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The Louisiana Stop Solitary Coalition (LSSC), launched in 2019 and led by the Justice and Accountability Center of Louisiana, is a robust initiative with a distinct mission: to raise community awareness about the devastating and long-lasting effects of solitary confinement and end this inhumane practice. Solitary confinement, a controversial practice within the criminal justice system, causes immense suffering and trauma for incarcerated people and their families. We have heard countless stories of daily depression and psychological torture endured by those subjected to solitary confinement. This practice violates human dignity, denies the fundamental need for social interaction, and contradicts rehabilitative efforts. Comprised of survivors, stakeholders, and various community and faith-based organizations, LSSC is a powerful statewide coalition committed to eliminating solitary confinement from Louisiana's jails and prisons by 2028. We invite you to join us in our pursuit of justice and freedom. Together, we can make a significant positive change. To become a part of the coalition, please visit LAStopSolitary.org.

CSRPC and Beyond Prisons keeps humanity at the forefront when exploring places like the carceral system. By illuminating the central role that race and racism play in so many systems of oppression, we can start moving toward a paradigm shift. I hope you will consider supporting CSRPC today so that we can continue this important work. Go to bit.ly/CSRPCGIVING 🙏🏽 Jimmy Soto, CSRPC Beyond Prisons Justice Practitioner Fellow

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As WI legislature takes important steps to move closer to closing Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake, we hope it will increase investment in community-based services, which are more effective and cause less trauma to youth and communities than youth prisons. https://lnkd.in/e2kz2Bfc

We live in a world riddled with carceral injustice, from coerced false confessions and wrongful convictions to decades in solitary confinement and unsafe living conditions in prisons. Join the Buffett Institute's Epistemic Reparations Global Working Group for a conference examining our obligations to make epistemic reparations for the distinctively epistemic wrongs involved in carceral injustices, such as the vilification or demonization of people who are wrongfully convicted of crimes they did not commit. In addition to other forms of reparations, including monetary ones, victims of such wrongs may also be owed epistemic ones, including the creation and sharing of knowledge about who they in fact are that counters the narrative developed and promoted by the State. 🗓 May 16–18 📍 Northwestern University's Evanston and Chicago campuses and an Illinois correctional center 🔗 See the full agenda and register: http://spr.ly/6046jtJJi

For an interesting peek behind the scenes of one of America’s harshest prisons, learn about re-entry from an expert in the field - the process, the barriers, the benefits, and the heartbreaks. Learn about the human capacity for survival and growth.

How was this class helpful? “I liked the $1,000,000 Check, “The Gift” (emotional hygiene tech)”. R. Michel “Offers insight to “all” victims.” J.  Timmerman “It enlightened me on American prisons, showed me how I victimized others in the past and made me feel better and more humanized.” S. Howel - - CJC Transforming HARM to HEALING to HOPE!   134th Nebraska State Penitentiary (NSP), Lincoln, NE. Nebraska Dept. of Correctional Services - CJC Trauma Informed Brief Restorative Justice Intervention (RJI) “Crime Victims Impact/Emotional Hygiene (Life Skills) class” Monday – March 4, 2024. Out of the elven (11) justice involved individuals who attended our RJ Intervention; 73% demonstrated some level of empathetic response or insight into the effects their actions had on their victims or communities. The average ACE score (Adverse Childhood Experience – child trauma) for this class was a “6” with nine or 82% rating the program EXCELLENT! #goodwillLincoln #victimsimpactstatements #reentry #restorativejustice #transformativejustice