OccuWorld · @OccuWorld
43 followers · 430 posts · Server kolektiva.social
Adams administration should be held in contempt for Rikers conditions, federal monitor says
In his eight years overseeing NYC jails, conditions have only worsened, the federal monitor says.
#abolition #abuse #prison #profit #corruption #contempt #conditions #rikers #adams #jails #oversight #taxpayers #violence #force #guards #untrained #assault
#Abolition #abuse #prison #profit #corruption #contempt #conditions #Rikers #adams #Jails #Oversight #taxpayers #violence #force #guards #untrained #assault
Adrian Riskin · @AdrianRiskin
208 followers · 2538 posts · Server kolektiva.social"A superior court judge Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction against Los Angeles County’s practice of requiring cash bail from jailed people who have yet to be arraigned, dealing a major blow to a system long criticized as favoring the wealthy and doing little to make the public safer."
H/T @twrling
#LosAngeles #LA #LosAngelesCounty #LACounty #Bail #CashBail #PublicSafety #SuperiorCourt #Jails
#losangeles #la #LosAngelesCounty #lacounty #bail #cashbail #publicsafety #superiorcourt #Jails
alex · @nonmodernist
100 followers · 110 posts · Server kolektiva.socialsome books about #abolition on my reading list:
- no more police by mariame kaba and andrea ritchie
- captives by jarrod shanahan
- this is my jail by melanie newport
i would love other recommendations. im especially interested in #jails and the criminalization of addiction