Level creates free educational content for people in prison. #OER #edtech #digitaldivide #creativecommons #equity #adulteducation #prisoneducation
Austin, TX
Joined February 2017
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What is the worst thing you have ever done? Write it on a sticker and put the sticker on the front of your shirt and wear it everywhere you go. Nothing you can ever do will cover that label up – everything is seen through that stain. This is a convict’s life – FOREVER
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Mail bans give incarcerated people and their families one more reason to use paid communication options like phone calls, video calls, and tablets. Private vendors always profit from these services - and often, they kick back some of the revenue to the prisons.
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Last month Connecticut became the first state in the country to make prison phone calls free. It’s a huge victory for the incarcerated and their families and will transform the lives of children with incarcerated parents. Every single state should do this. theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
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The gender #digitaldivide is real — but not for long.
Meet 8⃣young female technologists who translated the #gendergap into opportunity 🚀
unicef.org/stories/tech-trai… @UNICEF @UN_Women @girleffect @GirlsWhoCode
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BREAKING! 📣 Connecticut Governor Lamont just signed SB 972 making all prison communication free! Connecticut went from dead last on prison phone justice to first! Congrats to all the brave families and advocates who fought for this.
Press release: worthrises.org/pressreleases…
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… Edwards said, “the estimate is that we got about 94,000 children in our state who have at least one of their parents or a caregiver incarcerated.” Via @FOX48tv #Louisiana #incarceration #parents bit.ly/2RJ8aBW
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Fewer than 20% of people incarcerated in federal and state prisons have been vaccinated against COVID-19: themarshallproject.org/2021/…
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We've been tracking the devastating impact of COVID-19 on people who live and work in prisons and jails since last March. Here are the latest numbers: trib.al/5uMgQC8.
By March 30, at least 391,782 people in prison had tested positive. 2,506 prisoners have died.
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“To have your name called for mail means that someone from the outside is paying attention to you. . .Your name is called, and you are recognized as an individual—a real person with a real connection to something beyond the prison walls.” appalachianprisonbookproject…
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Classes are underway for our talented students at the D.C. Jail! Learn more about this semester at @Georgetown's "Southeast campus" ow.ly/uVqq50E7zNB @TravisLAdkins @marcmhoward @GeorgetownColl #PrisonEducation #HigherEdInPrison
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I once imagined myself becoming a boxer but I had 21 years to do in prison and so it was a lost cause.
Later I imagined myself becoming a mobile developer but I had never held a smart phone. It was an unlikely goal.
Today I officially started a new job as an iOS engineer.
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“The structures of our society failed Lisa. This could have been prevented if social services [and] police had done their job, if mental health had been something that this country valued and provided to poor people and to women who have been abused.” 2/
msmagazine.com/2021/01/11/li…
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The Problem: The current criminal background screening and credit reporting servicers are the "gatekeepers" to the reentry opportunities and the financial security of consumers with records. #criminaljusticereform #massincarceration #inequality #equity #inclusion #GBBT
ALT A Los Angeles survey found that over 60% of employers would "probably not" or "definitely not" be willing to hire an individual with a criminal record.
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COVID & Mass Incarceration. A thread.
Many of us have been doing our best to socially distance during this pandemic. But imagine if you were confined to a small 6’ X 8’ cell in a space designed to keep you in. Not ideal for the whole 6 feet distancing thing is it? 1/ – at Brooklyn, NY
80% of people who died in [Texas] jails from COVID were not convicted of a crime. #Covid #prison repositories.lib.utexas.edu/…
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This @guardian article by @AlysiaAbbott provides insight into one reason we receive many requests for how-to-draw guides. We're grateful to everyone who has ever donated such materials, including @levellearning who donated "Line Art for Self Expression". theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…
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Reminder: “Free” prison e-readers and tablets are never truly free. Here’s info about a similar policy in WV: appalachianprisonbookproject…
Allegheny County Jail w/ their very own book ban. How Original. You can help by calling Rich Fitzgerald's office at 412-350-6500 and urge him to restore and expand access to books for people in the Allegheny County Jail.
publicsource.org/allegheny-c…
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I asked the Texas prison system for an updated list of banned books and they have so many banned books that they want to charge me $400 for a spreadsheet listing them.
This is astonishing in part because it is a list that already exists.
