Alice Kim

Our Director of Education, @RenaldoHudson37 and Alice Kim (@mazztopia), Director of Human Rights Practice at @UChiHumanRights reflect on former IL Gov. Ryan's momentous decision to commute the 167 people sitting on IL's death row 20 years ago. ow.ly/178x50MuqPB

New episode coming this week and it’s all about family.

Mothers of the Movement Fight to Abolish the Death Penalty in Illinois - powerful essay by @mazztopia inthesetimes.com/article/mother…

“The Death Row Ten and the mothers of the movement transformed the prison into a site of radical possibility and resistance.” Mothers of the Movement Fight to Abolish the Death Penalty in Illinois - ⁦@inthesetimesmag⁩ inthesetimes.com/article/mother…

These undaunted mothers built a culture of meaningful solidarity in the anti-torture and anti-death penalty movements. inthesetimes.com/article/mother… via @mazztopia

Amazing and heartfelt conversation with friend and soldier in this war for" Fair chances " @mazztopia @jsoble1 @amandaklonsky1 @ILPrisonProject @marshan_allen @

🚨 New episode out today 🚨 Episode 46: From Death Row to Life! We’re joined in conversation with two dazzling thinkers and brave activists, @RenaldoHudson37, Education Director of the @ILPrisonProject, and @mazztopia, Director of @UChiHumanRights Lab at the Univ. of Chicago.

Look at the size of anti-war protestors in St Petersburg, Russia. Wow

Join us this Thursday, February 3, at 4pm CT for Alex S. Vitale (@avitale) on The End of Policing? Rethinking Public Safety in a Time of Crisis, with Alice Kim (@mazztopia) and Julian Go (@jgo34). Co-sponsored with @UChiHumanRights @CSRPC @UChicagoSoc ccct.uchicago.edu/events/the-end…

Looking forward to this event at Univ. Of Chicago.

@VafrmMd @reubenjmiller Right, no federal executions will be carried out while the moratorium is in place but the DOJ sought the death penalty for Tsarnaev and defended its use for Roof.

Reflecting on and remembering those on death row on 45th anniversary of 1st execution in modern death penalty era @truthout⁩ ⁦@RenaldoHudson37⁩ ⁦@DeathPenaltyAct⁩ ⁦@jeannebishop⁩ truthout.org/articles/its-t…

Never ending punishments aren’t making us safer, but they are cruel and unjust. SB 2333 is a common sense, modest proposal that allows the State take a look at extremely long prison sentences that we’re handed down decades ago. Excited to see the GA take this on.

@sji_uic @kfromdabay @SeminaryCoop @dereckapurnell @aja_monet the rsvp link doesn't work...

Tomorrow at 6pm, join us and @SeminaryCoop as #SjiPortalProject fellow and human rights lawyer @dereckapurnell shares her new book "Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom" in conversation with poet @aja_monet. RSVP: bit.ly/booktalk1019

Big thank you to @chancetherapper for taking time to learn and strategize with us on how we can establish a fair system of release to our fam in prisons here in Illinois. It's time to end Slow Death Row. Learn more abt our fight to bring back parole at paroleillinois.org

One of the biggest myths is that punishment occurs after conviction. For most, it begins with a police accusation- a suspicion. That commences brutal punishment in jails across the US upon people that are “presumed” innocent under the law.

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@KeeangaYamahtta @prisonculture Last week, I saw my comrades in the PNAP think tank on Zoom for the first time in over a year. They are serving life sentences and are owed their freedom and so much more. Amidst our joy at seeing one another, they soberly reminded us that while they survived Covid many did not.

Unpopular post...Only in America could anyone think that a prison sentence for more than twenty years is not harsh enough. If you know anything about prison, its utterly life destroying. I hope that we can move beyond the relentless desire for punishment. We need so much more.