Capital Area Against Mass Incarceration (CAAMI) seeks to challenge and dismantle mass incarceration and the systems of oppression that sustain it.

Albany, NY
Joined January 2015
Can’t make this up! Disgraced former DA Joel Abelove (indicted for covering up a police killing) is practicing law out of a gun store. The same store that erected an enormous Trump sign in 2016. The store owner is one of David Soares’ largest campaign contributors #Albany
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Speaker @carlheastie- no budget without #raisetheageny!
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#Albany high school student says he is Mexican American and has been told to "get out of America"
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Over 50 people here at #Albany City Hall discussing how to be sanctuary city, protect immigrants. @Albanycityhall
Today! #RaisetheAgeNY Call Day. It takes 2 minutes; we have everything you need to reach your reps in Albany: bit.ly/rta2017
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.@feedingfaith says @NYGovCuomo needs to be bold and #TurnOnTheTAP -- education funds for people inside! #ChallengeIncarcerationNY
"We must DEMAND, 1 citizen, 1 voice, 1 VOTE. The constitution guarantees this." @feedingfaith @ccf_ny #ChallengeIncarcerationNY
We need education all around, and restoration of #VotingRights of all people on parole in NYS! #DemandDemocracy #ChallengeIncarcerationNY – at Manhattan, NY
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Powerful testimony on realities of our racist prison system that perform state sanctioned torture everyday in NY #ChallengeIncarcerationNY – at Manhattan, NY
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"Community empowerment & civic education are critical to achieving change." @feedingfaith @ccf_ny @EIO_Coalition #ChallengeIncarcerationNY
NYS #HaltAct & stop solitary confin., end torture. Where will @NYGovCuomo, @NYSA_Majority @NYSenate be in 2017?! #ChallengeIncarcerationNY – at Manhattan, NY
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Rikers Island tortures men, women & children. Rikers locks HUMANS in cages. Rikers causes trauma. #CLOSErikers #ChallengeIncarcerationNY
Our bail system is deeply flawed & punishes poor people. A better system IS possible. #challengeincarcerationny #closerikers
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Lorenzo calling for an end to mandatory minimum sentences at #ChallengeIncarcerationNY launch
We don't need investigations, we need to see courage, to follow the law, if the risk is low, let them GO! #ChallengeIncarcerationNY – at Manhattan, NY
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"New York needs urgent, comprehensive, bold, and humane criminal justice reform." @ city hall challenging leaders to end #massincarceration
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