As so many of us celebrate a pleasant mother day with family, too many mothers and soon to mothers are incarcerating in miserable conditions. Pregnant persons are forced to give birth in shackles, and denied proper health care.

Two months before Calvin Alexander’s parole hearing date, he was told he was no longer eligible. Why? An algorithm had deemed the nearly blind 70-year-old, who uses a wheelchair, a “moderate risk,” barring him from speaking to the parole board. (Published April 2025 w/ @veritenews.org)

Prosecutors are 0-5 in assault on a federal officer cases they have taken to trial, following the not guilty verdict in Hipolito's case. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Laypeople, keep asking legal questions of ChatGPT. Don't worry that your chat logs are discoverable!

"The same industry also sells that data, including bulk cell phone location data, to police departments and federal government agencies in ways that can reveal intimate details about Americans without a warrant."

This video is from 2023, but our concerns about Section 702 remain the same. The government must stop conducting warrantless surveillance on Americans. Learn more about Section 702, which is up for reauthorization this month: www.eff.org/deeplinks/2....

🚨NEW: Mass incarceration costs the U.S. $445 every year. But where exactly is it all going?

With nearly 2 million people in the criminal legal system, it’s clear that mass incarceration has become a public health crisis in the US

JUST IN: Lawyers file declaration in federal court from first-hand witness to immigration agents' shooting of a US citizen onlookers today. Minneapolis Mayor Frey said details would be used to bolster case for ousting ICE from city. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Don't let copaganda fool you – police violence is not tied to their safety. The vast majority of police killings actually start with officers responding to a suspected non-violent situation or a case where no crime has been reported.

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Season’s greetings from FAMM. We know the holidays are tough for those with loved ones incarcerated. You’re not alone—your strength inspires us. Wishing you peace, hope & connection this season as we work together for justice. 🧡 #SeasonOfHope #HappyHolidays

"Incarcerated trans Americans experience sexual violence at more than 12x the rate of other incarcerated people" That stat comes from the DOJ itself – and still, the administration wants to tear down the few protections that exist, making prisons & jails even more dangerous for everyone.

We continually urge affected families to engage with FAMM. Share the photo below with your family, friends, and community members to help spread awareness about the vital work FAMM is doing. #FAMMily 🧡

This is good advice. You should not plug you device into a public charge port. You should use your own charger. www.usatoday.com/story/travel...

Food for thought: As families across the U.S. sit down for Thanksgiving dinner, it's hard not to think about the nutritionally inadequate slop that incarcerated people are fed every single day (including holidays). It doesn’t just taste bad – it’s a public health concern 🧵

I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Sandy Hemme spent 43 years behind bars. Even after a judge declared her innocent and ordered her freed, Missouri's attorney general tried to send her back. The state’s legal and political systems often resist admitting error even in the face of overwhelming evidence.

People in prison died at 3.4 times the rate of the free population, with the oldest hit hardest, at the peak of the pandemic in 2020. Data holds lessons for preventing future deaths. Read our analysis ⬇️

"Bail reform in New York has led to a decrease in felony rearrests and reduced recidivism[.]" www.news10.com/capitol/bail...

It’s useful for people of my generation to be reminded that this wasn’t that long ago. Ruby Bridges isn’t just still alive—she’s only 71, not ancient!

Remember the immigration raid on the apartment complex in Chicago almost two months ago? The one with the Black Hawk helicopter and federal agents rappelling on ropes? @ProPublica decided to take a deeper look. We found little evidence to support the government’s claims. 🧵

she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October

Reminder this Veterans Day: While comprehensive data on the relationship between military service & incarceration is not available, one thing is clear - The U.S. has left many veterans behind & does not provide enough support for one of the most vulnerable populations. 🧵

John J. Lennon tells Bill Keller that he “wanted to tell a different story about the guilty” in his new book.

"I think AI in general and police AI (specifically) really thrives in the shadows, and is most successful when people don't know that it's being used," EFF’s @MGuariglia.bsky.social told @NPR.org. "I think labeling and transparency is really the first step." www.npr.org/2025/10/28/...

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.

Nation’s Defense Bar Condemns Apparent Politicization of Justice in James Indictment www.nacdl.org/newsrelease/...

Highly recommend this @nacdl.org 3-part webinar series & resources, which provide insight and recommendations on how to make improvements in competency to stand trial systems www.nacdl.org/Content/Comp...

Surreal moment for America. Needless to say, if the normal police ever pulled something like this — pulling every single person out of an apartment building and handcuffing them to run warrant checks — they would be sued into oblivion. Yet ICE is going to get away with it entirely.

September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. The carceral system is a deadly place, and it's only gotten worse in recent decades. Prison is a mental health crisis in and of itself, and too many incarcerated people contemplate and/or die by suicide – even after release.

Andrew Birrell, President of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (@nacdl.org), kicks off the 2025 White Collar Seminar at the Marriott Washington Georgetown on September 18, 2025. #NACDLWCDC www.nacdl.org/Event/2025-W...

The movies don't really get into it, but it's worth remembering that Denethor went crazy because he spent too much time doomscrolling on the Palantír and it cooked his brain

3d Cir. holds that it does not violate the CFAA for employees to violate company computer-use policy (sharing passwords) where the company had authorized the access to the systems that they used. www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/241...

🚨NEW: On any given day, nearly 32,000 kids are confined away from home – and most are in restrictive facilities that look & feel a lot like adult prisons and jails Our new report gives the most up-to-date picture on youth confinement in the U.S. 🧵 www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/yout...

Important reporting by @wired.com

Christopher Kinnison, who owns a one-man law firm in the central Louisiana, is "tired of losing.” His clients are among the thousands of people who had been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after President Trump took office.

Defense lawyers for needy clients feel squeeze after congressional funding dries up - CBS News share.google/hs4v1CBdixS1...

Protecting your privacy doesn't have to be scary. Check out our Surveillance Self-Defense guides for step-by-step tutorials for keeping your data and devices secure.

@nacdl.org 's 67th President Andy Birrell is sworn in.

Final remarks of outgoing @nacdl.org President Chris Wellborn.

Trump DHS links data for new citizenship tracking tool www.npr.org/2025/06/29/n...

“Rights only become meaningful through due process. You can’t do anything about an arrest unless you can challenge it.” @nacdl.org Vice President C. Missy Owens www.msn.com/en-us/news/c...

Montana became the first state to pass the Fourth Amendment is Not For Sale Act, which requires the government to get a warrant before buying our data from data brokers. This is a huge win for our right to privacy and we're urging Congress to follow Montana's lead.

Time for another musical digital security PSA. This one is for the 90s kids who need to make their passwords stronger

[email protected] Pres. Chris Wellborn in NYT: "American democracy 'rests upon the independence of the judiciary.' 'Retaliatory action from the executive branch that appears to undermine this foundation demands our unwavering scrutiny and a resounding response,' he added." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...