The BOP announced a new (or revised) mission, vision, and core values last week. @HowTo_Justice's explainer on the announcement tells you what changed, what the changes mean, and, perhaps most importantly, whether the new changes will make a difference.
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The judiciary's credibility is already eroding faster than most of us could have imagined just a few years ago. Creating separate, unelected court systems with, at best, racial overtones gives even more credence to the notion that our judicial system is drowning in politics.
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Stop scrolling and read this article from @latimesharriet and the @latimes. If you care about incarcerated people and their loved ones, you won't regret it.
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Last week, a man was literally eaten alive by bugs in a Georgia jail. Our sister site, @HowTo_Justice, asks a simple but important question in its article today: What the F*** is Happening in America's Jails?
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What does a #MeToo law mean for women in prison? I wrote an article for @theappeal about incarcerated women and New York's Adult Survivors Act. theappeal.org/new-york-adult…
Someone wrote an article claiming that Cook County (Ill.) was trying to “inject[] ‘racial equity’ into the criminal justice system” via #CRT. A quick history lesson on our country’s justice system shows how fearmongering about CRT won't change the past.
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The BOP regularly argues that straightforward statutes don’t mean what they say. When a prisoner does that, we call it a waste of precious judicial resources. But when the government does it, we don’t say anything.
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When the BOP refuses to apply FSA time credits you earn, you can file a habeas petition. How courts respond to your petition is a little hit or miss, but at least the option is there. For other FSA incentivizes, it’s not—and maybe nothing else is either.
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With Idaho bringing back firing squads, Americans are starting to have complicated conversations about the controversial method of execution all over the U.S.—except for in courtrooms.
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BREAKING: The murder victim's family in the case covered in the podcast “Serial” will have the chance to address the court in a new hearing, a court ruled.
Though Adnan Syed's conviction has been reinstated for now, he will not be taken back into custody. apnews.com/article/adnan-sye…
It doesn’t have to be this way.
Austin jailer breaks elderly deaf woman’s arm after misunderstanding at airport. austinchronicle.com/news/202…
The First Step Act includes more incentives than just time credits—at least it does on paper. In court, a judge said, there’s nothing we can do to make sure the BOP actually uses them.
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Can I be kept up to date on someone else’s case? It depends—but, if you go to court hearings, you want to keep in mind that our justice system isn’t as worried about your loved one’s case as you are.
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This is a 🧵 you should read AND do something about.
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It can be hard to litigate against the BOP because of the seemingly endless resources of the DOJ. But it’s also hard because the BOP can make arguments that most of us would never even think of.
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My latest article for @IJThinkTank discusses the criminal justice reforms being made by Merrick Garland at the DOJ.
Please read, like, share, retweet.
#CriminalJustice #MerrickGarland
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Criminal justice reform is happening under the Biden Administration—even if you aren’t hearing about it very much.
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