Gail T Smith
@smittygail
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Advocate, lawyer, circle keeper, abolitionist. Founder: Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers (CLAIM) & Children's Best Interest Project
Chicago, IL
Joined September 2009
RT @JusticeRestore: Between 1979 to 2012, 104 children in Illinois were sentenced to die in prison. We're proud to present More Than A Co…
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So excited that Dorothy Roberts is one of TIME’s 2025 list of “The Closers”. Congratulations, Dorothy, with tremendous gratitude and admiration for your fierce brilliance in the process of dismantling this harmful system.🎉🎉🎉
Honored to be named to TIME’s amazing 2025 list of “The Closers” & grateful for the attention it will bring to the movement to abolish family policing by reimagining safety, caring & support. Thank you @TIME. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
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RFK Jr. spreads racist biological myths on the same day POTUS blames the plane crash on DEI because “For some jobs, we need the highest level of genius.” I explain the threat in my book FATAL INVENTION on the history & resurgence of white supremacist/eugenicist concepts of race.
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RT @AlanDettlaff: Further evidence that everyone in the Biden administration has known exactly the extent of the terror and genocide inflec…
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Such great news for Illinois. Thank you to all who worked to make this happen.
Illinois implemented the Pretrial Fairness Act and showed the rest of the country what a pretrial system without money bail could look like. What happened? A reduction in pretrial jailing, missed court dates and crime.
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RT @ShapiroTweets: This shouldn't be complicated. Government secrecy about solitary confinement is bad. Let's change it.
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@SenMikeSimmons Please read the informative SunTimes Op-Ed and sign on as a co-sponsor to this crucial legislation.
"Solitary confinement in Illinois must come out of the shadows." @ChgoCivilRights Executive Director David Shapiro writes in @Suntimes op-ed about why we need transparency on solitary confinement. Read more:
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RT @PrisonPolicy: An especially alarming stat as more states criminalize homelessness. A reminder: Formerly incarcerated people are 10x mo…
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RT @soit_goes: And our response was to further criminalize it. Our response to anything we don't like is to make it against the law so tha…
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RT @DorothyERoberts: I am deeply honored by and grateful for @macfound’s recognition of my work in the struggle to end family policing and…
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RT @endmoneybond: News coverage has created the perception of a "crime wave" and it's driving conversations about criminal legal reforms ac…
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RT @JusticeRestore: Illinois law has no limits on solitary confinement & no public data on how it is used. HB 4828 would require the IDOC…
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Excellent interview with MacArthur genius Dorothy Roberts, laying out the salient points from her book Torn Apart. A must read.
I appreciate this in-depth interview by @NathanJRobinson for @curaffairs giving me the opportunity to explain why we must abolish family policing & reimagine family support & safety.
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What I truly need to hear this week. Grateful for the insight and talent of Lea Morris.
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RT @DebKilroy: Today, representatives from Sisters Inside attended the public hearing of the Justice, Integrity & Community Safety Committe…
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