For more than 9 years it's been the law of the land to provide gender affirming care to incarcerated people, and now that policy has come to an end because of a federal court ruling. This is incredibly harmful because we know gender affirming care is literally life saving.

Federal Prisons Bar Gender-Affirming Care for Trans People

‘People will die,’ an advocate warns, as standard treatments for gender dysphoria are replaced with therapy and antidepressants after Trump’s order.

themarshallproject.org

THIS THURSDAY in Greensboro: Our monthly Thursday Thoughts events are going down! Join us for great conversations and meeting people in your community! Free to attend! Starts at 6pm!

Do you live near Charlotte, NC? We'd love to have you at our screening of Held & Healing featuring our Chief of Staff Kristie Puckett on April 13 at the Independent Picture House. Event starts with a resource fair at 6pm! RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/held-and-h...

Holding people in solitary is confinement is cruel - including our young people.

An NC advocacy group reports youth in solitary confinement. The state denies it. • NC Newsline

Disability Rights NC said five of the state's 13 juvenile detention centers hold residents in solitary confinement, which administrators deny.

ncnewsline.com

TOMORROW in High Point & New Bern and in NEXT WEEK in Greensboro: Our monthly Thursday Thoughts events are going down! Join us for great conversations and meeting people in your community! Free to attend!

No where is safe from ICE's terror. Even the internet.

ICE’s Surveillance Web Tracks Everyone – Including You

ICE uses facial recognition apps, license plate databases, and social media monitoring to track Americans without warrants, chilling civic participation.

yahoo.com

On April 13 in Charlotte, join us for a Black Maternal Health week event screening of Held & Healing a documentary featuring our very own Kristie Puckett. We'll have a community resource fair starting at 6pm and the screening followed by a panel starts at 6:30pm! www.eventbrite.com/e/held-and-h...

Six years ago, police burst into Breonna Taylor’s home in the middle of the night and took a life that should still be here today. Justice delayed, accountability denied, and her name still carries the weight of a system that failed her. We remember Breonna Taylor. #SayHerName

In a movement like ours, the hard days can be heavy. But sometimes there are moments that remind us exactly why we keep fighting.💪 Our newest edition of 'DPA Dispatch' shares one of those moments → open.substack.com/pub/deathpen...

🎉 DPA Dispatch: Moments Like these Make it All Worth it

Thank you for supporting our work here at Death Penalty Action.

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NEXT WEEK in High Point & New Bern and in 2 weeks in Greensboro: Our monthly Thursday Thoughts events are going down! Join us for great conversations and meeting people in your community! Free to attend!

Court fees are already oppressive enough as it is. But if your case gets dismissed in Iowa - they want you pay for it anyways.

Iowa’s Top Court Ended Court Fees in Dismissed Cases. Politicians Want Them Back

The state can no longer saddle defendants with court fees when charges are dismissed. Prosecutors are backing legislation to restore them.

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Pregnant people deserve dignity - not to be locked up for using CBD products to relieve pain.

Tens of Thousands of Mothers Were Flagged to Police Over Flawed Drug Tests at Childbirth

The Marshall Project found more than 70,000 cases referred to law enforcement over allegations of substance use during pregnancy — and that’s a significant undercount.

themarshallproject.org

Our Thursday Thoughts events bring about productive conversations with people in our community. We love talking to justice-impacted people and building relationships. Come join us in High Point, Greensboro and New Bern this month!

Violent crime rates are falling in the Triangle area - this is good news. Raleigh and Durham data doesn't show why yet, but we will always advocate for restorative justice practices - Durham and now Raleigh have crisis response units, which is a step in the right direction.

The Triangle continues to see homicides fall from the pandemic peak

The number of homicides in the Triangle's biggest cities have stabilized.

axios.com

Self-defense against the people who have abused us is never seen as self-defense by the so-called "justice" system. We hope that Massachusetts lawmakers come through and pass this bill and Governor Healey signs it - survivors deserve freedom, not incarceration.

Massachusetts Could Be the Next State to Give Abuse Survivors a Pathway Out of Prison - Bolts

The Massachusetts Survivors Act emulates recent resentencing reforms across the country that allow for reduced sentences for people with convictions related to their abuse.

boltsmag.org

These kids don't deserve to be detained, and neither do their families. What is happening in this country is pure evil.

The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center

ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of what comes next.

propublica.org

Year after year the data keeps showing that crime is declining - so why is our current president trying to say that it's the worst it's ever been? 🤨

The Great Crime Decline Is Happening All Across the Country

Even cities with understaffed police departments have made record gains.

theatlantic.com

This program in Maine, that our chief of staff Kristie Puckett has played a part in, is truly transformative for incarcerated people. We hope that more states start doing similar programs - this not only helps impacted people but their families and their communities.

Maine inmates earn paychecks through remote work program

From prison to paycheck: Inmates in Maine are working remote jobs while serving time.

wmtw.com

THIS THURSDAY in Greensboro: Thursday Thoughts returns to the Glenwood Recreation Center off Coliseum Blvd. Starts at 6pm, come on out and bring your friends, family and neighbors!

Tommy Lee Walker's story isn't one of hope - he never got to see freedom because he was executed in 1956, not even 3 years after he was charged for a crime he never committed.

“I Have Been Tricked Out of My Life”: Dallas Man Exonerated 70 Years After Execution | Death Penalty Information Center

September 30, 1953 was an event­ful night for 19-year-old Tommy Lee Walker. After catch­ing a ride home from work at 6 p.m. — he didn’t have a car — he...

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Just because someone is incarcerated does not mean that they don't deserve the dignity of being clean and being able to not be confined to a room.

New York Women’s Prison Forces People to Go Without Showers or Recreation

The conditions at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility are akin to solitary confinement, local experts say — an apparent violation of state law.

theintercept.com

TONIGHT in High Point & New Bern + NEXT THURSDAY in Greensboro: Our Thursday Thoughts discussions are back! Come on out and meet folks in your community and listen to impacted people as they share their stories. FREE to attend!

Did you know that in many states if your are incarcerated, and in some places formerly incarcerated, that you do not have the right to vote? That could be changing in Washington state in the near future:

15,000 people in WA prisons can't vote. A new bill aims to change that

Advocates say restricting incarcerated people from voting while they’re completing felony sentences undercuts constitutional values and enables racial injustices.

seattletimes.com

Renee Good and Alex Pretti and Keith Porter are not the only ones that have been murdered by ICE, and they sadly won't be the last.

How ICE and Border Patrol Keep Injuring and Killing People

After shooting people, federal agents repeatedly failed to provide first aid, and officials spun narratives disproven by video.

themarshallproject.org

Instead of spending our tax dollars on things Americans actually need, ICE agents are getting $50,000 signing bonuses, a retirement account and less training than a police officer to go out and kidnap, detain, deport and sometimes murder immigrants and US citizens.

You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.

What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.

slate.com

Coming up NEXT WEEK in New Bern & High Point + the Last Thursday of the Month in Greensboro: We're hosting Thursday Thoughts to have conversations with impacted people and the people they love. Bring your neighbors, your family, your friends out to these FREE events!

Riker's Island needs to close. Let's hope Stanley Richards and Mayor Mamdani will finally follow through on that plan.

Mamdani names jails reformer Stanley Richards to steer chaotic Rikers complex

Exactly one month into his term, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed a formerly incarcerated person to manage the facility.

gothamist.com

Oh no, absolutely not.

Documents show proposal for ICE detention facility in Greensboro

Records obtained by the ACLU indicate the former American Hebrew Academy is among the locations under federal consideration. The possibility has drawn scrutiny from local leaders, who suggest the move would face zoning and public approval challenges.

wunc.org

Generative AI is already killing our planet (and endangering public health). The last thing our communities need is AI infiltrating the so-called "justice" system. Good on the Durham City Council for listening to their constituents. www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

THIS SUNDAY 2/8: All are invited to join us at Second Chances on Second Sunday at Greater New Hope Baptist Church in High Point. Starts at 8AM!