Bad Omens: Reform rollbacks in Washington D.C. are a warning sign for state-level advocates (via @prisonpolicy.org)
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Bad Omens: Reform rollbacks in Washington D.C. are a warning sign for state-level advocates (via @prisonpolicy.org)
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Flow chart showing that the U.S. spends $445 billion on mass incarceration every year.
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The Memphis Safe Task Force is NOT about violent crime. It's a roundup.
Donald Trump and Gov. Bill Lee's law enforcement occupation of Memphis is in its second week, and we're beginning to see the impact on our local jail, a jail that was already overcrowded and stretched to the limit by mismanagement. It's not good.
Here's what it looks like:
An important story from my colleague Rebecca Cadenhead @mlk50.com: No school, no fresh air and isolated mlk50.com/2025/10/01/n...
Tennessee's incarceration rate for women is 8th among states according to a new @prisonpolicy.org report. www.prisonpolicy.org/global/women...
Even though families and community members are vital to resolving homicides, most don’t get the opportunity to explain how they’d like to be engaged. In this guide, the families of five homicide victims in St. Louis share what they want police to know about investigating killings in their community.
"Ross said that corrections officers did not intervene during the attack but pepper-sprayed Sanoumegah."
Last week, a man in the Shelby County Jail was stabbed 17 times while officers watched. They ultimately used pepper spray on the alleged assailant.
The victim is now paralyzed.
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“[There have been] at least seven deaths there so far this year. Spickler and other critics contend 201 Poplar’s problems have nothing to do with the physical conditions and would not be remedied by a new building.” dailymemphian.com/subscriber/s...
The proposed Cage City will not resolve our jail problem.
The Shelby County Jail is outdated, but an old jail should NOT be deadly anymore than a new one should.
Seven men have lost their lives in the jail this year alone - none of them because of the age of the building.
We need sweeping changes to leadership and policy before we build a new jail.
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Shelby County, TN has nearly 3,000 men, women, and children in jail this morning. The vast majority have not been convicted and cannot afford bail.
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On the verdict in the trial of three former Memphis police officers charged in the killing of #TyreNichols
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The jail building is not killing people.
Gross negligence, callous indifference, low bids, and thoughtless bail decisions are killing people.
A new jail is a small part of the solution, but blindly taxing the poorest people in our community is NOT the first step. dailymemphian.com/subscriber/s...
✅⚖️🔫 A bill being considered in Tennessee will formalize the voting rights restoration process and require that a person also have all firearm rights restored in order to vote.🤯
We discussed this and much more in our latest podcast episode, "Raisins, Spam, & Spaghetti Noodles."
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"Shelby County has a problem, but the solution isn’t another jail. For decades, government officials have relied on incarceration as their primary response to crime, funneling thousands of people – primarily Black, brown, and poor – into an inhumane and fundamentally unjust criminal legal system."
Most of the recent constitutional arguments about the death penalty have focused on legal procedure and, more recently, lethal injection protocols. Here is a good summary from @deathpenaltyinfo.bsky.social:
"Sigmon's head will be covered by a hood and a target will be placed over his heart. Three prison employees will be prepared to shoot Sigmon from a distance of about 15 feet."
A free and civil society does not behave this way.
News: The Tennessee Supreme Court has ordered four men to be executed before the end of this year, setting up the return of the state’s death penalty after five years without an execution. nashvillebanner.com/2025/03/03/t...
🎙️🎙️🎙️When it was built in the early 1980s, the Shelby County (TN) Jail was called a "glamour slammer."
45 years later, it's a death trap.
We talked to two reporters from @mlk50memphis.bsky.social about jail conditions, the Sheriff's media blitz, and more.
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Do you or someone you know have guns you no longer want? If you're in Memphis, bring them to us Saturday, and we'll transform them into something beautiful. And you'll get a Kroger gift card in return. Everybody wins! 🔫 >>> 🌹
“The presumption of innocence has potentially suffered a knock-out blow.” - @joshspickler.bsky.social
Arizona lawmakers have re-filed a bill to limit the use of "felony murder"—a technique that allows prosecutors to charge people with murder even if they haven’t killed anyone. Multiple people have been imprisoned for killings committed by police. theappeal.org/arizona-bill...
Policy idea: County Commissioners get their healthcare from the same provider they select for the jail. How might things be different? wreg.com/news/investi...
