A well-deserved win last night at the @holmesreport 2019 Sabre Award for Best Public Affairs Campaign for #MassBailOut!
Congratulations to @TeamKivvit & @RFKHumanRights for receiving this incredible honor!
FIRST BAIL PAID! More to go...can we hit $10K?
Donate today and get a downloadable letter to give your Mama for Mother’s Day! bit.ly/BlackMamasBailOutNYC
This is
a daily
reminder that
creating hierarchies
of worth
around who
'deserves' to
be incarcerated is
a strategy rooted
in damaging
conceptions of criminality
w/ direct links to
our country's legacy
of racism,
white supremacy,
& the assumed
guilt of people of color.
Last October, our YL Program joined forces with local #CJReform efforts to create the largest domestic @MassBailOut. @KeeganMKey, @TaySchilling, @common, and more supported our efforts to show NYC officials that caging human beings before their trial date is unacceptable. (1/2)
Michele Benjamin was just 16 when she was condemned to die in prison for an act of self-defense. Today, the CJ system may give her another chance at life. Our nation punishes victims and criminalizes black women & girls. This must end. #CJReformtheappeal.org/sentenced-to-l…
Lawyers were just alerted to leave the facility because of “a serious threat”. Legal has been the only outside visitors allowed to enter since this AM. #MDCBrooklyn
(I’ve been here al night)
This is cruel and unusual punishment perpetrated against people merely because they don’t have the financial resources to pay for their freedom. #CJReformnytimes.com/2019/02/02/nyreg…
We stand with the calls of the defense community and the @nytimes Editorial Board for NYS to #RepealTheBlindfold and reform outmoded criminal discovery laws. It's past time to inject basic fairness into the criminal justice system.
nytimes.com/2019/01/15/opini…
On my flight to DC this morning wondering how many passengers taking off from LGA look down and shudder when they think of the thousands of children, mothers and fathers caged on Rikers? Not because they're guilty, but because they can't make bail. #CloseRikersNow#MassBailOut
Gov. Bill Haslam grants full clemency to Cyntoia Brown. She will be released from prison on August 7, 2019. "Imposing a life sentence on a juvenile ... is too harsh, especially in light of the extraordinary steps Ms. Brown has taken to rebuild her life." tennessean.com/story/news/20…
Congrats @prisonculture and all who organized and donated. And of course much respect and gratitude to all of the bail funds and networks across the country doing the work to #FreeThePeople everyday.
Please support the incredible @prisonculture who leads the now annual collective effort to #FreeThePeople by donating to a bail fund of your choice. bit.ly/localbailfunds Donate the cost of a drink or more and your donation will be matched. #letsgetfree
This year, @RFKHumanRights created the @MassBailOut Action and launched our Speak Truth to Power human rights education platform in union with @DiscoveryEd. Ensure our work continues for the next 50 years, contribute to our #GivingTuesday Campaign! tfaforms.com/4706795#RFK50
#EXCLUSIVE: After a historic election, public defenders are calling on political leaders in Albany to urgently pass key criminal legal system reforms. nydailynews.com/news/politic…
In California, under the current law, sentences for many felonies can be “enhanced” with additional prison time if the person committing the crime is classified as a gang member, for example, or has other felony convictions on his record.
@kendrick38#MassBailOut