet understand the system.

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/bigideas/australia-s-broken-social-contract-protecting-women-in-prison/106524260

#IndigenousWomen #SystemicOppression #PrisonReform #SocialJustice #AboriginalWomen #InternationalWomensDay

Please make time to listen to Tahlia Isaac's International Women's Day Address from 2025, speaking from her personal experiences and the stories of others, about how we treat Indigenous women whom society labels as "criminals" and locks up for overwhelmingly minor offences, further oppressing them and pushing them into poverty and recidivism.

In my opinion, if you think prisons perform a necessary function in society for separating the "bad" from the "good" and keeping communities safe, or that police and the courts are fair and just, then you don't yet understand the system.

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/bigideas/australia-s-broken-social-contract-protecting-women-in-prison/106524260

#IndigenousWomen #SystemicOppression #PrisonReform #SocialJustice #AboriginalWomen #InternationalWomensDay

youtu.be/h0KenXzG63w #EpsteinInvestigation #SenJohnKennedy #EpsteinHearing #EpsteinDeath #FederalCustody #JeffreyEpsteinCase #CongressHearing #USJusticeSystem #ManhattanJail #EpsteinSuicide #BreakingNews #USPolitics #SenateHearing #JusticeDepartment #EpsteinUpdates #PrisonReform #CustodyFailures

LIVE: Trump’s HAND in Epstein ...

youtu.be/h0KenXzG63w #EpsteinInvestigation #SenJohnKennedy #EpsteinHearing #EpsteinDeath #FederalCustody #JeffreyEpsteinCase #CongressHearing #USJusticeSystem #ManhattanJail #EpsteinSuicide #BreakingNews #USPolitics #SenateHearing #JusticeDepartment #EpsteinUpdates #PrisonReform #CustodyFailures

LIVE: Trump’s HAND in Epstein ...

White House Pursues Alcatraz Prison Revival With $152 Million Ask

The White House wants $152 million to start reopening Alcatraz prison. This plan faces strong opposition from critics and California leaders.

#AlcatrazPrison, #FederalBudget, #TrumpProposal, #PrisonReform, #CaliforniaPolitics

https://newsletter.tf/white-house-asks-152m-to-reopen-alcatraz-prison/

The White House is asking for $152 million to restart Alcatraz as a prison. This is a lot of money for a project that many people think is a bad idea.

#AlcatrazPrison, #FederalBudget, #TrumpProposal, #PrisonReform, #CaliforniaPolitics
https://newsletter.tf/white-house-asks-152m-to-reopen-alcatraz-prison/

The Paradox of Freedom: Where walls remember and inmates redeem https://english.mathrubhumi.com/features/mbifl-2026/where-walls-remember-kerala-prisons-reform-redemption-mbifl-2026-dodliiot?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #PrisonReform #KeralaModel #CriminalJustice #MBIFL2026

Guests Ross Thomas and Leslie Nuss call out the endless tough on crime cycle - a system that feeds private prisons and punishes poverty instead of fixing it.

Full episode at hoosleft.us

#IndianaPolitics #Crime #MassIncarceration #PrisonReform

New from ace BINJ prison and parole reporter Jean Trounstine ...

Inside Clark University’s program to leverage education’s proven power to cut recidivism ...

https://binj.news/2025/11/04/beyond-boston-fighting-poverty-and-prison-with-college-in-worcester/

#Worcester #reentry #prison #independentjournalism #Recidivism #PrisonReform

New from ace BINJ prison and parole reporter Jean Trounstine ...

Inside Clark University’s program to leverage education’s proven power to cut recidivism ...

https://binj.news/2025/11/04/beyond-boston-fighting-poverty-and-prison-with-college-in-worcester/

#Worcester #reentry #prison #independentjournalism #Recidivism #PrisonReform

Now available: A 3-part training series for those in prison and probation
sectors, with a focus on cases involving extremist behaviour or radicalisation
risk.

🔗 https://buff.ly/3RCYJAi

#CriminalJusticeReform #PrisonReform #Security #Recidivism

Now available: A 3-part training series for those in prison and probation sectors, with a focus on cases involving extremist behaviour or radicalisation risk.

🔗 https://buff.ly/3RCYJAi

#CriminalJusticeReform #PrisonReform #Reintegration #Security #Recidivism

Wagner Law Group secures $116M settlement for 103 sexual assault victims at Dublin federal prison, exposing systemic abuse and demanding institutional accountability. Justice prevails for survivors of institutional misconduct. #PrisonReform #JusticeServed

This is the #DisintegrationChecklist. #TheChecklist of what we can expect to lose in the next four years. That makes it a tool for gauging the progress of loss. 43 items. A grim countdown score in the form of a simple number: how many are still left? That is the #DisintegrationScore. 43... for now.

_________________________
from‬ https://absurdistwords.bsky.social‬:

#ThingsThatWillDisappearInTheNextFourYears (A non-exhaustive list)

#AbortionRights
#Contraception
#NoFaultDivorce
#ViolenceAgainstWomenAct (#VAWA)
#CivilRightsAct
#VotingRightsAct
#FirstAmendment Protections
#BirthrightCitizenship
#NaturalizationProtection
#EnvironmentalProtection
#ConsumerProtection
#FraudProtection
#PoliceBrutality #ConsentDecrees
#HabeasCorpus
Three #CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment
#GenderAffirmingCare
#HormoneReplacement
#InVitroFertilization
#SameSexMarriage
#InterracialMarriage
#AntiDiscrimination Laws
#WorkerSafety Laws
#CollectiveBargaining
#AffordableCareAct (#ACA)
#PrisonReform
#AmericansWithDisabilitiesAct (#ADA)
#RightToPrivacy
#SeparationOfChurchAndState
#ForeignAid Programs
#PovertyPrograms
#PublicRadio & #PublicTelevision
#SexualFreedom
#AntiSegregation Laws
#VaccineMandates
#PublicSchool System
#PublicLibrary System
#StareDecisis
#ChildLabor Laws
#Antitrust Laws
#LegalCannabis
#Pornography
#SexWorker Protections
#InternetFreedom
_________________________

Keeping track of this #DisintegrationChecklist, & the
#DisintegrationScore, is not a silly thing. I am not trying to #gamify the #apocalypse. It is a concrete measure, and if it is widely shared, it will make apparent even to the distracted the accelerating loss. A tool for those capable of caring.

https://bsky.app/profile/absurdistwords.bsky.social/post/3lb5wwj23v22u

This is the #DisintegrationChecklist. #TheChecklist of what we can expect to lose in the next four years. That makes it a tool for gauging the progress of loss. 43 items. A grim countdown score in the form of a simple number: how many are still left? That is the #DisintegrationScore. 43... for now.

_________________________
from‬ https://absurdistwords.bsky.social‬:

#ThingsThatWillDisappearInTheNextFourYears (A non-exhaustive list)

#AbortionRights
#Contraception
#NoFaultDivorce
#ViolenceAgainstWomenAct (#VAWA)
#CivilRightsAct
#VotingRightsAct
#FirstAmendment Protections
#BirthrightCitizenship
#NaturalizationProtection
#EnvironmentalProtection
#ConsumerProtection
#FraudProtection
#PoliceBrutality #ConsentDecrees
#HabeasCorpus
Three #CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment
#GenderAffirmingCare
#HormoneReplacement
#InVitroFertilization
#SameSexMarriage
#InterracialMarriage
#AntiDiscrimination Laws
#WorkerSafety Laws
#CollectiveBargaining
#AffordableCareAct (#ACA)
#PrisonReform
#AmericansWithDisabilitiesAct (#ADA)
#RightToPrivacy
#SeparationOfChurchAndState
#ForeignAid Programs
#PovertyPrograms
#PublicRadio & #PublicTelevision
#SexualFreedom
#AntiSegregation Laws
#VaccineMandates
#PublicSchool System
#PublicLibrary System
#StareDecisis
#ChildLabor Laws
#Antitrust Laws
#LegalCannabis
#Pornography
#SexWorker Protections
#InternetFreedom
_________________________

Keeping track of this #DisintegrationChecklist, & the
#DisintegrationScore, is not a silly thing. I am not trying to #gamify the #apocalypse. It is a concrete measure, and if it is widely shared, it will make apparent even to the distracted the accelerating loss. A tool for those capable of caring.

https://bsky.app/profile/absurdistwords.bsky.social/post/3lb5wwj23v22u

‘Florida loves prison labor’: why most incarcerated people still work for free in the Sunshine state

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/21/florida-unpaid-prison-labor?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

#PrisonReform #EndSlavery

‘Florida loves prison labor’: why most incarcerated people still work for free in the Sunshine state

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/21/florida-unpaid-prison-labor?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

#PrisonReform #EndSlavery

Some personal reflections on prison medical care

This is a personal account of medical practices and healthcare behind bars, which draws on direct experiences and narrations from fellow prisoners, accumulated during eleven years in custody. It touches on issues of the relationship of medical professionals with the torture of detenus, the anarchy of everyday prison medication, frailty and death among older inmates and the proposals and prospects for prison healthcare reform. It sees a need for systemic change, but the prognosis is not optimistic. Vernon Gonsalves writes.

#BK16 #prisons #PrisonMedicalCare #healthcare #MedicalEthics #PrisonHospitals #PrisonReform #PrisonDoctors #PoliticalPrisoners #torture #HumanRights #DraconianLaws #UAPA #india

https://ijme.in/articles/some-personal-reflections-on-prison-medical-care/?galley=html

Some personal reflections on prison medical care

This is a personal account of medical practices and healthcare behind bars, which draws on direct experiences and narrations from fellow prisoners, accumulated during eleven years in custody. It touches on issues of the relationship of medical professionals with the torture of detenus, the anarchy of everyday prison medication, frailty and death among older inmates and the proposals and prospects for prison healthcare reform. It sees a need for systemic change, but the prognosis is not optimistic. Vernon Gonsalves writes.

#BK16 #prisons #PrisonMedicalCare #healthcare #MedicalEthics #PrisonHospitals #PrisonReform #PrisonDoctors #PoliticalPrisoners #torture #HumanRights #DraconianLaws #UAPA #india

https://ijme.in/articles/some-personal-reflections-on-prison-medical-care/?galley=html

#IMO Cancel Culture is a different card in the same hand that makes it impossible for felons to find gainful #employment and return to #crime

Maybe not everyone, but cutting people off to resources and the better #community for bad behaviors just makes them turn to the people who agree with their bad actions - which doesn’t help anyone.

We do not have to fail the same way #prison fails to rehabilitate and reintegrate. We can teach and encourage others to become better and make our community better.

#JustSomeThoughts #monday #cancel #cancelculture #ihatethetermcancelculture #prisonreform #sentencingreform #rehabilitation #bringthemcloser

#IMO Cancel Culture is a different card in the same hand that makes it impossible for felons to find gainful #employment and return to #crime

Maybe not everyone, but cutting people off to resources and the better #community for bad behaviors just makes them turn to the people who agree with their bad actions - which doesn’t help anyone.

We do not have to fail the same way #prison fails to rehabilitate and reintegrate. We can teach and encourage others to become better and make our community better.

#JustSomeThoughts #monday #cancel #cancelculture #ihatethetermcancelculture #prisonreform #sentencingreform #rehabilitation #bringthemcloser

#IMO Cancel Culture is a different card in the same hand that makes it impossible for felons to find gainful #employment and return to #crime

Maybe not everyone, but cutting people off to resources and the better #community for bad behaviors just makes them turn to the people who agree with their bad actions - which doesn’t help anyone.

We do not have to fail the same way #prison fails to rehabilitate and reintegrate. We can teach and encourage others to become better and make our community better.

#JustSomeThoughts #monday #cancel #cancelculture #ihatethetermcancelculture #prisonreform #sentencingreform #rehabilitation #bringthemcloser

#IMO Cancel Culture is a different card in the same hand that makes it impossible for felons to find gainful #employment and return to #crime

Maybe not everyone, but cutting people off to resources and the better #community for bad behaviors just makes them turn to the people who agree with their bad actions - which doesn’t help anyone.

We do not have to fail the same way #prison fails to rehabilitate and reintegrate. We can teach and encourage others to become better and make our community better.

#JustSomeThoughts #monday #cancel #cancelculture #ihatethetermcancelculture #prisonreform #sentencingreform #rehabilitation #bringthemcloser