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▲ 431 r/prisonreform

Like Prisoners, Most Jail Detainees Now Banned from Receiving Physical Mail | "This development represents a sea-change in the way people communicate with the outside world while incarcerated. And the rush of private firms into this space makes clear that it is a money-grab for them…"

prisonlegalnews.org
u/johnabbe — 5 days ago
▲ 161 r/prisonreform

When Do ‘Detention Centers’ [such as ICE] Become ‘Concentration Camps’? Experts Look to History | Concentration camps, often associated with Nazi killing centers, existed before WWII in several countries.

themarshallproject.org
u/johnabbe — 7 days ago
▲ 42 r/MayDayStrike

Bolivia’s Social Movements Mobilize Against Privatization | "unions representing miners and peasants have declared an indefinite strike"

jacobin.com
u/johnabbe — 7 days ago
▲ 23 r/water

Save the Boundary Waters Action Fund | "This amazing landscape is threatened by…mining from Twin Metals and other companies owned by foreign mining giants." [Trump signed H.J. Res. 140 into law — a "devastating bill that unravels protections for the Boundary Waters watershed."]

boundarywatersaction.org
u/johnabbe — 7 days ago
▲ 29 r/water

Knowing the Water — Inside the specialized, place-based work of a Columbia River pilot | "In many ways, this job represents the ultimate in place-based labor, so specific that the license is nontransferable; a river pilot is only a pilot on their own river."

oregonhumanities.org
u/johnabbe — 9 days ago