Bring Our Neighbors Home Coalition
@bonh.bsky.social
We are building a coalition dedicated to ending mass incarceration, police violence, and cash bail in Colorado. bringourneighborshome.org
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2/3rds of Colorado schools are in denial and think they can just-say-no their way through fentanyl www.denverpost.com/2023/10/06/n...
More Colorado schools stock overdose reversal meds, but others worry about stigma
Though more districts have signed on since last year, only about a third of Colorado districts had enrolled in the state’s giveaway program at the start of this school year.
www.denverpost.com
October 6, 2023 at 6:39 PM
2/3rds of Colorado schools are in denial and think they can just-say-no their way through fentanyl www.denverpost.com/2023/10/06/n...
🙏Thank you community! City Council has voted, & everything that we were pushing to have included in the 2024 budget will be sent in council's recommendation letter to Mayor Johnston. 🎉
He must submit his revised budget by Oct 16th, before the Oct 23rd public hearing. Don't let the pressure up!
He must submit his revised budget by Oct 16th, before the Oct 23rd public hearing. Don't let the pressure up!
October 6, 2023 at 9:58 PM
🙏Thank you community! City Council has voted, & everything that we were pushing to have included in the 2024 budget will be sent in council's recommendation letter to Mayor Johnston. 🎉
He must submit his revised budget by Oct 16th, before the Oct 23rd public hearing. Don't let the pressure up!
He must submit his revised budget by Oct 16th, before the Oct 23rd public hearing. Don't let the pressure up!
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“The movement for defending life on earth is always a movement against the police.
If you’re fighting to defend a forest, if you’re fighting to defend your home against eviction, your land against a pipeline, you’re always fighting against the police.”
indyweek.com/news/durham/...
If you’re fighting to defend a forest, if you’re fighting to defend your home against eviction, your land against a pipeline, you’re always fighting against the police.”
indyweek.com/news/durham/...
Durham Residents Prepare for "Stop Cop City" Weekend of Action - INDY Week
At an event at Durham's Main Library, organizers encouraged attendees to travel to Atlanta in November as part of an upcoming mass action to block the planned police training facility.
indyweek.com
October 5, 2023 at 1:17 AM
“The movement for defending life on earth is always a movement against the police.
If you’re fighting to defend a forest, if you’re fighting to defend your home against eviction, your land against a pipeline, you’re always fighting against the police.”
indyweek.com/news/durham/...
If you’re fighting to defend a forest, if you’re fighting to defend your home against eviction, your land against a pipeline, you’re always fighting against the police.”
indyweek.com/news/durham/...
Tell Mayor Johnston & Denver City Council that Denver has much better things to invest in than already-bloated systems that don't keep us safe and actively harm our communities. #copolitics
💵 Fund stability. Fund community. Fund health. Fund REAL public safety.
🧰🛠 bit.ly/DenverBudgetPriorities
💵 Fund stability. Fund community. Fund health. Fund REAL public safety.
🧰🛠 bit.ly/DenverBudgetPriorities
October 4, 2023 at 11:28 PM
Tell Mayor Johnston & Denver City Council that Denver has much better things to invest in than already-bloated systems that don't keep us safe and actively harm our communities. #copolitics
💵 Fund stability. Fund community. Fund health. Fund REAL public safety.
🧰🛠 bit.ly/DenverBudgetPriorities
💵 Fund stability. Fund community. Fund health. Fund REAL public safety.
🧰🛠 bit.ly/DenverBudgetPriorities
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🚨ACTION ALERT!🚨
Tell City Council & Mayor Johnston to take the $8.2M earmarked for more police & correctional beds & use that money to fund things that strengthen our communities & make them safer!
🧰 Our toolkit makes it easy!🛠
bit.ly/DenverBudgetPriorities
Tell City Council & Mayor Johnston to take the $8.2M earmarked for more police & correctional beds & use that money to fund things that strengthen our communities & make them safer!
🧰 Our toolkit makes it easy!🛠
bit.ly/DenverBudgetPriorities
October 4, 2023 at 1:20 AM
🚨ACTION ALERT!🚨
Tell City Council & Mayor Johnston to take the $8.2M earmarked for more police & correctional beds & use that money to fund things that strengthen our communities & make them safer!
🧰 Our toolkit makes it easy!🛠
bit.ly/DenverBudgetPriorities
Tell City Council & Mayor Johnston to take the $8.2M earmarked for more police & correctional beds & use that money to fund things that strengthen our communities & make them safer!
🧰 Our toolkit makes it easy!🛠
bit.ly/DenverBudgetPriorities
🎙 ***tap tap*** Is this thing on?
It's budget season in Denver!
Did you know that Denver already spends ✨37% of the city budget✨ on the Department of Public Safety??
Bloated police budgets defund our communities, and throwing more money at policing doesn't make us any safer.
It's budget season in Denver!
Did you know that Denver already spends ✨37% of the city budget✨ on the Department of Public Safety??
Bloated police budgets defund our communities, and throwing more money at policing doesn't make us any safer.
October 4, 2023 at 1:15 AM
🎙 ***tap tap*** Is this thing on?
It's budget season in Denver!
Did you know that Denver already spends ✨37% of the city budget✨ on the Department of Public Safety??
Bloated police budgets defund our communities, and throwing more money at policing doesn't make us any safer.
It's budget season in Denver!
Did you know that Denver already spends ✨37% of the city budget✨ on the Department of Public Safety??
Bloated police budgets defund our communities, and throwing more money at policing doesn't make us any safer.
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I plead with the officer who is driving to turn back and let me go home.
"If you didn't want this to happen, you shouldn't have called a crisis hotline. You did this to yourself. This is your fault", he said as he looked at me in his rear-view mirror. 23/
"If you didn't want this to happen, you shouldn't have called a crisis hotline. You did this to yourself. This is your fault", he said as he looked at me in his rear-view mirror. 23/
September 30, 2023 at 4:57 PM
I plead with the officer who is driving to turn back and let me go home.
"If you didn't want this to happen, you shouldn't have called a crisis hotline. You did this to yourself. This is your fault", he said as he looked at me in his rear-view mirror. 23/
"If you didn't want this to happen, you shouldn't have called a crisis hotline. You did this to yourself. This is your fault", he said as he looked at me in his rear-view mirror. 23/
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Are you a new activist/organizer interested in building your skills and knowledge? Apply to be part of this cohort with @mskellymhayes.bsky.social @prisonculture.bsky.social with a couple workshops facilitated by my comrade Adaku Utah! 💜
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September 19, 2023 at 3:06 PM
Are you a new activist/organizer interested in building your skills and knowledge? Apply to be part of this cohort with @mskellymhayes.bsky.social @prisonculture.bsky.social with a couple workshops facilitated by my comrade Adaku Utah! 💜
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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On paper, Colorado did something big in 2018, becoming the 1st state to vote to abolish slavery. But in reality, CO prisoners are still being forced to work, under threat of punishment.
Important new story from @bolts.bsky.social:
boltsmag.org/colorado-pri...
Important new story from @bolts.bsky.social:
boltsmag.org/colorado-pri...
Forced Labor Continues in Colorado, Years After Vote to End Prison Slavery
Coloradans voted in 2018 to amend their state constitution to ban forced labor in prison. Years later, incarcerated people are still being punished for refusing work assignments.
boltsmag.org
September 19, 2023 at 4:03 PM
On paper, Colorado did something big in 2018, becoming the 1st state to vote to abolish slavery. But in reality, CO prisoners are still being forced to work, under threat of punishment.
Important new story from @bolts.bsky.social:
boltsmag.org/colorado-pri...
Important new story from @bolts.bsky.social:
boltsmag.org/colorado-pri...
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“Studies have shown that communities with greater resource accessibility tend to have lower rates of gun violence.” @prisonculture.bsky.social
www.thetrace.org/2023/09/libr...
www.thetrace.org/2023/09/libr...
Public Libraries Can Play a Role in Gun Violence Prevention
Libraries have always sought to build stronger, more resilient communities. These days, they’re also furthering public safety.
www.thetrace.org
September 15, 2023 at 12:58 PM
“Studies have shown that communities with greater resource accessibility tend to have lower rates of gun violence.” @prisonculture.bsky.social
www.thetrace.org/2023/09/libr...
www.thetrace.org/2023/09/libr...
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Mississippi Courts Won’t Say How They Provide Lawyers for Poor Clients
6 years ago, the MS Supreme Court told judges around the state to file plans showing how they meet their obligations to poor defendants. This summer, amid increased scrutiny, the first one was filed.
6 years ago, the MS Supreme Court told judges around the state to file plans showing how they meet their obligations to poor defendants. This summer, amid increased scrutiny, the first one was filed.
Mississippi Courts Won’t Say How They Provide Lawyers for Poor Clients
Six years ago, the Mississippi Supreme Court told judges around the state to file plans showing how they meet their obligations to poor defendants. This summer, amid increased scrutiny of public defen...
www.propublica.org
September 18, 2023 at 12:19 PM
Mississippi Courts Won’t Say How They Provide Lawyers for Poor Clients
6 years ago, the MS Supreme Court told judges around the state to file plans showing how they meet their obligations to poor defendants. This summer, amid increased scrutiny, the first one was filed.
6 years ago, the MS Supreme Court told judges around the state to file plans showing how they meet their obligations to poor defendants. This summer, amid increased scrutiny, the first one was filed.
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"Research show[s] that U.S. police spend much of their time conducting racially biased stops & searches of minority drivers, often w/o reasonable suspicion, rather than “fighting crime.”..The NYT reviewed national dispatch data & found that just 4% of officers’ time is devoted to violent crime."
Police are not primarily crime fighters, according to the data | Reuters
A new report adds to a growing line of research showing that police departments don’t solve serious or violent crimes with any regularity, and in fact, spend very little time on crime control, in co...
www.reuters.com
September 3, 2023 at 9:31 PM
"Research show[s] that U.S. police spend much of their time conducting racially biased stops & searches of minority drivers, often w/o reasonable suspicion, rather than “fighting crime.”..The NYT reviewed national dispatch data & found that just 4% of officers’ time is devoted to violent crime."
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Amazing example of local journalism producing state-level changes.
As a result of Josh’s investigation into overpriced phone calls for ppl who are locked up in one county’s jail, there are now bills seeking to make all calls free STATE-wide in PA.
As a result of Josh’s investigation into overpriced phone calls for ppl who are locked up in one county’s jail, there are now bills seeking to make all calls free STATE-wide in PA.
1/4 Some big news in the legislature relating to the cost of phone calls and communications for incarcerated people! Our reporting on the profiteering by ViaPath and significant questionable spending of commissions at Dauphin County Prison has led to the introduction of 2 bills.
July 14, 2023 at 4:19 PM
Amazing example of local journalism producing state-level changes.
As a result of Josh’s investigation into overpriced phone calls for ppl who are locked up in one county’s jail, there are now bills seeking to make all calls free STATE-wide in PA.
As a result of Josh’s investigation into overpriced phone calls for ppl who are locked up in one county’s jail, there are now bills seeking to make all calls free STATE-wide in PA.
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Yesterday marks eight years since Sandra Bland, who lived in Naperville, Il was found dead in a Texas jail cell, two days after a police officer stopped her for alleged failure to signal. https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/sandra-bland-was-right-an-nbc-5-investigation/3064953/?amp=1
Sandra Bland Was Right: An NBC 5 Investigation
In the wake of continuing questions of racial-profiling after Tyre Nichols’ death in Memphis, Illinois’ official data shows that several suburban Chicago police departments stopped minority driver...
www.nbcchicago.com
July 14, 2023 at 4:29 PM
Yesterday marks eight years since Sandra Bland, who lived in Naperville, Il was found dead in a Texas jail cell, two days after a police officer stopped her for alleged failure to signal. https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/sandra-bland-was-right-an-nbc-5-investigation/3064953/?amp=1