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🚨NEW REPORT: Most people think of probation and parole as pathways away from the carceral system — but that couldn't be further from the truth.
New data reveal how community supervision has grown in parallel with mass incarceration and widened the net of social control 🧵
ALT Graph showing the growth of mass incarceration and mass supervision in the U.S.
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NEW: Sheriffs & DAs have huge powers over criminal justice, including often deciding how much local help ICE will get.
So I focused all year on whittling down the hundreds of elections happening in 2026
OUT TODAY: Learn about the 25 most pivotal.
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“We have to teach each other. There is nobody else to teach us.”
The U.S. has a responsibility to take care of the people it incarcerates, yet each year, thousands are forced to endure menopause behind bars with abysmal care and little to no resources 🧵
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At the forefront of the fight for menopause care behind bars are advocates like
@kwanetaharris, an incarcerated journalist who created a guide to navigating menopause and perimenopause in prison:
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Menopause is inevitable, but behind bars, it's completely ignored. Incarcerated people can't be left behind in the fight for expanded perimenopause & menopause research and care.
Learn more 👇
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"If DOCCS claims it can’t carry out basic prison operations... and if despite a year and a half of “aggressive recruitment” the number of staff members is not increasing, the clear solution is to reduce the number of people who are incarcerated."
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But rolling back humane reforms and throwing people into solitary won't make prisons safer. Solitary is state-sanctioned torture that only serves to further traumatize and abuse incarcerated people.
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ICE wiped thousands of people from its database. Families are paying the price. motherjones.com/politics/202…
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“You can’t shower, I got defecation all over my body...I was literally losing my mind in there"
These are the horrific conditions incarcerated people face inside New York "shit rooms" when they're accused of ingesting contraband:
nysfocus.com/2026/08/17/new-…
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A reminder this back-to-school season: Each year, instead of returning to classrooms, thousands of children are confined in facilities far away from home. For many, it’s a bad omen for a wave of adult criminalization in the not-so-distant future.
Kids need care, not cages.
ALT Infographic of a chalkboard with text: More than 1 in 3 people in state prison were first arrested before their 16th birthday.
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‼️ ICE is detaining people at historically high levels.
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Today is World Perimenopause Day.
Globally, there are significant gaps in care despite the direct impact this natural part of the aging process has on millions of people each year. Behind bars, it's even worse. 🧵
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This policy failure leaves thousands of women without care as they navigate an inevitable part of life.
And to make matters worse, incarcerated women are more likely to suffer from multiple chronic health conditions — all while coping with the cruel day-to-day of prison.
ALT Graph showing that older people in state prisons are plagued with chronic health conditions: 12% report having cancer, 12% report having kidney problems, 23% report heart disease, 23% report having diabetes, 45% report having arthritis, 62% report having hypertension.
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Incarcerated people can't be left behind in the fight for expanded perimenopause & menopause research and care.
Learn more 👇
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