Councilman Derek Green
Channel: Alicia Dorsey
Date: 2018-09-05

no risk assessment is our demand because conformity to colonialism is taking another face in dwelling on a person's past versus providing resources to assist in safe productive communities. our city has contracted with racist practices that a white man told me you never want to get caught in because #StateProperty isn't suppose to be forever but low and behold bail, parole, probation, dhs and judges don't want to let go because they make money off of holding us down. #SecondChance
#CloseTheCreek
Philadelphia incarcerates people at a rate more than TWICE the national average, and it has the shameful distinction of incarcerating people at a higher rate than every other big city in the nation. As our nation finally acknowledges the error of mass incarceration, cities across the country are forced to confront how their own policies have contributed to this human rights crisis. In Philadelphia, local policies, including the unconstitutional use of probation detainers, have created a crisis that can and will be solved because of the leadership of those who have been directly impacted by Philadelphia’s jail epidemic.
The #CLOSEthecreek campaign, led by directly impacted individuals, builds on the groundswell of local support for decarceration that has been developed through decades of successful advocacy. The #CLOSEthecreek campaign demands that Philadelphia’s elected officials:
Close the House of Correction for good within 2 years
Cut the local prison population in half to no more than 3,000 people
End electronic monitoring
Reinvest savings in locally-run, community-based services for returning community members
https://www.justleadershipusa.org/clo...