Laura Rovner

Excited that my talk is on the main page of TED.com, with 57,000+ views already! go.ted.com/laurarovner #stopsolitary

2000+ Jewish professors, staff, students circulating letter on Mahmoud Khalil's arrest: "We hold various views…But we are united in denouncing…anyone who invokes our name—and cynical claims of antisemitism—to harass, expel, arrest, or deport members of our campus communities."

@CliveSSmith @FowziaSiddiqui @Aafiamovement @omarsuleiman I'm so sorry.

Very sad to say that at 11:45 as one of his last deeds as president Joe Biden DENIED clemency to Aafia. No explanation. I’m ashamed of him. His son gets it, Aafia doesn’t. But we will move on to Plan B. Thoughts with @FowziaSiddiqui & her sister. @Aafiamovement @omarsuleiman

Solitary confinement, Human Dignity, & the Eighth Amendment: This article argues that #solitaryconfinement is cruel & unusual punishment because it erodes #humandignity, which should be deemed a basic human need. Read: spkl.io/6016fwFaO Subscribe: spkl.io/6018fwFau

There is hope — 10 ways to be prepared and grounded for another Trump presidency wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/10-thi…

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Bureau Of Prisons Could Do More To Send People Home, Why Aren’t They? via @forbes forbes.com/sites/walterpa…

John Kiriakou: US Prisons Still a Disaster Zone scheerpost.com/2024/10/18/joh… via @Scheer_Post

'Shocking' constitutional discipline violations at now-closed FCI Dublin: judge ktvu.com/news/judge-cit…

The Prison Mail Bans Aren’t About Fentanyl. They’re About Understaffing. filtermag.org/fentanyl-mail-…

Biden Needs to Work on His Clemency Legacy nytimes.com/2024/09/18/opi…

Federal Judge Rules Inmate Death Records Can Remain Secret Because They Could Embarrass Federal Prison Officials reason.com/2024/09/09/fed… via @reason

"There are executive actions Biden could take . . . including commuting the death sentences of those currently on federal death row." Yes. Yes yes yes. nytimes.com/2024/08/31/opi…

I was touched to see Gus Walz’s joy when his dad @Tim_Walz took the stage last night. Thankful for you showing us all what real love looks like, Gus. Let’s be a nation that embraces this kind of warmth and vulnerability, instead of making fun or mocking it. We could all use some of Gus’s example in our own lives.

Everyone stop trying to understand offside. Offside is a great mystery offside works in mysterious ways offside is taking no further questions @USWNT

Special master's report on FCI Dublin is out. New details: The prison was so understaffed that women were tasked with watching each other on suicide watch. Cooks and nurses fill in as guards. ktvu.com/news/fci-dubli…

Harris faces calls to address mass incarceration, drop prosecutor vs. criminal line thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Masturbating inmates pepper-sprayed, restrained, forced to wear yellow cards at Colorado federal prison, report says coloradosun.com/2024/07/15/mas… via @coloradosun