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On September 25, Professor Robin Bernstein joined Matir Asurim to explore connections between her new book, Freeman’s Challenge: The Murder that Shook America’s Original Prison for Profit, the upcoming holiday season, and the work of Matir Asurim. The presentation and discussion were full of insight to inform and inspire work with incarcerated people and around…
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The Elul edition of Divrei Matir Asurim listed the execution of Loran Kenstley Cole as upcoming. Mr. Cole has since been executed. Here is an update from WUFT, NPR/PBS station for North Central Florida, and more on this case from Death Penalty Information Center. Please also see this important statement from Floridians for Alternatives to…
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The Season of Return & The Carceral State: A Conversation with Professor Robin Bernstein. Wed, Sep 25 8PM ET. Join Matir Asurim and Professor Robin Bernstein, author of Freeman’s Challenge, for a discussion on rethinking our assumptions about the American carceral state and centering the voices of incarcerated people. We will dive into the history…
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We might think we’re supposed to be entering the season of return with all the answers or with perfect faith. But a seasonal psalm and some lessons from the July “States of Solitary” convening in Washington, DC suggest that we can — no, should — show up with own confusions, doubts, and questions. The July…
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Interested in creating Jewish communities across and beyond prison walls, resourcing and supporting incarcerated Jews, and organizing for a world without prisons? Join Matir Asurim for a new member orientation, to find out about our work and organizing model, get to know others involved in Matir Asurim and prisoner support organizing, and how you can…
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Direct report from an inside member of Matir Asurim who has experience some horrifying treatment in Florida DOC.
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just launched: Tales of the Unbound podcast beginning with an arc about converting while incarcerated.
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In follow up to our Passover Learning and Action materials, an inside member shares Passover meals provided by Florida Department of Corrections
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Study materials prepared and shared to spur greater attention within Jewish communities to needs of incarcerated Jews and of others in Canadian and US carceral systems.
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Updates from US and Canada to support Jewish institutions and organizations in ending solitary confinement by any name.
