Peaceful protesters should never be criminalised or imprisoned. 

"Rise of draconian anti-protest laws in Australia is highlighted by UN Special Rapporteur"

"A UN Special Rapporteur has raised concerns about increasingly draconian laws that restrict citizens’ rights to peaceful protest around Australia."

“Over the past 18 months, maximum fines for certain types of peaceful protest in some states increased 10-fold and prison terms trebled."

https://www.edo.org.au/2023/09/08/rise-of-draconian-anti-protest-laws-in-australia-is-highlighted-by-un-special-rapporteur/

Australia: Deep divide between Government and community narratives on toxics fuels anger and distrust, says UN expert, Media release, UN- Special Rapporteur, 8-9-23.
“Draconian restrictions on the right to peaceful protest in several states aggravate the distance between State and society."
https://www.edo.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/press_release_8_september_2023_.pdf

#state vs #society
#protests #criminalisation #rights #freeSpeech #activism #democracy #HumanRights #UN #EDO #Australia #AntiProtestLaws #authoritarianism #incarceration #environment #conservation #NSWlogging #biodiversity #climate

Local governments in U.S. areas that are highly susceptible to climate disasters and have high levels of incarceration must make plans to protect the health of all residents. #ClimateChange #MassIncarceration #Incarceration #NICHDImpact
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9224462/

Report: Former FTX Co-Chief Ryan Salame Contemplates Guilty Plea - According to insiders who reached out to Bloomberg, there are intriguing developme... - https://news.bitcoin.com/report-former-ftx-co-chief-ryan-salame-contemplates-guilty-plea/ #metropolitandetentioncenter #legaldevelopments #potentialwitness #sambankman-fried #criminalcharges #fifthamendment #shiftingstance #incarceration #pleaagreement #guiltyplea #ryansalame #bloomberg #legalteam #insiders #custody #trial #news #ftx

New Yorker: Listening to Taylor Swift in Prison https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/listening-to-taylor-swift-in-prison #NewYorker #Culture/TheWeekendEssay #Incarceration #TaylorSwift #Prison #Music

Congratulations to everyone at Measures for Justice on the launch of Monroe County Commons! I'm excited to see the conversations it sparks.

This project was well underway when I left MFJ in January 2022, amazing work getting it across the finish line (though of course, this is just the beginning).

https://app.measuresforjustice.org/commons/monroe-county-da/goals

#mfj #measuresforjustice #roc #rochesterny #rochester #criminaljustice #criminaljusticereform #incarceration #diversion

Very interested to see how Van Jones will use his gifted funds to help alleviate poverty.
'Van Jones says he wants to curb poverty, incarceration rates as he's ejected from dream.org' https://thegrio.com/2023/08/22/van-jones-wants-curb-poverty-incarceration-rates/
#blackmastodon #povertyrates #poverty #incarceration @blackmastodon #VanJones #vanjones #blackfediverse

The #Deadly and #Tragic Costs of #Pretrial #Detention
https://www.aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/the-deadly-and-tragic-costs-of-pretrial-detention
#jail #prison #incarceration #probation

#Police #abolition

https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYWJjLm5ldC5hdS9yYWRpb25hdGlvbmFsL2ZlZWQvMjg4NDUwNi9wb2RjYXN0LnhtbA/episode/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYWJjLm5ldC5hdS9saXN0ZW4vcHJvZ3JhbXMvcGhpbG9zb3BoZXJzem9uZS9wb2xpY2UtYWJvbGl0aW9uLzEwMjcwMDQ0MA?sa=X&ved=0CJYCEM-BB2oXChMI4OiqsPz0gAMVAAAAAB0AAAAAEAE
What might a society without police look like? For some, the idea of #policeabolition evokes a vision of danger, anarchy and chaos - but for heavily-policed communities subject to high rates of #incarceration, it's a #survival imperative.

An Adderall Shortage and No Vegan Meals — Former FTX Boss Struggles With Jail Life - After Sam Bankman-Fried, once the head of FTX, petitioned the court for a five-day... - https://news.bitcoin.com/an-adderall-shortage-and-no-vegan-meals-former-ftx-boss-struggles-with-jail-life/ #metropolitandetentioncenter #joaquínelchapoguzmán #sambankman-fried #investigations #jabaribrisport #jeffreyepstein #natalieedwards #notableinmates #heatingissues #incarceration #keithraniere #conditions #demands

In this searing indictment of the juvenile justice system, one incarcerated teen weighs what she is willing to endure for forgiveness.

#ya #yalit #yabooks #yafiction #youngadult #youngadultbooks #youngadultfiction #book #bookstagram #bookstodon #nancypaulsenbooks #penguinbooks #juvelinejustice #incarceration #littlefreelibrary #littlefreelibraries #littlefreelibrariesofinstagram #bookdrop #bipoc #bipocbooks

@bookstodon @YALit @diversebooks

In a Whole New Way is a photographic self-portrait by New Yorkers who are serving a term of probation. The book also lifts the veil on this “second-chance” justice intervention that has spread from its origins in 1841 Boston to most of the world today.

#PRbythebook #ProspectaPress #GeorgeCarrano #JonathanFisher #book #bookstagram #booktok #bookstodon #photography #newyork #selfportait #secondchance #justice #incarceration #socialjustice #littlefreelibrary #bookdrop
@bookstodon

@shlepcar I remember my mom telling me about the kids from #tuleLake playing #football against the kids from #alturas, and I remember having my mouth washed out for using the n-word before I knew what it meant, but I don't remember my mom telling me that the kids from tule lake, some of whom lost their lives fighting in @WorldWarii, were #incarcerated wrongly. And I wish she had.

I think she assumed I would understand, because she hated the #incarceration, but I think that though I understood, i, and the rest of my early 60s late Boomer cohort, would have benefited from having it spelled out.

When I feel #old, it's because I realized that so many of these people have already died and apologies are too late. Making #amends? Too late.

Leon Benson spent twenty-five years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit; while in solitary, he clandestinely recorded an album as a message to the outside world.
#racism #music #incarceration
https://progressive.org/latest/told-yall-innocent-how-wrongfully-incarcerated-rapper-riggio-230724/

#Incarceration is a systemic and structural barrier to economic equity. Flintridge Center, a partner of Irvine’s #BetterCareers initiative, says it doesn’t have to be.

Through Flintridge’s programs, returning citizens receive wrap-around services over a longer time to provide them the opportunity to learn new skills, gain stability, and be connected to mental health, substance use, and other supportive services. To date, nearly 2,000 individuals have graduated from Flintridge's #apprenticeship program.

In The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Flintridge shares more about their work, the importance of centering system-impacted individuals, and how philanthropy can help eliminate the barriers and stigma returning citizens face: https://irvine.ly/3Kc7ZqH

This piece is the seventh in a series of feature pieces from some of the organizations that Irvine supports to highlight the challenges and opportunities related to economic opportunity. We are proud to support this series in The Chronicle of Philanthropy.

"A New Law Gave Me 1 Year
With My Babies Before
Heading to #Prison. How
Will I Say Goodbye?"
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2023/07/21/prison-mother-parent-babies-separation-minnesota
#minnesota #parenting #incarceration

https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/wounded-knees-radical-legacy/

#Retelling of the #struggle against #silencingdissent: The enthralling film, From #WoundedKnee to #StandingRock: a Reporter’s Journey, has been screening on local PBS affiliates this year, and it recalls how effective #AIM was in galvanizing U.S. institutions to roll back destructive #ColdWar #policies that exacerbated #Indigenous #poverty, #violence and #incarceration.

#militaryindustrialdomesticeconomy
#KleptocracyExtravaganza

"I couldn’t escape the most painful aspect of #incarceration being away from my children. But I still had breath in my body. I had the power to use my experiences." And that's what Amber Edmunds did https://www.publicsource.org/black-pittsburgh-mothers-motherhood-maya-birth-support-disparity/

Email2Toot ROBOT -- CHECK ACTUAL AUTHOR BELOW:
See our email listserv for psychotherapists at https://www.clinicians-exchange.org
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TITLE: Blog post on racism and risk assessment

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Hi folks:

It’s probably of interest only to a few on this list, but since I was
posting it elsewhere...

This week's /Sexual Abuse/ blog is on racism and risk assessment.
Obviously, no single blog post can cover everything on this topic, but I
did what I could.

https://blog.atsa.com/2023/07/racism-and-risk-assessment.html
<https://blog.atsa.com/2023/07/racism-and-risk-assessment.html>

All the best,

David
David S. Prescott, LCSW, LICSW
Brandon, VT
www.davidprescott.net

#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy
@psychotherapist @psychotherapists
@psychology @socialpsych @socialwork
@psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #research
#bias #implicitbias #prison #incarceration #penal #penalsystem #risk
#riskassessment #assessment #criminaljustice #criminal #justice #instrument

Digitization and Exploitation: Acknowledging and Addressing the Use of Exploitative Prison Labor by Libraries and Archives

#digitization #LibraryLabor #ArchivalLabor #PrisonLabor
#incarceration

https://doi.org/10.1086/725070

from "'Natural Causes?' 58
Autopsies Prove Otherwise" by UCLA’s Carceral Ecologies Lab & The BioCritical Studies Lab:

"Our study shows that young Black and Latinx men are not dying merely from 'natural causes' but from the actions of jail deputies and carceral staff. Our findings support the efforts of community members and lawmakers attempting to reform the cash bail system in Los Angeles County as three quarters of the deaths in our study were individuals heldin pre-trial detention. Moreover, our study supports the urgent need to reduce the jail population to expedite the closing of Men's CentraI Jail and the potential life saving benefits of jail diversion programs for the people of Los Angeles County."

https://ucla.app.box.com/s/sv54jmxhmq19kqifpakh4jfu3vnmhbqt

#jail #incarceration #racism #LosAngeles #California