Ra Avis

My reading of my poem "Flushed", about prison. youtu.be/pX-CoaC2u1s

The U.S. just received a D+ grade on maternal healthcare from @MarchofDimes. Again. That's horrific. And for the nearly 60,000 pregnant people who get sent to prison or jail every year, the standard for maternal healthcare in the U.S. is even WORSE. 🧵

113 million U.S. adults have an immediate family member who has ever been to prison or jail. As the holidays approach, it's hard not to think of the millions of people currently separated from their loved ones by prison & jail cells.

EXCLUSIVE: Arizona is inducing the labor of pregnant prisoners against their will — sometimes as early as three weeks before their due date. Health care experts call the policy unethical. Reproductive justice advocates say it's a human rights violation. azcentral.com/story/news/loc…

We ran the numbers and it's sad. On Oct 28, the FCC is set to rollback regulations — passed unanimously last year — and allow predatory correctional telecoms and greedy sheriffs get back to business as usual exploiting families. Here's what to know. THREAD