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Another paper out today! Senior author Robbie M Parks, Victoria Lynch, Raenita Spriggs, Yoonjung Ahn, Colin Raymond and I assessed how heat exposure is changing for the 2 million incarcerated people in the USA. Link: https://lnkd.in/ghf2vtcH We find that for nearly 2,000 incarceration facilities, the frequency of dangerous heat events has increased since the 1980s and that Florida and Texas are hot spots for exposure. Our hope is that this top-down research can help bottom up policies to reduce harm from extreme heat for vulnerable populations who have little agency, like incarcerated people in the USA.

Advocates and allies across the country have already made huge progress in slowing and reversing the expansion of the criminal justice system in the United States, and in seeding the infrastructure for something that better serves communities. We want to help escalate and streamline that momentum. We want to unlock the bold, creative solutions for safety and justice this country needs and deserves. Learn more about how we’re doing that in our first ever annual report. https://lnkd.in/giBFrz3S

"Reentry in New Jersey is not always easy – it can be complex, with many barriers to overcome, unique challenges to face and complications when it comes to ease of navigation," according to a recent article by Kintock CEO, Walt Simpkins, published in TAP into Newark. The article explores organizations The Kintock Group bridge this divide – serving as a one-stop shop for quality, evidence-based reentry programs designed to reduce recidivism, encourage self-sufficiency and prepare individuals to reenter the community as productive members of society. https://lnkd.in/ehEwcFwq

People who have lived experience of the justice system often have ideas about how things need to change. Learn more about our Lived Experience Panel https://lnkd.in/gec89-aC #livedexperience #justicesystem

READ ALL ABOUT IT 🗞️🗞️🗞️ January's Mission Network is now available online! Read about David, who found a helping hand at The Union Mission after being released from prison. Meet our new Senior Director of Programs, Douglas Preston, and what's on his agenda for 2024. And finally, learn how Legacy Planning is an act of love. Check it out at the link below! 👇👇👇 https://lnkd.in/evmdnXG3 #CaringLikeChrist

Why is there impediment to call Cardinal Wilton Gregory about police related satanic ritual abuse impacting multiethnic and multiracial, indigenous, or women and children survivors of violence escalation or brutality patterns? Vet it with Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Joe Rogan, Megyn Kelly, and others holding police brutality patterns to account with the military in law enforcement, OCFA, with law enforcement chaplaincy, Compton NAACP, Moorehead Univ., Howard Univ., Notre Dame, Stanford, and others who working with permission in conjunction with lawful authorities to study, investigate and care about protecting minors and non consensual adults from violence escalation patterns. Vet de-escalation strategies with OC Deputy Carillo.