Who’s locked up in the U.S.?

You can read more here, from Kay Whitlock at Beacon Broadside.

Look what we spend on our prisons, vs. our schools.

The U.S. Department of Education released a brief on Thursday that looked at how much states spend on jails versus what states spend on education. From the report: In the last 30 years, state and local spending has increased three times faster for prisons than they have for schools. The United States is now home to less …

In the absence of adequate mental health facilities…

…let’s use our prisons. Read this Vox piece, on how law enforcement deals with people who have mental illnesses. The article includes: It’s a terrifying statistic: Someone with an untreated mental illness is 16 times more likely to be killed by police than other civilians approached or stopped by law enforcement, according to a 2015 …

People everywhere just want to be free

Check out the artwork drawn by Syrian children who, as refugees, are being held in Saddam-era prisons.