Dan Phiffer
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I know there's many, many serious and complex reasons to hate American prisons but the idea of charging imprisoned people for and then taking away a free open source strategy game for no discernible reason is uniquely vexing. How dare the prisoners have fun. https://prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/03/31/popular-video-game-banned-federal-prisons/
#prison #prisonreform #prisonabolition #opensource #opensourcegames #mindustry
![STORIES OF JURY NULLIFICATION
“I'have been on juries pretty often [over] the last
10 years. I'm in Saint Louis and especially after the
Ferguson uprising, I've tried to get [my fellow jurors]
to reconsider their own bias and how we often insert
our own experience erroneously especially in regards to
race and crime. I find gently asking questions about
assumptions folks make to be pretty useful. Asking
folks if their goal is punishment, protection for the
vulnerable or rehabilitation can allow me to slide in
word tracks about abolition without people realizing
what Iam doing. And, of course, being prepared to be
the hold out and explaining why I am, gently and in a
granular way, can get others to join me.”](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/775/102/460/690/759/original/276a0bedd0db9e47.png)