a Me @amejx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"My friends never mentioned the incident. My family didn't either. No one wanted to remember. Not even me. But carrying on as if it had never happened didn't help me. My bruises healed. I didn't." 💔 011
a Me @amejx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"Incarceration is deeply rooted in slavery. Violence and terror are just as effective today as they were in the 1700s. You can’t coerce people into bondage without a system of violence backing it up." truthout.org/articles/wor... #prisonabolitiontruthout.orgWorking in Prison Fields Didn’t “Correct” Me, It Revealed the System’s BrutalityIf one was paid to design a system that exacerbates trauma for vulnerable women, this would be the ideal model. 010
Reposted by a Mejacob biba @jacobbiba.bsky.social · 14/09/2026“They take my food for the rest of my life because of a choice I made when I was 23, which I know I shouldn’t have done,” said McCord, now 42. “It really does affect me daily.” www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2026/09/14/n...northcarolinahealthnews.orgA drug conviction can mean a lifetime without SNAP in North CarolinaPeople affected by the restriction say the loss of food assistance can make reentry and everyday life harder. 021
a Me @amejx.bsky.social · 09/09/2026After months of being on the waitlist at the Alamance Co Library, I finally am getting to read this powerful history by Sylvester Allen Jr. & @belleboggs.bsky.social 📖 @jacobbiba.bsky.social & @southey4senate.bsky.social have you read it? uncpress.org/978146968649...uncpress.orgThe Legend of Wyatt OutlawWyatt Outlaw’s story was one of Black success: He was a Union League leader, business owner, and the first Black town constable and commissioner in Graham,... 130
a Me @amejx.bsky.social · 08/09/2026It's Monarch time of the year again! This one escaped the morning sun glaring on the milkweeds to rest in the shade of the nearby Carex grass. #NativePlants 040
a Me @amejx.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Can any of you answer questions from these friends inside prison walls? 000
a Me @amejx.bsky.social · 03/09/2026This bears repeating: "The entire U.S. carceral system is built on cruelty." 💯 Immigration detention. Penal detention. Pre-trial detention. Juvenile detention. Military detention. Psychiatric detention. All simply threads of the same ugly tapestry. #prisonabolition 031
a Me @amejx.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Read this new post from @phillipvancesmith2.bsky.social about the horrors of the 3-month+ scabies epidemic in #NorthCarolina's state prisons, and the negligence of NC DAC. @ncgovernor.bsky.social @jeffjacksonnc.bsky.social prisonlifeunlocked.substack.com/p/what-its-l...prisonlifeunlocked.substack.comWhat It’s Like to Have Scabies in PrisonI have scabies. 211
a Me @amejx.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I failed the single correspondence course I ever tried to take. I couldn't seem to learn a darn thing just through written texts, w/o lectures & a professor to answer questions. @phillipvancesmith2.bsky.social earned an entire degree that way. Kudos, Phill! I am so excited for you. 030
a Me @amejx.bsky.social · 18/08/2026The description of what women have to endure to get prison health care - and substandard healthcare, at that - is just horrific. A very powerful read. #prisonabolition 010
a Me @amejx.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Please contact #NorthCarolina DAC to ask them when and how DAC is planning to mitigate the scabies epidemic that began in mid-May at Neuse Correctional, and let me know what happens. DAC 919-838-4000 or 919-733-2126 x1 or www.dac.nc.gov/contact/send... Thank you!!!dac.nc.govContact Us / Send Email | NC DACThis form is for non-emergency communications. E-mails received are not monitored 24-hours a day. 010
a Me @amejx.bsky.social · 09/08/2026I've been hearing about this scabies outbreak since mid-May. The doctor there has been refusing to follow proper public health protocols for treatment. @ncgovernor.bsky.social your DAC is STILL allowing this outbreak to run rampant. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3Sj...youtube.comScabies Outbreak Reported Inside NC Prison | Inmate Speaks OutYouTube video by Inmate Tea with A&P 110
a Me @amejx.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I donated because I really appreciate @boltsmag.org, with their fantastic journalism from @phillipvancesmith2.bsky.social @kwanetaharris.bsky.social @jacobbiba.bsky.social and so many other great journalists. 0203
Reposted by a MeMichael Barajas @michaelbarajas.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Here's @phillipvancesmith2.bsky.social, a journalist incarcerated in North Carolina, talking about his recent story in @boltsmag.org about three-strikes laws—featuring the voices of a man serving life, and the victim he shot who’s been pushing for his release full story boltsmag.org/north-caroli... 16029
a Me @amejx.bsky.social · 30/07/2026For #Quakers wanting to visit friends behind bars, @pendlehillusa.bsky.social has a pamphlet on that. Once we have friends inside, the need for #prisonabolition becomes clear. pendlehill.org/product/beyo...pendlehill.org 000
Reposted by a Mejacob biba @jacobbiba.bsky.social · 27/07/2026“Turning Southern plantations into Southern prisons is not a secret. It’s not an innovation, either. It’s a distinguished tradition in the South." washingtoncitypaper.com/article/2683...washingtoncitypaper.comBack to the Big HouseThe Federal Bureau of Prisons plans to send 1,200 D.C. inmates to a new private prison on the former site of one of North Carolina’s biggest slave plantations. In an open field not too far from the Ch... 033
Reposted by a MeCarceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Modern Day Slavery in the United States: Exploring Forced Labor for Prison Inmates www.humanrightsresearch.org/post/modern-...humanrightsresearch.orgModern Day Slavery in the United States: Exploring Forced Labor for Prison InmatesAuthor: Kaitlyn Andres, MPH & MSJune 2, 2026The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States (U.S.) Constitution was passed in 1865 as a means to codify President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamat... 011
a Me @amejx.bsky.social · 24/07/2026"When that door closes and I am sealed in metal mesh while a white man watches...something in my body goes backward in time. I feel the transatlantic crossing I never lived through but carry in my blood..." @kwanetaharris.bsky.social kwanetaharris.substack.com/p/all-our-at...kwanetaharris.substack.comAll of Our Attorney Visits Are Inside a Literal CageI sat in a chair with no arms, and then they closed a cage around me. 000
a Me @amejx.bsky.social · 24/07/2026A poem by my friend Ojore McKinnon "I remember on the slave ship The crew forced us to the ground, assaulting us with barbs "Now we lay spread-eagle on prison yards, the crew standing over us are prison guards" prisonerswithchildren.org/newspaper/po...prisonerswithchildren.orgPoem: NOW WE CONFORM 000
Reposted by a MeMichael Barajas @michaelbarajas.bsky.social · 23/07/2026The latest from @phillipvancesmith2.bsky.social, a phenomenal journalist incarcerated in North Carolina, is this striking piece about three-strikes laws, how they condemned someone to prison for life, and the man he shot who's trying to get him out "If I can forgive him, why can’t everybody else?"boltsmag.orgIn North Carolina, a Shooting Victim Pleads for His Shooter’s Release After 30 Years - BoltsRamulus Mason was sentenced to life without parole due to North Carolina’s three-strikes law. The man he shot insists that he shouldn’t still be in prison. 09534
a Me @amejx.bsky.social · 21/07/2026"San Quentin will always be the bulldozed crime scene where the state’s first prison Warden—a white slave owner—secured a lease from the state legislature, which permitted him to lease captives out to area businesses for personal profit." #prisonabolition prisonerswithchildren.org/newspaper/th...prisonerswithchildren.orgThe California Model: Normalizing the Carceral State of Being 020
a Me @amejx.bsky.social · 21/07/2026I am really looking forward to this! #prisonabolition #Quakers 010
a Me @amejx.bsky.social · 19/07/2026I appreciated the 2012 @pbs.org documentary, Slavey By Another Name. I learned a lot about US history between Reconstruction & WWII. But I was disappointed that PBS did not acknowledge the fact that slavery STILL persists in the US. news.uchicago.edu/story/rethin... www.pbs.org/tpt/slavery-...pbs.orgWatch Slavery by Another Name | PBSSLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME is a 90-minute documentary that challenges the belief that slavery ended with the Civil War. 010
a Me @amejx.bsky.social · 17/07/2026"Of the state’s 141,000 prisoners, more than 85,000 are held in cells without air conditioning where internal temperatures regularly exceed 115F (46C) in summer months. "A high of 149F has been recorded." #prisonabolition #FreeThemAll 000
a Me @amejx.bsky.social · 14/07/2026My neighbor's Black Eyed Susans and Beautyberries in my yard #NativePlants 260
a Me @amejx.bsky.social · 13/07/2026This post was profoundly disturbing. And sadly, no surprise to me. "Prison doctors act as gatekeepers to health. If they don’t think we deserve adequate healthcare, because of personal or professional bias, we won’t get it. Full stop." @ncgovernor.bsky.social 000
a Me @amejx.bsky.social · 10/07/2026💯 #NorthCarolina #ncpol #prisonabolition @ncgovernor.bsky.social 020
a Me @amejx.bsky.social · 09/07/2026“Abolitionists don’t begin with punishment. They begin with harm. When someone is hurt, what would healing look like? When someone causes harm, how do we repair it, reduce it, and prevent it from happening again?” #prisonabolition #Quakers davisvanguard.org/2025/04/pris...davisvanguard.orgOp-Ed | What Prison Abolition Is—and Why 'Forks and Dorms' Matter - Davis VanguardPrison abolitionists argue that the U.S. prison system is ineffective and that alternatives such as restorative justice and community-based systems of care can better address root causes of crime and ... 140
a Me @amejx.bsky.social · 09/07/2026"There are more children with parents in prison than there are people in prison." This was an excellent @prisonpolicy.org webinar. I highly recommend. www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2026/06...prisonpolicy.orgWEBINAR: Fighting for families: How advocates are resisting attacks on visitation and physical mailProtecting family connections and bonds with loved ones during incarceration is one of the most important and, increasingly, one of the most difficult things advocates ... 051
a Me @amejx.bsky.social · 04/07/2026"When we allow ourselves to be separated from each other, we are creating...greater brokenness." #Quakers #prisonabolition #transformativejustice quakerspeak.com/video/how-qu...quakerspeak.comHow Quakers Can Help End Mass Incarceration - QuakerSpeakThe U.S. has the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world, with over 2.4 million people currently behind bars. What can Quakers do about it? 000
Reposted by a MePrison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 04/07/2026A grim reminder this 4th of July: The US has the highest incarceration rate of any independent democracy on Earth, making it a leader in mass incarceration. Far too many people are locked up in the “land of the free.” 221965802
a Me @amejx.bsky.social · 03/07/2026The violent carceral system of the US is built on this very war-shipful posture & explains why the US has - by far - the highest incarceration rate of any democracy. We are at war with ourselves. The casualties are those who can least bear the cost. open.substack.com/pub/rwoodley...open.substack.comSpecial Issue: What Are You Celebrating? | War, the Star-Spangled Banner, Frederick Douglass, and the DNA of MAGA250 Years of American Myth: With God on Our Side? | THE JULY 4TH ISSUE 100
a Me @amejx.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Love this. Read Phill's blog if you don't already: prisonlifeunlocked.substack.com 010
a Me @amejx.bsky.social · 27/06/2026I've been enjoying the Quakers Today Podcast, hosted by @petersontoscano.bsky.social , as they explore #Quakers & money. The best part so far was a prophetic listener comment by John Choe at the end of the June 16 episode. Thank you, John. www.friendsjournal.org/podcast/quak... #prisonabolitionfriendsjournal.orgQuaker Podcast - Podcast Exploring Quaker Life & Religious BeliefsQuakers Today, hosted by Peterson Toscano, features writers, musicians, and thinkers who are seeking wisdom and understanding in a rapidly changing world. 001
a Me @amejx.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Excellent resource from @hannahnpbowman.com exploring a theological basis for abolition. christiansforabolition.org/wp-content/u... #prisonabolition #restorativejustice #Quakers 031
a Me @amejx.bsky.social · 23/06/2026My heart just swells with joy reading this inspiring vision of an abolitionist future. #transformativejustice 000