Compassion dictates we replace Medicaid with this sort of therapy. Clearly more effective and humane. And yes, this really is a therapy session, at San Quentin in California.

CA bill would require the DOJ to notify formerly incarcerated firefighters that they can request their criminal records be expunged. This supports their efforts to gain employment as firefighters in the free world. A positive step in addressing exploitation of incarcerated people #massincarceration

Growing attention on the lack of adequate preparedness and planning for prison evacuations. #massincarceration #emergencymanagement #environmentaljustice www.kvpr.org/government-p...

My interview with @samlmontano.bsky.social Trump cuts to will increase deaths and from disasters: ‘It is really scary’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I realized this morning that whether I'm studying wildfire impacts to healthcare or to how disasters impact incarcerated people... the gap I tend to dwell on is that... all of our fates are tied... Only when every one is safe, are we all safe.

"Imagine a giant penitentiary orbiting the Earth at a height of 22,000 miles. Visionary? Futuristic dream?" Check out this 1981 satirical article, "Sentence them to Orbit" by Russell Baker of the New York Times I came across while doing some archival research.

Forced prison labor in the “Land of the Free”: Rooted in Racism and Economic Exploitation: www.epi.org/publication/...

Texas people, we have something to be excited about!!!

I study how #disasters impact incarcerated people. I started a newsletter to help educate folks in the disaster space about justice-system issues, and folks in the justice-system space about disasters. Help me choose a topic for next month! What questions do folks have about these issues?

If you're a disaster scholar/practioner but would like to learn more about the justice system, check out my latest Punishment & Disaster discussion on the persistent use of the color pink to humiliate/shame incarcerated men and how our ideas of what will make us more safe, actually do the opposite.

Writing this 2nd issue on the historic and current practice of using pink uniforms in men's prisons/jails reminded me why it's important to talk about how harming people who we believe have caused harm does not bring safety or healing. punishment-and-disasters.ghost.io/the-problem-...

NEW: GEO Group, whose stock is valued at $4 billion, says that state minimum wage laws don’t apply to the cleaning services that it’s asked detained migrants to perform at facilities where they’re kept. @mckenziefunk.com

U.S. deportees arrive at El Salvador's mega-prison shackled and bent over, forcibly guided by armed guards. Scholars warn of widespread human rights abuses in the country's prison system. Photo: El Salvador Presidency / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images buff.ly/InNoBRi

Thank you to everyone who attended our Her Voice, Her Justice rally at the Texas Capital! Community is our resistance and resilience!

Hey folks, check out the first issue of my newsletter "Punishment and Disasters" about the vulnerability of incarcerated workers to the Avian Influenza/The Bird Flu. #birdflu #massincarceration #13thamendment #emergencymanagement #publichealth punishment-and-disasters.ghost.io/incarcerated...

This echoes what happened recently during Helene and Milton, and many disasters before. We could do better, if we chose. My colleagues @jcarleepurdum.bsky.social and Dr Benika Dixon and I wrote about this here: theconversation.com/jails-and-pr...

It's very telling when a society prioritizes punishment even in a disaster.

Merrick Garland just withdraw the federal execution protocal, saying that a review found the drug they were using might cause "extreme pain." This is the same drug Texas has been using for years, and is scheduled to use again next month.

These programs are in nearly every US state with wildfire risk. There are no policy requirements to collect/publicize any data that show if participation lowers recidivism risk or that participants are able to get relevant jobs with their training/experience. There needs to be accountability.

Support incarcerated ppl as they experience harm from disasters by amplifying and supporting their platforms. @marcimarie114.bsky.social, Jennifer, and their organization @lionessjiwa.bsky.social often educate about how overlooked incarcerated women/queer ppl experience disasters. Folllow/subscribe!

Take a break from doomscrolling and listen to @marcimarie114.bsky.social and Jennifer Toon talk about the resilience of queer love in the midst of disaster in the latest from On the Rec Yard. In this ep they talk about how incarcerated people experience Winter Storms. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-ue...

Whenever I talk about incarcerated firefighters I point to: 1) pay disparity or total lack of pay ($0), 2) inadequate healthcare and mental health support for trauma 3) no policy's requiring programs to deliver on promises of job opportunity/lowered risk of recidivism or to even keep relevant data.

Incarcerated firefighters are in the news (rightly so), and so I want to shout out the excellent work of my colleague @jcarleepurdum.bsky.social who has been on this beat for a while Disaster work is often carried out by prisoners theconversation.com/disaster-wor...