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 (DIR) Post #B0L0lEHH51GANn6mmW by theleftistlawyer@mastodon.social
       2025-11-16T16:56:25Z
       
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       For the people asking me what I mean by "people over institutions" and "abolish the carceral state":The American prison industrial complex is a for profit institution built on the systematic oppression and criminalization of racialized people. It should be eliminated.
       
 (DIR) Post #B0L0lSNSeoWk726vMu by theleftistlawyer@mastodon.social
       2025-11-16T16:56:26Z
       
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       US Police are repurposed slave patrols and if they were a military they'd be the third most expensive in the world. We have 4% of the world's population and 20% of the world's prisoners. For profit prisons oppose tenant's rights laws and fund evictions because they increase arrests.
       
 (DIR) Post #B0L0ldIY3Q8Jyytejo by theleftistlawyer@mastodon.social
       2025-11-16T16:56:26Z
       
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       And the US has the lowest crime clearance rates and the highest wrongful conviction rates in the developed world.The purpose of a system is what it does, and our carceral apparatus doesn't deter or punish crime. It's a for profit industry where racialized people are the product.
       
 (DIR) Post #B0L0lkTnM0HyFtDEjw by theleftistlawyer@mastodon.social
       2025-11-16T16:56:27Z
       
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       So yes, I want the whole damn thing eliminated. I want the police defunded in favor of healthcare and basic income for all. I want prisons and jails replaced by programs to eliminate poverty and treat addiction without stigma. I want drugs and petty theft and sex work decriminalized.
       
 (DIR) Post #B0L0luVw2twVNQI5Sq by theleftistlawyer@mastodon.social
       2025-11-16T16:56:27Z
       
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       And I want evictions and foreclosures and homelessness abolished. I want cops out of schools and free meals and clothes in them. I want a system where we fight crime by making crime unnecessary because everyone has a safe and loving home and a full belly and a great education and a good doctor.