Can go much deeper. Click me. "I thought I understood racism and mass incarceration. I thought I understood racism and mass incarceration. There are currently efforts in place by Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards to lower the incarceration rate in Louisana, and in March a task force appointed by the Gov. But nothing prepared me for what I saw in Baton Rouge, Louisiana,” began Sinyangwe’s threadThere are currently efforts in place by Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards to lower the incarceration rate in Louisana, and in March a task force appointed by the Gov.
Louisiana's largest prison, Angola, currently holds 5000 inmates. The people in power are all part of it, benefitting from it.
This isn't the first time the spotlight has fallen on Louisiana's outlandish rate of incarceration or its issues with policing. Here's an article on the work the prisoners do there. Samuel Sinyangwe, an activist, data analyst, and co-founder of Samuel Sinyangwe, an activist, data analyst, and co-founder of Campaign Zero, took to Twitter on Friday to share what he experienced when he traveled to Louisiana. Fader, Opheli Garcia Lawler Activist Samuel Sinyangwe Sheds Light On Louisiana’s Horrible Mass Incarceration Problem Samuel Sinyangwe, an activist, data analyst, and co-founder of Campaign Zero, took to Twitter on Friday to share what he experienced when he traveled to Louisiana. The 2016 shooting of Alton Sterling, an unarmed black man who was killed by two police officers as they pinned him to the ground, refocused attention on Louisiana.131 Steuart Street, Suite 650, San Francisco, CA 94105 LA gives police a *month* before being questioned for killing someone and makes police chiefs classified employees making hard to fire them.So I'm in the capitol, watching the state legislators moving around. Here are some. I'm still processing the experience. But nothing prepared me for what I saw in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In 2017.
Watching. Mostly middle aged white men with blazers, khakis. Read Sinyangwe's entire thread below. Black folks I talked to were matter of fact, unfazed. The state stands out in a country filled with the statistics and stories of an unjust justice system, with the highest rate of incarceration not only in the United States, but also the world. * This was, to me, surreal. The title tells you a lot about the mindset there. Getting served food, papers printed, etc.How do we change these systems when they're all so entrenched? I just didn't know what I would see or how I would experience it.First thing I did in Baton Rouge was attend a meeting at state capitol building. “Louisiana law: -gives officers 14 days before being questioned about a shooting -tosses out misconduct investigations that take more than 60-120 days -erases records of police domestic violence -makes it possible for police chiefs to be reinstated after a Mayor fires them” The white (almost all Republican) legislators work to maintain this system while black prisoners are right there. The ACLU reported in 2013 that 95% of its prisoners are expected to die within the walls of Angola. * Within that, black people are locked up at much higher rates. Louisiana also incarcerates black people at disproportionate level and 65.4% of those serving life without parole are black.“I thought I understood racism and mass incarceration. According to that report, the efforts to reduce the levels of incarcerated people in Louisiana will be incredibly hard work, and there is no guarantee that Gov Edwards will receive all the support he’ll need in order to make it a successful initiative.
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