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Cyrus O’Brien

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Working for equality and against prisons & surveillance. Now @safeandjust. Fmrly @umich, @ReligPolitics, @ACLU, Mellon/ACLS Pub Fel, @splcenter, @fsujustice

 Western Mass
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Most Americans can't afford to attend the World Cup. I analyzed the Survey of Consumer Finances to see how many Americans couldn't afford tickets even if they drained their checking accounts. Check out the details at inoureconomy.org/blog/2025/0…
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Hey @TJQuinnESPN ! How many Americans can't afford to attend the World Cup? I'm an expert in survey research and have been following your reporting. I just published some answers about how unaffordable this world cup is compared to 1994. Reach out if you want! #worldcup #fifa
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Harm is real – mass support for mass incarceration is not.
Graph titled: What do victims of violent crime really want?

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@DoNotGiveUpHope8 Nov 2024
The U.S. incarcerates over 1.9 million people, more than any other country. Where are they locked up and why? See new data: prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie… via @prisonpolicy

Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2024

The big picture on how many people are locked up in the United States and why - 2024.

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None of the work of Ta-Nehisi Coates or Nika Soon-Shiong or the many Israeli people fighting to end the genocide is an endorsement of Trump. It's an attempt to ensure that we do not lose a collective sense of humanity whose destruction would be far more enduring and irrevocable.
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🗳️Today is Vote Early Day – and yes, mass incarceration is on the ballot this year. Here's what you should know as you cast your vote: prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/0…
Mass incarceration is on the ballot

Mass incarceration is on the ballot

A guide to how 19 offices you may be asked to vote on can help end mass incarceration in America.

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🚨People in Nebraska with past felony convictions can now vote – but the deadline to register online & by mail is FRIDAY! Learn more & check your voter registration status👇 apps.npr.org/voter-registrat…
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🚨NEW Report: Probation is thought of as an "alternative" to incarceration. But is it actually? Well, 1 in 10 people admitted to state prisons every year have committed no new crime, but have simply broken a rule of their probation...🧵 prisonpolicy.org/reports/pro…
One Size Fits None: How ‘standard conditions’ of probation set people up to fail

One Size Fits None: How ‘standard conditions’ of probation set people up to fail

Our national review of standard probation conditions finds these mandatory rules are often unnecessarily burdensome and incredibly vague, making it all too easy to “fail” at probation and land behind...

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True. But 4 out of 5 people in prison or jail are locked up for something other than a drug offense. To really correct the wrongs of mass incarceration, the nation must change how the criminal legal system responds to crimes more serious or even more benign than drug possession.
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No one should go to jail for smoking weed.
Graphic with a green background and white text stating: "Kamala Harris will Legalize recreational marijuana. Breaking down unjust barriers that hold Black men and other Americans back and making sure Black Americans have opportunities to succeed as the marketplace takes shape"

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🚨Native people are incarcerated at nearly 4x the rate of white people. And now, alarming data shows that Indian country jail populations are quickly bouncing back from the lows of the pandemic – and it’s disproportionately affecting women and older adults.🧵
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The Attica prison uprising began on September 9, 1971, before being brutally shut down. Incarcerated people released a list of demands ranging from pay raises to parole reform to better food – demands that people in prison are still fighting for over fifty years later.
Infographic that says: It's been 53 years since the Attica prison uprising. And incarcerated people are still fighting against the same brutal conditions today.

ALT Infographic that says: It's been 53 years since the Attica prison uprising. And incarcerated people are still fighting against the same brutal conditions today.

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Pretrial detention is a public safety concern. It makes people lose jobs, housing & government benefits – life-altering consequences that judges ignore. How does this leave anyone better off? prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/0…
Graph titled: What people lose when they are detained: Jails prevented people from calling out of work, leading to rapid, significant job losses, even among people who had worked all or most of their adult lives. Source: "How Pretrial Incarceration Diminishes Individuals' Employment Prospects" by Sandra Susan Smith. Federal Probation, Vol. 86 No. 3 (December 2022)

ALT Graph titled: What people lose when they are detained: Jails prevented people from calling out of work, leading to rapid, significant job losses, even among people who had worked all or most of their adult lives. Source: "How Pretrial Incarceration Diminishes Individuals' Employment Prospects" by Sandra Susan Smith. Federal Probation, Vol. 86 No. 3 (December 2022)

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The harms of mass incarceration do not just affect people behind bars. It has far-reaching consequences that drastically alter the lives of far too many Americans.
Graph showing that mass incarceration directly impacts millions of people.

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🚨NEW: It's officially back-to-school season. Unfortunately, researching and learning about the criminal legal system & mass incarceration is not easy. So we decided to gather resources to make the data more accessible for students & teachers👇 prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/0…
Mass Incarceration 101: Resources to help students and teachers understand the carceral system

Mass Incarceration 101: Resources to help students and teachers understand the carceral system

It’s back to school season, so we’ve curated information and tools for students and teachers to use when researching the carceral system.

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