A reminder on World Health Day: Jails and prisons are toxic places – and they harm us all. With nearly 2 million people behind bars, it’s clear that mass incarceration is a public health crisis. Incarcerated people & their communities cannot get lost in the fight for a cleaner, healthier world. (fb)

Now more than ever, we’re reminded that money is power in the US, and mass incarceration plays a major role in determining who can wield power and who can’t. It’s no coincidence that the poorest and most vulnerable communities are also the most policed. The criminal legal system puts up significant barriers to employment and the ballot box, economically and politically weakening entire communities – this horrific truth affects all workers. Movements to end inequality & mass criminalization are in fact one and the same, and solidarity between all workers—criminalized or not—is necessary to progress toward a more economically just future. (fb)