Robert Dunham @rdunhamdp.bsky.social Director, Death Penalty Policy Project; Special Counsel, Phillips Black, Inc.; Adjunct, Temple Univ. Beasley School of Law. Former Exec. Dir., Death Penalty Info. Center, PA Capital Case Resource Center. B.A., Univ. of Pennsylvania; J.D., Georgetown Law
Bolts @boltsmag.org A publication that covers the nuts and bolts of political change: Boltsmag.org
Joy-Ann Reid @joyannreid.bsky.social Host of The Joy Reid Show, best-selling author, writer, documentary filmmaker, and happy warrior blerd 'bout town. Subscribe at thejoyreidshow.com and joyannreid.com!
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org We work to build a United States that is democratic, just, and free — for all. Visit BrennanCenter.org.
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CourtWatchMA @courtwatchma.bsky.social Community volunteers supporting neighbors + shifting power dynamics in #MApoli #bospoli courts by exposing decisions of judges & prosecutors. #ShutDownSouthBay
Ethan Corey @ethanscorey.bsky.social My job is to scroll through this spreadsheet and look for numbers that are scary?
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Beth Shelburne @bshelburne.bsky.social Journalist, writer, teacher, podcaster. Mama, wife, pal to assorted humans. Mostly brave except with roaches.
Liliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social Journalist covering prisons and harsh sentencing. More fun than I sound.
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Tiffany Cabán @tiffanycaban.bsky.social Queer. Latina. Abolitionist. NYC Council Member repping Queens. Local Progress Board Member.
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Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social An independent national nonprofit initiative that trains incarcerated writers in the tools of journalism and publishes their stories.
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Olayemi Olurin-Boleware @olurinatti.bsky.social ⚖️ Lawyer, Writer & Creator
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social Professor at Fordham Law. Prisons and criminal justice quant. I'm not contrarian, the data are. Author of Locked In. New stuff at johnfpfaff.com.
Linda Sarsour @lsarsour.bsky.social Organizer. Good-Troublemaker. Author. Palestinian-Muslim-American. Born and raised Brooklyn.
Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk.bsky.social Carter G. Woodson Endowed Chair in History @Howard.edu • Director @huadvstudy.bsky.social • Editor @TheEmancipator.org • National Book Award Winner • #1 NYT Bestselling Author. #BeAntiracist. 🐍🦁🌱
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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social founder, Civil Rights Corps
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org We work to end mass incarceration, excessive punishment, and racial injustice. Led by Bryan Stevenson. Creators of @legacysites.eji.org
Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social Freelance journalist & author. Latest book: CORRIDORS OF CONTAGION: How the Pandemic Exposed the Cruelties of Incarceration (Haymarket, 2024). https://linktr.ee/victorialaw
Alex S. Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College and CUNY Graduate Center. Coordinator Policing and Social Justice Project. Author The End of Policing. 
Jailhouse Lawyers Speak @jaillawspeak.bsky.social ⛓️ The only solution is abolition!
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Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org Challenging mass incarceration and over-criminalization through research, advocacy, and organizing. Get email updates: https://prisonpolicy.org/subscribe/
Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social co-founder of various organizations: Interrupting Criminalization; Survived & Punished; Sojourners for Justice Press; For the People Leftist Library Project, NYC PLAN, etc...
Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond.bsky.social Working to #EndMoneyBail & pretrial incarceration across Illinois. We work for racial justice & freedom.
TEN DEMANDS (The Abolitionists) @tendemands.bsky.social #TenForJustice: The Road to Abolition • Founded 2020 • Harm Reduction, Decriminalization, Decarceration, Reparations, Dual Power, Mutual Aid, Community Defense, and Transformative Justice • thisisawkword.com/ten-demands • tendemands@gmail.com
Bianca Tylek @biancatylek.bsky.social Executive Director at Worth Rises | The prison industry hates me. It’s mutual. Comfortable in conflict. | Views my own
Morgan Godvin @morgangodvin.bsky.social Drug policy. Prisons and jails. Journalism. Research. Harm reduction. Veterans. Heart in Portland, skin under San Diego sun.
Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.bsky.social Co-founder of the upEND movement to abolish the family policing system | Writer and co-facilitator at Toward Liberation, an abolitionist learning group | www.alandettlaff.com | www.towardliberation.com
pdx law grrrl @pdxlawgrrrl.bsky.social Attorney. Posting about criminal legal issues, immigration, and protests.
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Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social Lawyer trying to transform public defense. Author of The Price of Mercy ( www.emilygalvinalmanza.com ). Can drive a truck and trailer through places you shouldn't. Personal account, personal opinions.
Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social Career public defender • Survivor & Amazing Racer • Fueled by rage at injustice • she/her
The Appeal @theappeal.org We are a worker-run newsroom reporting on the harms of the criminal legal system.
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Desiree P. Bell @dpbell.bsky.social Driven by “Purpose Not Position”. Over 30 years of making impact in politics, global communities and entertainment
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Brave New Films @bravenewfilms.bsky.social We are documentary filmmakers under founder Robert Greenwald. We create media that makes an impact
Ayanna Pressley @ayannapressley.bsky.social Your Congresswoman. Proudly representing the MA 7th. Here to break concrete ceilings & shake the table. Personal account. She/hers. #ChangeCantWait
Invisible People @invisiblepeople.tv Changing the story of homelessness through storytelling, education, journalism, and advocacy ➤ http://invisiblepeople.tv ➤ http://youtube.com/invisiblepeople
Vernon Reid @vurnt22.bsky.social Living Colour guitarist & founder. Guitar can take you far, BK to the sky.
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Fines and Fees Justice Center @finesandfeesjc.bsky.social The Fines and Fees Justice Center (FFJC) is a national hub for research, advocacy, and collaboration for the reform of fines and fees.
Christie Smythe @christiesmythe.bsky.social Writer/journalist focused on business, law, criminal justice reform, and tech. “Media figure of mild infamy.” Animal lover. Smirk-book.com
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
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Robert Greenwald @robertgreenwald.bsky.social Founder of Brave New Films. Director of E. Jean Carroll v. Donald Trump, Suppressed: The Fight To Vote, and most recently Gaza: Journalists Under Fire.
lbeisen.bsky.social @lbeisen.bsky.social Senior Director, Justice Program, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law; attorney; author of Inside Private Prisons (Columbia University Press); editor of Excessive Punishment (Columbia University Press)
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Jeff Hobbs @jeffehobbs.bsky.social Ding ding ding ding
Naomi Feinstein @naomifeinstein.bsky.social @axios.com Fort Lauderdale & Hollywood reporter, covering Broward County. prev: @miaminewtimes.com. @univmiami & @columbiajourn alum.
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Gerald Griggs @attorneygriggs.bsky.social 🎙💼Attorney & Activist
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Mike Phillips @mikemakescomics.bsky.social Producer of SHE MAKES COMICS, GRANT MORRISON: TALKING WITH GODS, and THE IMAGE REVOLUTION. Creator of THE TESSELLATION and NECROPOLITAN comics series. He/Him.
Alan Rosenblatt @drdigipol.bsky.social Digital political strategist and professor since the dawn of the web. Unfiltered.Media / TheChange.ai #Resist
Udi Ofer @uofer.bsky.social Teach constitutional rights, human rights and policy advocacy at Princeton University. Founding Director, Princeton Policy Advocacy Clinic. Former ACLU attorney for 20 years. Chair, International Advisory Council, Association for Civil Rights in Israel.
Charles Preston @charlespreston.bsky.social Chicago.
Larry 😊🌴🍍 (Not indicted)💥 @larrydolphin.bsky.social Love Dogs, Dolphins🐬L.A. Dodgers and a couple of humans.
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Karen L Stuckey @ucf87cpa.bsky.social Retired CPA, with a drive to improve Public Safety in the State of Florida. We must provide Education and Vocational training in the DOC. Current median grade level of an incoming incarcerated individual 3.9.
David Zell @deezed.bsky.social Post-Doc Research Fellow @Bham.ac.uk
East German history
Lefty centrist & anti-populist.
Passionate EU rejoiner #FBPE
Life-writing newbie.
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Jay Jordan @velorhetor.bsky.social [Whatever you call words on Bluesky] are my own. Professor--second language writing, international education, rhetoric. Utah. North Carolina.
Rashed Mian @rashedmian.bsky.social Journalist. Managing editor News Beat Pod. Words at freethepress.substack.com
Charlene D. Walker @charlenedwalker.bsky.social CEO @AudacitytoChange| Executive Director @FaithinNewJersey|
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Mara Dolan, Governor’s Councillor @councillordolan.bsky.social First public defender on the Governor’s Council. Governor's Councillor, District 3. If you care who our judges are, you need to care who your Governor's Councillor is.
Todd Schulte @toddschulte.bsky.social 
Darrell Jones @darrelljoness.bsky.social Lifestyle | Fashion 
Jalal Awan @jalalawan.bsky.social Ph.D. Policy Analysis | Energy and Climate Consultant,
@UtilityReform
James Renner @jamesrenner.bsky.social Author of True Crime Addict. Host of True Crime This Week. Director of The Porchlight Project.- V @vanessaramos.bsky.social @vanessaramos.bsky.social
Amy K. Nelson @amyknelson.bsky.social Filmmaker. Creative Consultant. Mental Health Advocate.
Focusing my lens on community, organizing and art in these times.
Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social is this new twitter?
Chuck Rocha @chuckrocha.bsky.social Sr Democratic Strategist, President Solidarity Strategies, TV personality, Podcaster, Come for the hat, Stay for the accent.
Jamaal Bowman Ed.D. @jamaalbowmanny.bsky.social First Black Congressman for NY16 2020-2024. Life long educator. Fighting for jobs and education not bombs and incarceration. Author. Unlocking our unlimited potential.
Builttowin.org
Tracie M Gardner @tmarieg.bsky.social will be late for the forthcoming "end of days."🤷🏾♀️
Shawn Weneta @shawnweneta.bsky.social Former @HumanizationPro @ACLUva — Current @REFORM — Pardon recipient from @VAGovernor73 — @SorensenUVA PLP 23’ — Views my own
Scott Hechinger @scotthech.bsky.social Civil rights attorney. Longtime public defender. Dad. Executive Director, Zealous. Supporting local coalitions to tell more compelling stories and work better together.
My org: https://ZEALO.US
Clint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social Author of How the Word Is Passed, Above Ground, and Counting Descent. Writer, The Atlantic.
@amelen.bsky.social @amelen.bsky.social 
Ben & Jerry’s @benandjerrys.bsky.social Peace, Love, & Ice Cream.
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Occupy Wall Street @occupywallstnyc.bsky.social Born Sep 17, 2011. Standing w/global #OccupyWallSt. #GeneralStrike #CloseTheCamps #FreeThemAll #blacklivesmatter https://linktr.ee/occupywallstnyc
Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice @quattronecenter.org National research and policy hub at the University of Pennsylvania, created to correct errors and catalyze long-term structural improvements to the US criminal justice system. Visit https://www.law.upenn.edu/institutes/quattronecenter/
kenyatta @chee.se this feels like coming home to the real internet
The Bern Identity @thebernidentity.bsky.social Team working class. @stephaniequilao. Former Silicon Valley exec shining spotlight on techno-fascism and the Silicon Valley m/billionaires funding it.
Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social Just asking questions.
Senior Editor, Lawfaremedia.org.
Send story ideas and tips to anna.bower@lawfaremedia.org
Samuel Sinyangwe @samswey.bsky.social Data Scientist. Mapping Police Violence.
Julie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social Miami Herald Investigative journalist, author of "Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story." Philly girl trying to make my way in the South Florida wilderness. Temple Owl. Jkbjournalist on Substack.
Alexis Madrigal @alexismadrigal.bsky.social Entre destinos inspiradores e boas companhias, vivo o turismo como experiência cultural e a vida social com leveza e propósito.
Ford Foundation @fordfoundation.org Justice begins where inequality ends. We’re building a world where everyone has the power to shape their lives.
fordfoundation.org
Technically Queer @technicallyqueer.bsky.social Technically Queer is a podcast beyond boundaries produced by @alexcox.bsky.social featuring @blackqueeriroh.bsky.social, Quinn Pollock, Cass Cunningham, and more. 
Matteo @ hacking and cracking @geminiimatt.bsky.social Hacker. Founder of , @cryptoharlem.bsky.social, counter-surveillance, safety, and security expert. Pushing back against inequality in all it's forms. Anti surveillance, trainer to all marginalized & oppressed people everywhere. (He/They)
Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social Open MIC (Open Media and Information Companies Initiative) works to foster greater corporate accountability in the deployment and use of digital technologies.
The Legal Aid Society @legalaidnyc.bsky.social The nation’s oldest public defender, delivering #JusticeInEveryBorough via free legal services, advocacy, and community empowerment. Founded in 1876.
Sam Chapman @seriouslysamuel.bsky.social U.S. Psychedelic Policy & Politics
Founder @ Toolbox Strategies
Fmr Campaign Manager @ Oregon Measure 109
Matthew Cooke @matthewcooke.bsky.social Oscar nominated filmmaker. Writer. Philosopher. Former guest host for Larry King. Watch my weekly show at http://www.survivorsguidetoearth.com
Joshua B. Hoe @joshuabhoe.bsky.social Sr. Policy Manager at Dream.Org, Host of the Decarceration Nation Podcast (on hiatus). Formerly Incarcerated.