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Rattling the Bars
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Rattling the Bars is a web series about prisoners' rights on TRNN and hosted by former political prisoner turned reporter Mansa Musa, who spent decades in the US carceral system organizing for liberation. 🏠 therealnews.com 📺 youtube.com/@therealnews
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 23h
A tweet from Mayor Brandon Johnson says Trump has tried to unjustly arrest a Black man and he’s not going anywhere. A reply from Donald Trump says the Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect ICE officers.
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“Illinois will not let the Trump administration continue on their authoritarian march without resisting,” vowed Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker.
‘Illegal... unconstitutional... dangerous... wrong’: Texas National Guard troops invade Illinois
“Illinois will not let the Trump administration continue on their authoritarian march without resisting,” vowed Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker.
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“You are not provided any joy, any stimulation—you got to find that yourself… I didn’t understand what weeks and months of silence can do to someone’s psyche. That can tear people apart if you’re not conscious of what’s happening to you.”
‘A soul-sucking, desolate hell': How I survived America’s most secretive supermax prison
“You are not provided any joy, any stimulation—you got to find that yourself… I didn't understand what weeks and months of silence can do to someone's psyche. That can tear people apart if you're not ...
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Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 6d
Today and always.
October 3rd Mean Girls meme saying "It's a great day to end mass incarceration."
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Maryland Matters @marylandmatters.org · 8d
State officials said they will close the 44-year-old Maryland Correctional Institution at Jessup, citing the prohibitive cost of renovating the Anne Arundel County facility. The planned June 2026 closure is expected to $21 million in annual operation costs.
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State announces closure of Jessup prison, transfer of inmates, workers - Maryland Matters
State officials said they will close the 44-year-old Maryland Correctional Institution at Jessup, citing the prohibitive cost of renovating the Anne Arundel County facility. The planned June 2026 clos...
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Maximillian Alvarez @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social · 7d
More mass federal layoffs, healthcare, the Epstein files... What's really behind the GOP government shutdown, and how will it affect YOU? @therealnews.com Inequality Watchdogs @tayagraham.bsky.social & Stephen Janjs join me in the studio break it all down
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Layoffs, healthcare, Epstein files: Breaking down the GOP government shutdown
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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 13d
We've been notified that two of our podcasts, The Marc Steiner Show and Stories of Resistance, are finalists for the prestigious Signal Awards! But we don’t just want to be nominated—we want to win this thing! So we need you to go to the Signal Award voting portals and vote for Marc and Mike to win.
We’re finalists for the prestigious Signal Awards. Help us win!
Move over, Jon Stewart. The Real News is here…
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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 9d
“Most people think, ‘If you’re under US Marshal jurisdiction, you must have committed some horrible crime.’” Wanda Bertram of @prisonpolicy.org tells us. “But there’s a lot of people there who are just undocumented, and their cases are becoming criminalized.”
Trump’s loophole for mass-jailing immigrants: The US Marshals
“Most people think, ‘If you're under US Marshal jurisdiction, you must have committed some horrible crime.’” Wanda Bertram of Prison Policy Initiative tells us. “But there's a lot of people there who ...
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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 12d
Harriet Tubman is an icon for freedom. She first fled slavery with two brothers in September 1849. But it was not enough to be free. She would return again and again, to help others flee to freedom. Latest episode #StoriesOfResistance @undertheshadow.bsky.social #HarrietTubman
Harriet Tubman showed how to act bravely in dark times
September is Underground Railroad Month. The month when both Harriet Tubman and the great abolitionist Frederick Douglass freed themselves from slavery. This is episode 69 of Stories of Resistance.
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Becca's Mullet @beccasmullet.bsky.social · 13d
This is awesome policy-making!
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Rattling the Bars @rattlingthebars.bsky.social · 16d
Woods Ervin of Critical Resistance notes the Legislative Analyst’s Office found California could close five more prisons—saving $1.5B a year. That money could fund Medi-Cal, food aid, housing, and other vital programs.

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‘We've got four public prisons and one private prison closed’: CA abolitionist coalition takes on the prison-industrial complex
“We are pushing for the state to not only close prisons permanently and not reopen or sell them, but then to try and transform the conditions of the prison… detoxify the land, give it back to the loca...
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 15d
"We are pushing for the state to not only close prisons permanently and not reopen or sell them, but then to try and transform the conditions of the prison...detoxify the land, give it back to the local communities...give it back to put it into a program for reparations..."
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Rattling the Bars @rattlingthebars.bsky.social · 16d
Woods Ervin of Critical Resistance notes the Legislative Analyst’s Office found California could close five more prisons—saving $1.5B a year. That money could fund Medi-Cal, food aid, housing, and other vital programs.

Check out my latest @therealnews.com

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‘We've got four public prisons and one private prison closed’: CA abolitionist coalition takes on the prison-industrial complex
“We are pushing for the state to not only close prisons permanently and not reopen or sell them, but then to try and transform the conditions of the prison… detoxify the land, give it back to the loca...
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Piper French @psfrench.bsky.social · 23d
"“They thought we were just white trash rednecks & that we would just roll over & take it & not say anything." Remarkable new feature by @laurengill.bsky.social about the doubts & resistance that Sarah Huckabee Sanders' mega prison project has spurred in rural Arkansas: boltsmag.org/arkansas-pri...
The Prison Next Door - Bolts
How Arkansas’ secretive plan for a new state lockup angered residents in a deep red corner of rural America—and changed how some see incarceration.
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Kimery Wiltshire @kimerywiltshire.bsky.social · 15d
Yes!
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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 15d
“We are pushing for the state to not only close prisons permanently and not reopen or sell them, but then to try and transform the conditions of the prison… detoxify the land, give it back to the local communities.”
‘We've got four public prisons and one private prison closed’: CA abolitionist coalition takes on the prison-industrial complex
“We are pushing for the state to not only close prisons permanently and not reopen or sell them, but then to try and transform the conditions of the prison… detoxify the land, give it back to the loca...
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Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 20d
If your county is pushing for a new jail, we're here to help. Our advocacy team offers free research help and technical support across all stages of the criminal legal system. Learn more here, and drop us a line:

www.prisonpolicy.org/contact.html
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Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 20d
Memphis needs clinics and classrooms – NOT cages. Instead of investing in a new jail, Shelby County should invest in its community.

Learn more about jail construction here 👇
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Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 16d
An alarming share of ICE arrests rely on collaborations with local law enforcement – even in places that are "sanctuary cities"

Since January, 45% of all ICE arrests were transfers from local jails:
Graph showing that jails working with ICE led to the early expansion of arrests in 2025.
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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 15d
Officials have now put up a fence around an ICE facility that has been the site of protests in recent weeks. In recent days, officers have responded to protesters with rubber bullets and teargas. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Fence blocks access to Broadview ICE facility as small protest gets underway
A silver fence surrounded the facility as apparent ICE agents perched on the roof and a couple of protesters stood near the fence as of about 7:45 a.m.
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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 16d
Today the protest at the Broadview ICE facility near Chicago continued. So did the pepper balls and rubber bullets. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Protesters demonstrate at Broadview ICE facility in spite of more pepper balls, rubber rounds
It came as nearly 50 elected officials at the Congressional, state and local levels signed onto a letter denouncing violence against protesters they also say had come “without provocation.”
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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 15d
“We are pushing for the state to not only close prisons permanently and not reopen or sell them, but then to try and transform the conditions of the prison… detoxify the land, give it back to the local communities.”
‘We've got four public prisons and one private prison closed’: CA abolitionist coalition takes on the prison-industrial complex
“We are pushing for the state to not only close prisons permanently and not reopen or sell them, but then to try and transform the conditions of the prison… detoxify the land, give it back to the loca...
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Rattling the Bars @rattlingthebars.bsky.social · 16d
Woods Ervin of Critical Resistance notes the Legislative Analyst’s Office found California could close five more prisons—saving $1.5B a year. That money could fund Medi-Cal, food aid, housing, and other vital programs.

Check out my latest @therealnews.com

therealnews.com/prisons-clos...
‘We've got four public prisons and one private prison closed’: CA abolitionist coalition takes on the prison-industrial complex
“We are pushing for the state to not only close prisons permanently and not reopen or sell them, but then to try and transform the conditions of the prison… detoxify the land, give it back to the loca...
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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 23d
Collaborating with state governments, the Trump administration is building out an “unprecedented” mass incarceration system. “This is something we’ve not really seen at this scale before in the United States,” @shannonheffernan.bsky.social of The Marshall Project tells us.
Trump’s incarceration nation: ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ is just the beginning
Collaborating with state governments, the Trump administration is building out an "unprecedented" mass incarceration system. “This is something we've not really seen at this scale before in the United...
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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 29d
“In the long run, the only way to deal with any of these issues—whether it’s ICE or the oppression of D.C. by the Trump administration, or Palestine—is [having] a united front. And this is an example of a united front.”
‘We want DC to be free!' Voices from the ‘We are all DC’ march
“In the long run, the only way to deal with any of these issues—whether it's ICE or the oppression of D.C. by the Trump administration, or Palestine—is [having] a united front. And this is an example ...
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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 29d
“People are seeing [they] could be next, and D.C. will either be the first or the last city under Trump’s military occupation…”
'We are all D.C.': Massive protests rock US capital in defiance of Trump
"People are seeing [they] could be next, and D.C. will either be the first or the last city under Trump's military occupation..."
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Maximillian Alvarez @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social · 29d
🚨 Massive protest in DC demands: "End the militarized occupation of D.C."

Mansa Musa @rattlingthebars.bsky.social & @edgeofsports.bsky.social report from the ground from Saturday's “We are all D.C.” march for @therealnews.com
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Maximillian Alvarez @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social · Sep 1
🚨 Clergy witness "horrific" ICE abductions at immigration courts.

Trump, Fox, & MAGA cheerleaders are lying that these people are "the worst of the worst." I went to the immigration courthouse in Santa Ana, CA, for @therealnews.com & learned the horrifying truth from those witnessing it firsthand
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