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Lisa Dawson
@endsolitary.bsky.social
Advocating for the rights of incarcerated people, prison reform, and the wrongfully convicted. Abolitionist of solitary confinement.
Incarcerated juurnalists are telling their stories: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023...
December 19, 2023 at 6:20 PM
Reposted by Lisa Dawson
‘I get to tell my story’: incarcerated journalists are making podcasts, going viral and winning awards

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023...
‘I get to tell my story’: incarcerated journalists are making podcasts, going viral and winning ...
Inside San Quentin, residents are drawing mainstream audiences and shifting narratives about life behind bars
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2023 at 6:10 PM
Reposted by Lisa Dawson
NEW from @elizabethweill.bsky.social: Organizers of a ceasefire protest in DC this week are pushing back against media reports of a violent “clash” between police and demonstrators. They say officers assaulted peaceful protesters without warning, injuring ~90 people.
DC Ceasefire Protesters Say Police Launched Unprovoked Attack on Peaceful Event
“There was never a plan to peacefully disperse us,” one protest attendee told The Appeal. “The only plan was to escalate and to treat us with brutal violence.”
theappeal.org
November 17, 2023 at 9:23 PM
Reposted by Lisa Dawson
Protesters with the Tucson Coalition for Palestine had gathered on Thursday outside the UA Tech Park—where weapons manufacturer Raytheon Missiles & Defense is headquartered—to protest the arms company supplying weapons to Israel. Police arrested 25 demonstrators and one reporter.
Police in Arizona Arrest Reporter Covering Pro-Palestine Protest
The Pima County Sheriff's Department arrested KJZZ reporter Alisa Reznick while she was covering a pro-Palestine protest in Tucson, Arizona.
theappeal.org
December 1, 2023 at 3:39 AM
Reposted by Lisa Dawson
A trans woman incarcerated in Georgia since 1992 says she has endured abuse, including forcefully having her head shaved, abrupt stops to her hormone therapy, and sexual assaults. She has repeatedly attempted suicide and has been in solitary since 2019. theappeal.org/georgia-pris...
Georgia prisons won’t provide gender-affirming care, lawsuit alleges
One woman says she was driven to suicide and suffered abuse because the Georgia Department of Corrections wont provide gender-affirming care.
theappeal.org
December 7, 2023 at 4:02 PM
Reposted by Lisa Dawson
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theappeal.org
November 7, 2023 at 6:59 PM
Reposted by Lisa Dawson
California Coalition for Women Prisoners 2023 Year in Review:
www.canva.com/design/DAF0Q...
#prisons #California #women
December 11, 2023 at 10:48 AM
Reposted by Lisa Dawson
I Faced Death by Incarceration. The UN Heard My Plea to Abolish Life Sentences.
The United Nations is calling on the U.S. to abolish life without parole prison sentences.
By Robert Saleem Holbrook:
truthout.org/articles/i-f...
#lwop #lifewithoutparole #prison #USA #humanrights #UN #lifesentences
December 11, 2023 at 11:09 AM
@amateurcrastinator.com Thanks so much for the like on my post!
December 11, 2023 at 9:21 PM
@riesel.bsky.social Thanks so much for the like on my post!
December 11, 2023 at 9:20 PM
Jeffrey Havard’s Story Told In ‘The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist,’ by Radley Balko and Tucker Carrington with a foreword by John Grisham buff.ly/409GuEn #justiceforjeffreyhavard #wrongfulconviction justiceforjeffreyhavard.com/2019/03/31/j...
December 10, 2023 at 11:07 PM
Please like and repost: Read the reports of the five expert witnesses supporting Jeffrey Havard, an innocent man held in the Mississippi prison system since 2002 buff.ly/3kTrDOd #justiceforjeffreyhavard #wrongfulconviction justiceforjeffreyhavard.com/case-informa...
December 10, 2023 at 11:06 PM
Expert witness testimony plays a significant role in determining the outcome of any criminal trial. Expert witnesses have specialized training, experience, and knowledge. Check out these expert witness opinions in the wrongful conviction of Jeffrey Havard. justiceforjeffreyhavard.com/case-informa...
December 10, 2023 at 11:04 PM
Expert witnesses are crucial in cases in which someone has been wrongfully convicted. Check out the expert witnesses who provide specialized knowledge and uncover the truth in Jeffrey Havard's case. facebook.com/groups/23787... #wrongfulconviction
December 10, 2023 at 11:03 PM