@ACLU attorney challenging oppressive criminal legal system practices. Views my own.
New York, NY
Joined February 2010
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Probation and parole are promoted as alternatives to incarceration. But our new @HRW/@ACLU report shows they instead drive high numbers of people—disproportionately Black and brown—right back to US jails and prisons. hrw.org/node/375863
HUGE! Court rejects fed government's "do nothing" policy of ignoring the needs of people on supervision with disabilities; requires accommodations so our clients have an equal chance to finish parole & remain in their communities. @ACLU @ACLU_DC @pdsdc aclu.org/press-releases/judg… 🧵
BREAKING: A federal court ordered federal agencies that run supervision in Washington, D.C. to immediately address discrimination against our clients with disabilities who are on parole and supervised release.
This is a necessary step to ensure people with disabilities are treated fairly in our criminal legal system.
Probation & parole are onerous for anyone. People with disabilities face unique barriers to getting to supervision meetings, keeping track of ever-shifting appointments, and communicating with supervision officers. aclu.org/publications/reduci…
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For-profit electronic monitoring and probation trap people in a crushing cycle of debt — especially Black and Brown people. Read @elizabethweill @theappeal 👇👇
Exclusive from @nickpwing + me: Federal legislators have sent letters to Sentinel Offender Services, a for-profit probation contractor, and Attenti Group, an electronic monitoring services provider, excoriating the companies for abusive industry practices. theappeal.org/private-probat…
Far from an alternative to incarceration, electronic monitoring expands the net of correctional control & replicates the harms of physical jail and prison. aclu.org/press-releases/aclu…
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In Washington, D.C., people on supervision with disabilities are set up to fail - required to navigate a maze of conditions without the accommodations needed to follow them. Our new @ACLU lawsuit seeks to change that. aclu.org/press-releases/clas…
Supervision is often a tripwire into jail & prison - especially for people with disabilities. My latest in @Law360 on the critical role defense lawyers can play in helping clients remain in their communities. law360.com/articles/1826530
Far from an alternative to incarceration, electronic monitoring is expanding the net of correctional control. And new technologies are making "e-carceration" even more invasive. New by @bytamarsarai in @prismreports 👇
Intrusive digital tools are piloted among incarcerated people as “alternatives to detention,” but advocates argue they expand the system instead of replacing it. @bytamarsarai writes about e-monitoring's ubiquity in the criminal legal & immigration system.
prismreports.org/2024/04/02/…
🧵Probation and parole set people up to fail – especially those with disabilities. NEW @ACLU guide shows how defense attorneys can play a critical role in ensuring clients with disabilities can complete supervision. aclu.org/press-releases/aclu…
Supervision is promoted as an alternative to incarceration. But in reality, people must follow dozens of complex rules, under threat of incarceration for any slip-up. As our 2020 @ACLU/@HRW report shows, supervision is a tripwire into jail and prison. aclu.org/publications/aclu-a….
It’s a great day to read @VinSchiraldi’s brilliant takedown of mass supervision. We need investment in people + communities—not a trapdoor into incarceration.
Check out @sokodavid on a storied career in political comedy TV; llama drama; and also Hitler 👇👇 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
1/ David Sokoler, @sokodavid, Senior Footage Producer, joins Susan & Ben to discuss Look Who’s Back, a 2015 satirical comedy. linktr.ee/lifeinthecredits
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"We are forced into this precarious position in the name of public safety. But keeping people in a perpetual state of instability only makes all of us less safe." @theappeal on unnecessary, harmful rules that push people into homelessness theappeal.org/parole-post-pr…
Set up to fail: People on probation/parole are more likely to have disabilities, but less likely to have access to health care--making following dozens of complex supervision rules nearly impossible. NEW @PrisonPolicy study prisonpolicy.org/blog/2023/0…
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"Simply being 'better than prison' is not an effective measure of justice." @theappeal theappeal.org/pieper-lewis-h…
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Electronic monitoring isn't an alternative to incarceration - it's another form of confinement. Here's how defense lawyers can help limit monitoring's harms & protect rights @ACLU @Law360 law360.com/articles/1554406
"[A] mother who can’t afford to buy her child a winter coat risks losing her child due to so-called neglect. But that same child’s foster family will receive hundreds of dollars every month to support the child. It makes no sense."-@HinaEsq hrw.org/news/2022/11/17/inte…
Searing new @hrw @aclu report on our racist and classist child “welfare” system by my incredible colleague @HinaEsq
I spent the last year investigating the national family separation crisis in the US child welfare system disproportionately impacting Black & Indigenous families, and those living in poverty - read my findings in this newly released @HRW @ACLU report: hrw.org/report/2022/11/17/if…
In Delaware, police + probation officers coordinate to surveil & harass people. Operation "Safe" Streets fails to promote public safety, while violating privacy rights, harming communities, & deepening racial inequities. Must-read @ACLUDelaware @laurenk_gill new story
JUST LAUNCHED: Delaware's most secretive police force, Operation Safe Streets (OSS), is harassing our communities — with devastating results. Our new investigative story builds a case for ending the abuse of power that fuels this harmful program. 🧵
ALT Two different people shown in a broken textured frame over a black background with red and blue lights. Text that reads: Operation “Safe” Streets: How Delaware’s Most Secretive Police Force Plays Fast & Loose With Our Communities. Read the full story online at ACLU-DE.org/OSS. ACLU-DE logo at bottom left, with credits to the right.
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📢Our new @aclu report exposes the harms of electronic monitoring & charts a better path forward. 👇👇
Abortion bans are the latest form of control over people on probation + parole. Excellent @DavidMuhammad @Vivian_D_Nixon piece on the need to limit supervision, especially now.
Read @Vivian_D_Nixon and @DavidMuhammad’s piece in @TheHill outlining the implications of a post-Roe world for people on probation and parole, their personal experiences with supervision, and suggestions for a more equitable system: thehill.com/opinion/congress…
If US Gov is serious about dismantling systemic racism, it must uphold its int'l human rights obligations. Proud to have co-authored this @hrw/@aclu report to UN #CERD Committee w/ @ianmkysel @anjimal @AlexSinha @juSankofa + other #AryehNeier fellows alums hrw.org/news/2022/08/08/us-d…
Shane Lasiter was paroled after four decades in prison...only to land behind bars for a technical parole violation. @ACLUNM @denaliwil are fighting for his freedom & an end to cycles of incarceration.
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