Vote No New Jail

30 seconds: That's how long it took to snatch away the life Lavette built for herself. Her children, her business, her community in Chicago's South Side – all was gone when a judge decided, in a fraction of a minute, to set bail at an unaffordable $250K youtube.com/watch?v=E0LFFX…

Congrats @CityOfIowaCity on Data Driven Justice award from @amazon This is an important step in jail alternatives littlevillagemag.com/iowa-city-wins…

Criminal injustice: Thousands stay jailed in just one county because they can’t pay bail buff.ly/1U8I2Zb

Video: Autopsy scheduled for inmate who died in police custody bit.ly/1RyxwYD

Private prison contractors now control 62% of #immigration detention beds ccrjustice.org/home/blog/2015…

The Best Map Ever Made of America’s Racial Segregation buff.ly/1QiRAv5

Incarceration’s Front Door: The Misuse of Jails in America buff.ly/1wSUmnc

Some pretty remarkable real talk on cops and race from the head of the FBI bit.ly/1J4muZO

Arizona gov: We have no money for public education, but let's fund this private prison motherjones.com/politics/2015/… via @motherjones

Thanks to all of u who voted against the "Justice Center": Johnson County Jail bookings, population down dramatically buff.ly/1IY9vbP

CA judges ignoring epidemic of prosecutorial misconduct; something tells us that Iowa is not very different #page=1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">latimes.com/local/politics…

Public defenders know that the trouble with our justice system extends far beyond abusive policing buff.ly/1sUh241

An Immersive Game Shows How Easily Segregation Arises—and How We Might Fix It citylab.com/design/2014/12…

Why 2014 could be a turning point for America’s racist criminal justice system buff.ly/1D8xte1

School Segregation, the Continuing Tragedy of #Ferguson propublica.org/article/fergus…

Q&A with Grayson Scogin: Absolutely no car, and yes, his hands were in fact on his head @ICPDwatch/q-a-with-grayson-scogin-6470a74e93df" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@ICPDwatch/q-a…

Our post on Scogin’s case amassed 19K views in 24h: @ICPDwatch/my-hands-are-behind-my-head-10d083b61513" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@ICPDwatch/my-… @TheDailyIowan @gazettedotcom @presscitizen, you are missing out

@UIowa_Police violently handcuff a student 4 reaching into his pockets buff.ly/1uaEl3I @TheDailyIowan @gazettedotcom @presscitizen

In NYT's Retelling of Eric Garner's Death, the Officer's Arm Has a Mind of Its Own buff.ly/1COxuHx

If Eric Garner's killer can't be indicted, what cop possibly could? buff.ly/1tTMdYm