Shelby Davis

Graphs titled: US crime rates continue to fall, and actually hit a 60-year low in 2023

Graph titled: The most serious charge for most people who are booked into jail is related to drugs, property, or public order – not violence

Self-serving politicians may want you to believe that violent crime is rampant and repeat offenders are to blame – but two things to remember:
1. Overall crime rates are at historically low levels
2. 74% of all jail bookings are for charges that are not "violent"

10.02.2025 21:10 — 👍 38    🔁 16    💬 0    📌 2

I have seen people get thrown face-down onto a hard floor for failing to follow a judge's orders.

I have seen people sent to Rikers Island for refusing to follow a judge's order.

Courts have plenty of hard power. But they only have practice using it against poor people.

10.02.2025 23:04 — 👍 4349    🔁 1125    💬 35    📌 38

GOP laws aimed at very rare noncitizen voting could hit eligible voters Republicans in Congress and state legislatures are charging forward with plans to require Americans to prove they are citizens.

@wendyweiser.bsky.social explains the dangers of a federal bill that would require proof of citizenship to vote. It would “exclude, really, tens of millions of people and would just upend access to voter registration.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

09.02.2025 23:00 — 👍 87    🔁 34    💬 7    📌 0

Missourians waiting in jail for court-ordered mental health care reaches all-time high • Missouri Independent There are 418 Missouri residents in jail on a waiting list for a mental health bed, and the average wait time now stands at 14 months.

There are 418 Missourians waiting for a mental health bed. The average time these individuals wait in jail before receiving treatment is 14 months, often longer than the sentence they would have received had they been convicted. #moleg #mogov via @clarabates.bsky.social

27.01.2025 13:08 — 👍 13    🔁 10    💬 4    📌 1

So if you are brown and use drugs it’s legal warfare against you and you’re a terrorist but if you’re white and facilitate the exchange of massive amounts of drugs it’s pardon o’clock.

22.01.2025 01:10 — 👍 1632    🔁 145    💬 30    📌 1

Important piece on the impact of prison censorship & how privatized communications services hinder opportunities for connection.

21.01.2025 01:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

As Trump takes office & pledges mass deportations, here is a shareable film series written *by immigrants for immigrants* on how to safely defend against ICE.

The first of four: 🚨If ICE is outside your door, don’t panic. Don’t open the door. Ask to see a warrant. ICE can’t enter w/o one. Part 1:

20.01.2025 20:44 — 👍 564    🔁 403    💬 10    📌 14

Oh come on @aliciavlozano.bsky.social. Only thing sus here is this reporting.

10.12.2024 11:41 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

An 8-ounce bag of Cheetos is ***$6.46*** on the Los Angeles jail commissary.

06.12.2024 02:36 — 👍 356    🔁 100    💬 18    📌 8

As Anti-Trans Bills Target Prisoners, Some Warn of a ‘Canary in the Coal Mine’ Legislation targeting transgender people behind bars is part of a much broader campaign against LGBTQ rights. Advocates say it could preview future attacks by the anti-trans movement.

On Trans Day of Remembrance, we want to uplift our coverage highlighting the ways the criminal justice system oppresses trans people.

Appeal contributor @byadamrhodes.bsky.social has documented legislation targeting incarcerated trans people, including laws denying gender affirming care in prisons.

20.11.2024 23:02 — 👍 499    🔁 206    💬 5    📌 7