Virginia Tech's Mass Incarceration Symposium 2021

Here is the link to the Lives At Risk short film presented at the Symposium on Mass Incarceration, Communities and Families: youtube.com/watch?v=zVsIL0… Directed by @_MsJohnson__ w/ contributions from Dr. Joyce Arditti, @jcollier200,Shivangi Gupta and Cassie McBryde

@urbaninstitute @the_equitylab @ACLU @ACLUVA @GeorgetownCCF @AUAntiracismCtr @ChildTrends

Reflecting on historic events from 2020, this film highlights the impacts of Mass Incarceration on, not only the incarcerated, but their family members and communities. #EndMassIncarceration

Here is the link to the Lives At Risk short film presented at the Symposium on Mass Incarceration, Communities and Families: youtube.com/watch?v=zVsIL0… Directed by @_MsJohnson__ w/ contributions from Dr. Joyce Arditti, @jcollier200,Shivangi Gupta and Cassie McBryde

#AB1509 will have a huge cost savings from decarceration. The savings are estimated at almost $3 Billion per year and can/should go to gun prevention and community resources that ACTUALLY prevent harm. #GunControlNow #endmassincarceration

About 92% of incarcerated people with gang enhancements are either Black or Latino, this discriminatory practice is ruining lives and fracturing communities. Let's pass #AB333 to #EndGangEnhancements @sfdefender @svdebug @NextGen_Policy twitter.com/ManoRajuPD/sta…

Virginia Tech Tuesday: In the upcoming weeks, Virginia Tech will be holding a virtual Symposium on Mass Incarceration, Communities and Families.Take a listen to Symposium organizer, Dr. Joyce Arditti discuss this timely event! wfxrtv.com/living-local/s…

Great, must listen to interview with former @TheMCUAAAR scientist Reuben Miller @reubenjmiller. @umisr @RCMARCC @ABSociologists @ASA_SREM @BlackInGeron @SandyDarity @DarrickHamilton @christinajcross @rianaelyse @WSpriggs @HopeOnCall npr.org/2021/03/24/980…

We know that the application of the death penalty is racially discriminatory + mass incarceration today serves the same purpose as slavery & post-Civil War Jim Crow laws: to maintain a 413 years long racial caste system. It's time for the other 27 states to follow VA's lead.

In January, VA Progressive Prosecutors for Justice went on the record urging General Assembly to end mandatory minimum sentences. We support individualized sentencing and believe ending mandatory minimums will make our communities safer and stem the tide of mass incarceration.

Thank you Nadine Naber of Mamas Activating Movements for Abolition and Solidarity(MAMAS) for writing this important article and mentioning our coalition and campaign! msmagazine.com/2021/03/03/cov…

New hope for teenagers sentenced to life imprisonment in MD-Their age when they committed the crime should be a factor when they apply for parole. #criminaljustice #parole washingtonpost.com/local/public-s…

Thank you @VOCALNewYork for always championing the #HALTsolitary bill. VOCAL leaders have shown up bright and early, courageously shared very personal and traumatic experiences with lawmakers so that others would not suffer, & settled for nothing less than HALT. We ❤️ you.

Tomorrow is the one year anniversary of Breonna Taylor's murder by police. In Jewish tradition, we light a candle on the yahrzeit and say a prayer which sanctifies God's name and asks for God to make peace below. Let's light a candle- Act to end police violence. #BreonnaTaylor

May 11. RIHD Mobile Justice Tour - Ordinary people doing extrodinary work to end mass incarceration in Virginia. Thanks Newport News!

These states have the highest incarceration rates in the U.S. nytv.to/nbeQ0

One of the largest metro areas in America has set up a fund to help restructure youth justice bit.ly/3pmEzZJ

VIRGINIA - Against all odds, SB 1301 is still in the game. Testimony given this morning was both bold, and factual. SB 1301 passed out of the House subcommittee 6-2. @IAHR_DC @JoshuaCole #StopSolitaryConfinement