Tomorrow night the Free Our People Coalition will meet virtually at 6:00 PM for a special update on HB 150 and state legislation to offer medical parole for folks inside. Register here to join: secure.everyaction.com/HXx4hq8xOEq1...

"The people said, “Hey, you are in red. What crime did you commit?” I said, “I’m just a university teacher.” Dr. Badar Khan Suri on his experience being kidnapped by ICE and detained for two months because of his support for Palestine. lux-magazine.com/lux-for-life...

Please do not call the cops when someone is having a mental health crisis. They escalate the crisis and put people in more danger. In Philly, you can call 988 to get in touch with non-police mobile crisis teams. Thank you @leximcmenamin.com for reporting on this for @teenvogue.com.

This Saturday! Join us for Amistad Family Brunch catered by Chef Kurt Evans! We'll be on the 51st street side of Malcolm X Park with hot food ready to serve at 10:00 AM. We'll also have a free yoga class, reki, coloring, and more. Bring all the friends and fam! amistadlaw.org/news/join-us...

A big win for Termaine Hicks, who will receive $3M after cops shot him in the back and framed him for rape to cover it up. $3M is the bare minimum after losing 19 years of his life to prison. AND it's worth noting taxpayers foot the bill when cops lie. www.inquirer.com/crime/termai...

"Part of the experiment was to see what happens when tenants are allowed to make their own decisions about how to meet their financial needs," Mulbry said. "We know that they’re using the cash for housing because they’re staying housed.”

Tonight! Join us and @abolitionistlawcenter.org at 6:00 PM for a virtual event on commutation in PA! Register here to join and you'll get a Zoom link an hour before the event: give.alcenter.org/a/09-03-25-c...

Sandra Delvalle is a young PA mom who's facing decades in prison for defending herself against her abusive partner. Can you chip in to support her legal team’s push to free Sandra and reunite her with her children? gogetfunding.com/legal-suppor...

You have to organize. I don't know what else to tell people. And organizing is not sexy and it is difficult and it matters that you be persistent. We need long-distance runners right now.

The @sentencingproject.bsky.social is always on top of the progress advocates are making to reduce extreme sentences at the state level. Despite the federal hellscape, incarcerated people continue to organize and win big freedom victories. www.sentencingproject.org/press-releas...

We love to see our friends at @yeahphilly.bsky.social highlighted in @theconversation.com for their work helping Philly youth thrive. Even when young people get caught up, they deserve to be met with care, not cages. theconversation.com/data-driven-...

“The conditions that created the need for Black August––racist policing, unjust sentencing, brutal prison conditions, and the use of solitary as torture—persist today, which means our obligation to remember and resist persists as well." Kwaneta Harris for @truthout.org truthout.org/articles/in-...

The young people who would have been most likely to lead the domestic anti-fascist fight in 2025 were repeatedly arrested, beat, jailed, mocked by elites and non-elites over the past 5 years. This was bipartisan. I find it interesting whenever some people ask 'where the young people are' now.

Mark your calendars for September 6! Movement Chef Kurt Evans will be serving up hot food at Malcolm X Park at 10 AM for Amistad Family Brunch. Bring your kids, friends, and neighbors! Register here so we have enough food: amistadlaw.org/news/join-us...

We can't wait to share this film with you! Please join us next Wednesday, August 27 at 6 PM at the Free Library of Philadelphia. We'll have a panel after the screening to share updates on the fight to end Death By Incarceration in PA. Bring friends!

Democrats are complicit in Trump's takeover of DC. At the federal and local level, Dems have ramped up policing and supported locking up drug users, houseless people, and more. It's time for them to take responsibility + fight back. @alexvitale.bsky.social www.currentaffairs.org/news/democra...

"It is very hard to wall off data collected from lawful government use. The simple truth of digital surveillance is that if you build it, it will be used, and likely used against those with the least amount of political power.”

This should not be controversial: Poor people and disabled people deserve to live in homes! Not institutions. We need to invest in housing first, without preconditions like sobriety, says Candice Player of @projecthome.bsky.social www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

With all the horrors going on, it's worth remembering incarcerated people have been organizing against state violence for decades. Over 20 PA electeds visited lifers at SCI Coal Township, and even a Republican Rep said mandatory death by incarceration is unjust. www.abc27.com/pennsylvania...

Join us for the premiere of THE MAN WHO CAME HOME at the Parkway Central Library on Wednesday, August 27. Through one man's story, this short documentary highlights the cruelty of Death By Incarceration and the human cost of mass incarceration. Regist here to join: amistadlaw.org/news/join-us...

Crime rates in all three cities have gone down, and in Baltimore at astounding levels, in part by treating crime as a public health crisis, rather than a "need more cops" crisis. popular.info/p/the-secret...

Homicides in DC have fallen by 32% in the last year.

No one does it like BlackStar Film Festival. We were proud to partner with them on films that help us imagine a world beyond our punitive system of cops, courts, and cages.

Can't say enough good things about @abolitionschool.bsky.social! Check out the pilot issue of Abolition Journal and support them if you can. abolitionjournal.com

So many important takeaways in this new report about jails and mass deportation from @prisonpolicy.org @jkangbrown.bsky.social 1) the scope of immigrants incarcerated *for immigration* is much higher than what is reported by ICE www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/jail...

This is an incredible new short doc featuring Ruth Wilson Gimore. She packs a lot of wisdom about racial capitalism, prisons as means of controlling surplus populations, solidarity, and radical care into 16 minutes. @aeon.co @antipodeonline.bsky.social aeon.co/videos/the-p...

Some people don't feel as close to this as they ought to. Most of us are just a bad break or two away from winding up on the streets, and addiction & mental health crises can affect anyone. They're gutting services and rendering more of us disposable, and there's a carceral disposal system waiting.

Want to stay informed about the acceleration of criminalization in the U.S. but feel completely overwhelmed? Subscribe to @interruptcrim.bsky.social's newsletter for a comprehensive monthly digest with links for you to take action. mailchi.mp/interrupting...

Trumps Executive Order seeking to further criminalize homelessness, weaken harm reduction efforts, and force drug users into treatment looks very similar to Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker's carceral response to houseless people in Kensington. www.npr.org/2025/07/24/n...

“On the left, white Reconstruction looks more like what @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social calls elite capture, or the co-option of radical ideas (in this case, diversity) by powerful institutions.” @tressiemcphd.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...

We're excited to partner with BlackStar for the world premiere of 16 ½! Join us this Saturday at 4:30PM to watch this documentary about a child sentenced to Death By Incarceration for a murder he didn’t commit. Use the code amistad15 for a discount! Tix here: www.blackstarfest.org/festival/fil...

Always grateful for the ways @prisonculture.bsky.social reminds us of the goodness of people everywhere who do what they can wherever they are to make life tangibly better for people around them. prisonculture.substack.com/p/the-magic-...

on the one hand we should want people to change their mind so we can stop what's happening now. On the other hand there need to be costs for the ghoulish behavior that got us here, as these people absolutely will do this again given half a chance

Please give if you can. In addition to the ways it materially supports people who are suffering, it keeps us from dissociating due to feelings of disempowerment. Palestine will free us all if we stay soft and stand in solidarity––frequently and in concrete ways.

We must abolish ICE, but until that happens, we must demand they show their faces. www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...

lots of "by any means necessary" guys amped up by the possibility that the necessary means might be "risking horrifically violent death at the hands of militias and/or the state" but strangely unwilling to consider that they might be "doing the dishes" or "making common cause with winemoms"

I understand the allure of wanting to be a "carry guns and wear leather jackets" Black Panther but there's a case to be made that the most dangerous ones were the "feed kids breakfast and teach them about settler colonialism" Black Panthers

Join us tomorrow night at PhilaMOCA for a screening of our new short documentary about mobile crisis response in Philly! After the screening, mental health professionals from Philadelphia Treatment Not Trauma will host a teach-in. Register here: amistadlaw.org/news/join-us...

Baltimore is treating violence as a public health crisis and the crime rates have plummeted. Instead of locking people up after violence pops off, they're investing in community-based violence prevention, support for housing, career development, etc. And it's working! popular.info/p/the-secret...

Take a moment to do an act of kindness today: Tremane Wood is on death row for felony murder, meaning he didn't take a life or intend for anyone to die. The system has failed Tremane at every point in his life. Please sign this letter asking for mercy. actionnetwork.org/letters/plea...

Just a ghoulish, evil attempt to deny Breonna Taylor justice and give a greenlight to future impunity for white supremacist violence.

🚨 Emergency rally in Philly tomorrow on Friday, July 18 at 10:00 AM. 🚨 ICE violently arrested and kidnapped multiple community members this last week. It's time to flood the streets! Juanita Kidd Stout Center for Criminal Justice (1301 Filbert St.) Friday, July 18, 10:00 AM

There is currently NO pathway to parole for everyday people in PA who take a life. When we fight for parole review for lifers who have spent decades in prison, pro-carceral people talk about the need for accountability. Where is the accountability for cops who kill? www.inquirer.com/crime/mark-d...

please UNDERSTAND this. It's why I just can't stand the "private prisons" discourse. No matter how many times I explain that this is NOT the problem re: US prisons. People refuse to understand that the vast majority of US PRISONS ARE PUBLIC. PUBLIC and NOT OPERATING WITH PROFIT IN MIND.

I urge everyone to read this piece from @psfrench.bsky.social from a few years back, on prison economies and those seeking alternatives: boltsmag.org/susanville-p...

"Trump is creating his own personal paramilitary force — and they seem to believe they’re on a mission from God." @radleybalko.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...

"We don't believe people should die just because they use drugs, so we're going to provide support any way that we can." We'd love to see this kind of care for human life from Philadelphia's elected officials. www.cbsnews.com/news/los-ang...

The United States summed up in two headlines.

Every single story you are hearing from the Everglades Concentration Camp has been and is already taking place in hundreds of prisons and jails in the U.S. That's what PIC abolitionists have been trying to get the public to understand for decades.