Caitlin Taylor
@caitjtaylor.bsky.social
Associate professor of Criminal Justice at La Salle University (posts my own). Abolitionist. Academic mama. Crazy about Philly sports, especially La Salle sports.
Rewatched Kendrick Lamar’s Halftime performance during my Ethical Issues in Criminal Justice class today. Students noticed even more of the powerful messages than I did last night.
February 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Rewatched Kendrick Lamar’s Halftime performance during my Ethical Issues in Criminal Justice class today. Students noticed even more of the powerful messages than I did last night.
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“I think the people who are making these decisions are very clear that they want to create a society that’s based on deep-set inequities that are hard baked & don’t transform whether that’s around race, class, or gender."
- Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
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- Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
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Trump's DEI order leaves academic researchers fearful of political influence over grants
President Donald Trump’s order declaring diversity, equity and inclusion policies illegal has thrown into doubt the future of research Kendra Dahmer has been doing on intestinal parasites in India and...
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February 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“I think the people who are making these decisions are very clear that they want to create a society that’s based on deep-set inequities that are hard baked & don’t transform whether that’s around race, class, or gender."
- Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
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- Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
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New York tried and failed to limit art and writing behind bars. The attempt should remind us all of the public and personal benefits of encouraging creative expression inside.
Both Prisons and the Public Rely On Incarcerated Writers
New York tried to limit art and writing behind bars. Here’s why that would have been bad.
prisonjournalismproject.org
February 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
New York tried and failed to limit art and writing behind bars. The attempt should remind us all of the public and personal benefits of encouraging creative expression inside.
If you don’t have GO BIRDS in your email signature, you’re doing it all wrong.
February 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
If you don’t have GO BIRDS in your email signature, you’re doing it all wrong.
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I received my first Pap smear shortly after being incarcerated as a teenager. It was excruciating — and a sign of worse things to come.
As a Girl in Prison, I Experienced Degrading Health Care
Getting health care in prison is challenging at the best of times. In the worst of times, it is degrading and disparaging.
prisonjournalismproject.org
February 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I received my first Pap smear shortly after being incarcerated as a teenager. It was excruciating — and a sign of worse things to come.
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Huge news!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think all the time about how an overdose prevention site could’ve saved my sister’s life.
I think all the time about how an overdose prevention site could’ve saved my sister’s life.
Some extremely good news: yesterday, the Illinois Opioid Remediation Advisory Board approved up to $18 million in funding for up to three overdose prevention sites (!!!) AND a one-time $20 million for housing. Harm reduction saves lives.
chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Controversial 'overdose prevention sites' get $18 million in Illinois funding
The sites, where people could safely use drugs in a public space, might require accompanying legislation to keep users and clinicians from getting arrested under existing state drug laws.
chicago.suntimes.com
January 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Huge news!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think all the time about how an overdose prevention site could’ve saved my sister’s life.
I think all the time about how an overdose prevention site could’ve saved my sister’s life.
Yo some dude brought a grill on the SEPTA BUS in Philly 😭😭😭
January 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Happy Inauguration Day from my kitchen.
January 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Happy Inauguration Day from my kitchen.
“There is no existing data that says placing a young person for a property crime is rehabilitative. It is more harmful to incarcerate a juvenile on a property crime than it is helpful to society.” - @caterinaroman.bsky.social
Philly locks up kids at one of the highest rates anywhere, despite widespread abuse in juvenile institutions
Pennsylvania leaders have acknowledged the harms and abuses in juvenile institutions. Yet Philly remains a national leader in using them.
www.inquirer.com
January 14, 2025 at 8:31 PM
“There is no existing data that says placing a young person for a property crime is rehabilitative. It is more harmful to incarcerate a juvenile on a property crime than it is helpful to society.” - @caterinaroman.bsky.social
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Prisoners Burned Themselves. So Staff Discussed ‘Making Them Pay Money.’ Story via @theappeal.org.
Prisoners Burned Themselves. So Staff Discussed “Making Them Pay Money.”
Emails show Virginia Department of Corrections officials discussing how to punish people at Red Onion State Prison who self-immolated.
theappeal.org
January 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Prisoners Burned Themselves. So Staff Discussed ‘Making Them Pay Money.’ Story via @theappeal.org.
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Nearly a thousand of the firefighters deployed to help contain the devastating fires in L.A. are incarcerated. They have been working around the clock while earning as little as between $5.80 to $10.24 a day.
CA Law Allows Low Wages for Incarcerated Firefighters as “Involuntary Servitude”
Voters in November rejected a ballot measure that would’ve made it easier to change prisoners’ working conditions.
truthout.org
January 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Nearly a thousand of the firefighters deployed to help contain the devastating fires in L.A. are incarcerated. They have been working around the clock while earning as little as between $5.80 to $10.24 a day.
Excited to schedule some alums as guest speakers in my senior seminar course this spring! Will have a gang unit detective, prosecutor, nonprofit leader, and probation officer.
Feeling very old that some of these folks are now in their early 30s! How did that happen?? #ProudProfessor
Feeling very old that some of these folks are now in their early 30s! How did that happen?? #ProudProfessor
January 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Excited to schedule some alums as guest speakers in my senior seminar course this spring! Will have a gang unit detective, prosecutor, nonprofit leader, and probation officer.
Feeling very old that some of these folks are now in their early 30s! How did that happen?? #ProudProfessor
Feeling very old that some of these folks are now in their early 30s! How did that happen?? #ProudProfessor
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An overly militarized society that teaches men how to kill on the other side of the world but not how to cope back home. The blend of misogyny and rage that leads to political blame, whether through ISIS or Trump
The real roots behind NOLA, LV attacks. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
The real roots behind NOLA, LV attacks. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
Las Vegas, New Orleans, and the ugly truths America won’t talk about
A deadly U.S. New Year's Day inspires demagogues with little talk about root causes of PTSD, misogyny, and unchecked male rage.
www.inquirer.com
January 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
An overly militarized society that teaches men how to kill on the other side of the world but not how to cope back home. The blend of misogyny and rage that leads to political blame, whether through ISIS or Trump
The real roots behind NOLA, LV attacks. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
The real roots behind NOLA, LV attacks. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
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Annual cost of SNAP: $113B
Annual revenue lost through billionaire tax evasion: $163B
GOP: The only solution to our debt crisis is cutting $113B in food benefits. Also here’s $4T more in tax cuts for billionaires
Annual revenue lost through billionaire tax evasion: $163B
GOP: The only solution to our debt crisis is cutting $113B in food benefits. Also here’s $4T more in tax cuts for billionaires
January 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Annual cost of SNAP: $113B
Annual revenue lost through billionaire tax evasion: $163B
GOP: The only solution to our debt crisis is cutting $113B in food benefits. Also here’s $4T more in tax cuts for billionaires
Annual revenue lost through billionaire tax evasion: $163B
GOP: The only solution to our debt crisis is cutting $113B in food benefits. Also here’s $4T more in tax cuts for billionaires
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You can filter visualizations informed by the same data set using our Philadelphia Shooting Victims Dashboard, which includes 3,397 fatal shootings during the past 10 years. Slightly more than 75 percent of those killed were identified as Black and male, and nearly 95 percent were people of color.
January 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
You can filter visualizations informed by the same data set using our Philadelphia Shooting Victims Dashboard, which includes 3,397 fatal shootings during the past 10 years. Slightly more than 75 percent of those killed were identified as Black and male, and nearly 95 percent were people of color.
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Thoughtful reporting re “Philly saw a historic drop in murders in 2024. What changed?”
Lots to like: insights from community leaders, data from @jeffasher.bsky.social and team, quotes from @johnkroman.bsky.social
We must continue to address underlying factors.
www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
Lots to like: insights from community leaders, data from @jeffasher.bsky.social and team, quotes from @johnkroman.bsky.social
We must continue to address underlying factors.
www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
Philly saw a historic drop in murders in 2024. What changed?
Violence has also been waning across the country, with murders nationally poised to drop by unprecedented levels for the second year in a row.
www.inquirer.com
January 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Thoughtful reporting re “Philly saw a historic drop in murders in 2024. What changed?”
Lots to like: insights from community leaders, data from @jeffasher.bsky.social and team, quotes from @johnkroman.bsky.social
We must continue to address underlying factors.
www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
Lots to like: insights from community leaders, data from @jeffasher.bsky.social and team, quotes from @johnkroman.bsky.social
We must continue to address underlying factors.
www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
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Fatal police violence has increased from 2020 - 2024, according to mappingpoliceviolence.org.
This is police reform. No one deserves to be killed by an armed agent of the state, particularly under an institution rooted in chattel slavery. Our demands for aboltion must continue.
This is police reform. No one deserves to be killed by an armed agent of the state, particularly under an institution rooted in chattel slavery. Our demands for aboltion must continue.
January 2, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Fatal police violence has increased from 2020 - 2024, according to mappingpoliceviolence.org.
This is police reform. No one deserves to be killed by an armed agent of the state, particularly under an institution rooted in chattel slavery. Our demands for aboltion must continue.
This is police reform. No one deserves to be killed by an armed agent of the state, particularly under an institution rooted in chattel slavery. Our demands for aboltion must continue.
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#Philadelphia police will stop arresting kids who are accused of first-time, low-level offenses, and instead will send them to a police diversion program.
www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
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January 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
#Philadelphia police will stop arresting kids who are accused of first-time, low-level offenses, and instead will send them to a police diversion program.
www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
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“We have not addressed poverty, the disinvestment in education, the inability to get jobs, food deserts, housing scarcity, gentrification, mental illness, drug and alcohol abuse. We haven’t addressed any of that — but we expect people not to kill each other.”
The Intergenerational Fallout of Gun Violence
In Philadelphia, gunfire has taken grandfathers, brothers, cousins, and children. The losses reflect the institutional racism at the root of America’s shooting epidemic.
www.thetrace.org
January 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
“We have not addressed poverty, the disinvestment in education, the inability to get jobs, food deserts, housing scarcity, gentrification, mental illness, drug and alcohol abuse. We haven’t addressed any of that — but we expect people not to kill each other.”
Absolutely horrific.
My most read article of 2024
The United States of America has a child marriage epidemic—and it's even worse than you think.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/america-ha...
The United States of America has a child marriage epidemic—and it's even worse than you think.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/america-ha...
America has a child marriage epidemic—and it's even worse than you think
With more than 300,000 documented child marriages since 2000, Republicans are fighting to keep it that way
www.qasimrashid.com
January 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Absolutely horrific.
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What a surprise that Republicans blame "open borders' for a terror attack by a lifelong Texan and an Afghanistan Army veteran but none dare mention the warnings from DHS and others going back to 2009 that the military could be a breeding ground for violent extremism www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
In 2009, A Former DHS Official Warned About Rising Far-Right Extremism. His Fears Have Materialized
Former DHS intelligence analyst Daryl Johnson warned about the threat of right-wing extremism 11 years ago, and now he says political violence could get worse unless the government does something abou...
www.wbur.org
January 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
What a surprise that Republicans blame "open borders' for a terror attack by a lifelong Texan and an Afghanistan Army veteran but none dare mention the warnings from DHS and others going back to 2009 that the military could be a breeding ground for violent extremism www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
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"One woman told me she suffered long and painful periods for years before an ultrasound revealed that she had fibroid uterine tumors. The doctor recommended a hysterectomy since she was a 'lifer' and therefore would not be having more children."
7️⃣ As a Girl in Prison, I Experienced Degrading Health Care
As a Girl in Prison, I Experienced Degrading Health Care
Getting health care in prison is challenging at the best of times. In the worst of times, it is degrading and disparaging.
prisonjournalismproject.org
December 31, 2024 at 12:44 AM
"One woman told me she suffered long and painful periods for years before an ultrasound revealed that she had fibroid uterine tumors. The doctor recommended a hysterectomy since she was a 'lifer' and therefore would not be having more children."
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I talked with my friends @prisonculture.bsky.social, @deanspade.bsky.social, @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social, and @shaneburley.bsky.social about activism and organizing in 2025 and how we should move into the next phase of struggle.
Wading Into 2025: How to Begin
“We live in chaotic, disastrous times, but amid that madness, we can still find each other and fight for each other.”
organizingmythoughts.org
December 31, 2024 at 3:52 PM
I talked with my friends @prisonculture.bsky.social, @deanspade.bsky.social, @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social, and @shaneburley.bsky.social about activism and organizing in 2025 and how we should move into the next phase of struggle.