JusticeWithJean
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Novel Debut: SOUNDS LIKE TROUBLE TO ME, May 12, 2026. Running Wild Pub. Prof.& Prison Activist, Author/ed 8 books including SHAKESPEARE BEHIND BARS (St. Martins), BOY WITH A KNIFE (IGpublishing). Truthout, BINJreports, BostonMag--https://jeantrounstine.com
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This is a mother’s plea from Gaza
My daughter Alma is fading from hunger, her cries breaking my heart. We have no food, and no way to ease her pain
Your compassion could bring her a meal or medicine she desperately needs. Please, help my girl survive
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My daughter Alma is fading from hunger, her cries breaking my heart. We have no food, and no way to ease her pain
Your compassion could bring her a meal or medicine she desperately needs. Please, help my girl survive
👇👇👇
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fa...
December 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This is a mother’s plea from Gaza
My daughter Alma is fading from hunger, her cries breaking my heart. We have no food, and no way to ease her pain
Your compassion could bring her a meal or medicine she desperately needs. Please, help my girl survive
👇👇👇
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fa...
My daughter Alma is fading from hunger, her cries breaking my heart. We have no food, and no way to ease her pain
Your compassion could bring her a meal or medicine she desperately needs. Please, help my girl survive
👇👇👇
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fa...
This is pretty exciting actually!
"Indiana’s Republican-led Senate decisively rejected a redrawn congressional map Thurs that would have favored their party, defying months of pressure from President Trump and delivering a stark setback to the White House ahead of next year’s midterm elections."
"Indiana’s Republican-led Senate decisively rejected a redrawn congressional map Thurs that would have favored their party, defying months of pressure from President Trump and delivering a stark setback to the White House ahead of next year’s midterm elections."
Indiana Republicans defy Trump and reject his House redistricting push in the state
In a resounding rejection of a pressure campaign from the White House, Indiana Republican Senators voted down a new congressional map created to give the GOP an advantage in the upcoming 2026 election...
apnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:52 AM
This is pretty exciting actually!
"Indiana’s Republican-led Senate decisively rejected a redrawn congressional map Thurs that would have favored their party, defying months of pressure from President Trump and delivering a stark setback to the White House ahead of next year’s midterm elections."
"Indiana’s Republican-led Senate decisively rejected a redrawn congressional map Thurs that would have favored their party, defying months of pressure from President Trump and delivering a stark setback to the White House ahead of next year’s midterm elections."
Good to hear:
"A Dozen F.B.I. Agents Sue Kash Patel After Being Fired Over Kneeling at Protest. A five-year-old photo of agents kneeling at a D.C. protest after George Floyd’s killing led to the firing of about 16 agents." (Gift article)
"A Dozen F.B.I. Agents Sue Kash Patel After Being Fired Over Kneeling at Protest. A five-year-old photo of agents kneeling at a D.C. protest after George Floyd’s killing led to the firing of about 16 agents." (Gift article)
A Dozen F.B.I. Agents Sue Patel After Being Fired Over Kneeling at Protest
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Good to hear:
"A Dozen F.B.I. Agents Sue Kash Patel After Being Fired Over Kneeling at Protest. A five-year-old photo of agents kneeling at a D.C. protest after George Floyd’s killing led to the firing of about 16 agents." (Gift article)
"A Dozen F.B.I. Agents Sue Kash Patel After Being Fired Over Kneeling at Protest. A five-year-old photo of agents kneeling at a D.C. protest after George Floyd’s killing led to the firing of about 16 agents." (Gift article)
@bsky.app I HATE the suggested accounts feature that appears below my profile. Could you please get rid of this or allow us to disable it?
PEOPLE HELP ME OUT HERE!
PEOPLE HELP ME OUT HERE!
December 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
@bsky.app I HATE the suggested accounts feature that appears below my profile. Could you please get rid of this or allow us to disable it?
PEOPLE HELP ME OUT HERE!
PEOPLE HELP ME OUT HERE!
This is a wonderful release
"NJ man granted clemency walks free with plan to fight for prison justice. LaShawn Fitch, who became a paralegal behind bars, maintains his innocence." By Dana DiFillipo
"NJ man granted clemency walks free with plan to fight for prison justice. LaShawn Fitch, who became a paralegal behind bars, maintains his innocence." By Dana DiFillipo
NJ man granted clemency walks free with plan to fight for prison justice • New Jersey Monitor
LaShawn Fitch was among 283 people granted clemency under a sweeping initiative Gov. Phil Murphy launched last year.
newjerseymonitor.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This is a wonderful release
"NJ man granted clemency walks free with plan to fight for prison justice. LaShawn Fitch, who became a paralegal behind bars, maintains his innocence." By Dana DiFillipo
"NJ man granted clemency walks free with plan to fight for prison justice. LaShawn Fitch, who became a paralegal behind bars, maintains his innocence." By Dana DiFillipo
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WATCH HERE!
CLASSROOM 4, the story of an award-winning professor teaching "The History of Crime and Punishment" inside a prison to a class of both free students and incarcerated students. It explores the true cost of mass incarceration and the power of human connection to transform society.
CLASSROOM 4, the story of an award-winning professor teaching "The History of Crime and Punishment" inside a prison to a class of both free students and incarcerated students. It explores the true cost of mass incarceration and the power of human connection to transform society.
Classroom 4 - POV
A history professor teaches a class of free and incarcerated students inside a prison.
www.pbs.org
December 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
WATCH HERE!
CLASSROOM 4, the story of an award-winning professor teaching "The History of Crime and Punishment" inside a prison to a class of both free students and incarcerated students. It explores the true cost of mass incarceration and the power of human connection to transform society.
CLASSROOM 4, the story of an award-winning professor teaching "The History of Crime and Punishment" inside a prison to a class of both free students and incarcerated students. It explores the true cost of mass incarceration and the power of human connection to transform society.
WATCH HERE!
CLASSROOM 4, the story of an award-winning professor teaching "The History of Crime and Punishment" inside a prison to a class of both free students and incarcerated students. It explores the true cost of mass incarceration and the power of human connection to transform society.
CLASSROOM 4, the story of an award-winning professor teaching "The History of Crime and Punishment" inside a prison to a class of both free students and incarcerated students. It explores the true cost of mass incarceration and the power of human connection to transform society.
Classroom 4 - POV
A history professor teaches a class of free and incarcerated students inside a prison.
www.pbs.org
December 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
WATCH HERE!
CLASSROOM 4, the story of an award-winning professor teaching "The History of Crime and Punishment" inside a prison to a class of both free students and incarcerated students. It explores the true cost of mass incarceration and the power of human connection to transform society.
CLASSROOM 4, the story of an award-winning professor teaching "The History of Crime and Punishment" inside a prison to a class of both free students and incarcerated students. It explores the true cost of mass incarceration and the power of human connection to transform society.
Good article on another great group challenging fascism in our current climate: Democracy Forward, a progressive legal advocacy group "which has been battling the Trump administration in the courts all year."
‘No One’s Going to Get Out of This Moment Intact by Keeping Their Head Down’
How a powerhouse liberal legal group is challenging Trump 2.0.
www.politico.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Good article on another great group challenging fascism in our current climate: Democracy Forward, a progressive legal advocacy group "which has been battling the Trump administration in the courts all year."
This is an interesting article that should help make the case that so called "emerging adults" who commit homicide around the country i.e. 18-21 should not be sentenced to life without parole but always with parole aligibility. In MA we do this per the MATTIS decision.
Scientists identify five distinct ages of the human brain
Scientists want to understand how and why the brain changes during a person's lifespan.
talker.news
December 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This is an interesting article that should help make the case that so called "emerging adults" who commit homicide around the country i.e. 18-21 should not be sentenced to life without parole but always with parole aligibility. In MA we do this per the MATTIS decision.
MA rep, @ayannapressley.bsky.social stands up to the Idiot-in-chief after his vile comments. Yes, he's as disgusting as he is incompetant. GOOD JOB AYANNA.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/03/n...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/03/n...
Representative Ayanna Pressley condemns Trump’s comments on Somali immigrants as ‘hate speech’. Follow live updates. - The Boston Globe
Trump launched his latest attack on Tuesday, accusing Somali immigrants of being “people that do nothing but complain.”
www.bostonglobe.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
MA rep, @ayannapressley.bsky.social stands up to the Idiot-in-chief after his vile comments. Yes, he's as disgusting as he is incompetant. GOOD JOB AYANNA.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/03/n...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/03/n...
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Please share my glorious cover from @runningwildllc.bsky.social, pre-order wherever you get books (It helps small presses!) and shout it from the rooftops that we must expose abuse behind bars. In my novel the women start a MeToo movement behind bars and in spite of payback, get some justice.
The amount of abuse behind bars is unfathomable for most people in the free world. But it's real. It's violent. It's obscene. This is why I wrote my upcoming book-- my first novel, coming in May 2026 SOUNDS LIKE TROUBLE TO ME. It highlights how women behind bars get justice and payback.
December 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Please share my glorious cover from @runningwildllc.bsky.social, pre-order wherever you get books (It helps small presses!) and shout it from the rooftops that we must expose abuse behind bars. In my novel the women start a MeToo movement behind bars and in spite of payback, get some justice.
Please share my glorious cover from @runningwildllc.bsky.social, pre-order wherever you get books (It helps small presses!) and shout it from the rooftops that we must expose abuse behind bars. In my novel the women start a MeToo movement behind bars and in spite of payback, get some justice.
The amount of abuse behind bars is unfathomable for most people in the free world. But it's real. It's violent. It's obscene. This is why I wrote my upcoming book-- my first novel, coming in May 2026 SOUNDS LIKE TROUBLE TO ME. It highlights how women behind bars get justice and payback.
December 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Please share my glorious cover from @runningwildllc.bsky.social, pre-order wherever you get books (It helps small presses!) and shout it from the rooftops that we must expose abuse behind bars. In my novel the women start a MeToo movement behind bars and in spite of payback, get some justice.
Several things spoke to me in @prisonculture.bsky.social 's substack this month. First archiving. Such an important way of preserving methods & techniques & history for future generations. My theatre work in prison (1st to direct a Shakespeare play behind bars) is being archived by U. of Notre Dame.
December 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Several things spoke to me in @prisonculture.bsky.social 's substack this month. First archiving. Such an important way of preserving methods & techniques & history for future generations. My theatre work in prison (1st to direct a Shakespeare play behind bars) is being archived by U. of Notre Dame.
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This is only 6 minutes and really worth listening to from @peterbeinart.bsky.social
"The Trump administration’s dangerous obsession with Jews"
"The Trump administration’s dangerous obsession with Jews"
The Trump administration’s dangerous obsession with Jews
American Jewish college students deserve equal treatment. The Trump administration is giving them something far worse: superior treatment.
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This is only 6 minutes and really worth listening to from @peterbeinart.bsky.social
"The Trump administration’s dangerous obsession with Jews"
"The Trump administration’s dangerous obsession with Jews"
This is only 6 minutes and really worth listening to from @peterbeinart.bsky.social
"The Trump administration’s dangerous obsession with Jews"
"The Trump administration’s dangerous obsession with Jews"
The Trump administration’s dangerous obsession with Jews
American Jewish college students deserve equal treatment. The Trump administration is giving them something far worse: superior treatment.
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This is only 6 minutes and really worth listening to from @peterbeinart.bsky.social
"The Trump administration’s dangerous obsession with Jews"
"The Trump administration’s dangerous obsession with Jews"
Check out new issue of PRISON HEALTH NEWS, written by those outside, many who were inside, w/book excerpt re: revolutionary jailhouse lawyer Martin Sostre, resources after PREA resource center defunded by Trump, why toxic shock syndrome higher behind bars, & more!
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December 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Check out new issue of PRISON HEALTH NEWS, written by those outside, many who were inside, w/book excerpt re: revolutionary jailhouse lawyer Martin Sostre, resources after PREA resource center defunded by Trump, why toxic shock syndrome higher behind bars, & more!
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Every year I post this from my blog because in our criminal legal system, so much stays the same. Let's spend some time thinking of everyone behind bars on #Thanksgiving
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Thanksgiving in Prison | Jean Trounstine
Prisoners feel the same things we do behind bars and they are usually without family on Thanksgiving. They learn, as we do, to give thanks for what they have rather than what they've lost.
jeantrounstine.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Every year I post this from my blog because in our criminal legal system, so much stays the same. Let's spend some time thinking of everyone behind bars on #Thanksgiving
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jeantrounstine.com?p=952
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Youth justice still needs much work
Joshua Rovner @sentencingproject.bsky.social
"Between 2000 and 2023, youth incarceration fell by almost 75%. However, racial and ethnic disparities in youth incarceration and sentencing persist amidst overall declines in youth arrests and incarceration."
Joshua Rovner @sentencingproject.bsky.social
"Between 2000 and 2023, youth incarceration fell by almost 75%. However, racial and ethnic disparities in youth incarceration and sentencing persist amidst overall declines in youth arrests and incarceration."
Youth Justice by the Numbers – The Sentencing Project
Between 2000 and 2023, there has been a 75% decline in youth incarceration. However, racial and ethnic disparities persist.
www.sentencingproject.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Youth justice still needs much work
Joshua Rovner @sentencingproject.bsky.social
"Between 2000 and 2023, youth incarceration fell by almost 75%. However, racial and ethnic disparities in youth incarceration and sentencing persist amidst overall declines in youth arrests and incarceration."
Joshua Rovner @sentencingproject.bsky.social
"Between 2000 and 2023, youth incarceration fell by almost 75%. However, racial and ethnic disparities in youth incarceration and sentencing persist amidst overall declines in youth arrests and incarceration."
Somebody named @carolineleavitt.bsky.social sent me these wild and fun earrings! Perfect for Zoom! They reflect light too.
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Somebody named @carolineleavitt.bsky.social sent me these wild and fun earrings! Perfect for Zoom! They reflect light too.
Great news!
"Comey, James cases dismissed as judge disqualifies interim US attorney Lindsey Halligan
A judge concluded Halligan’s appointment violated laws that limit the ability of DOJ to install top prosecutors without Senate confirmation." ie ILLEGAL
"Comey, James cases dismissed as judge disqualifies interim US attorney Lindsey Halligan
A judge concluded Halligan’s appointment violated laws that limit the ability of DOJ to install top prosecutors without Senate confirmation." ie ILLEGAL
Comey, James cases dismissed as judge disqualifies interim US attorney Lindsey Halligan
A judge concluded Halligan’s appointment violated laws that limit the ability of DOJ to install top prosecutors without Senate confirmation.
www.politico.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Great news!
"Comey, James cases dismissed as judge disqualifies interim US attorney Lindsey Halligan
A judge concluded Halligan’s appointment violated laws that limit the ability of DOJ to install top prosecutors without Senate confirmation." ie ILLEGAL
"Comey, James cases dismissed as judge disqualifies interim US attorney Lindsey Halligan
A judge concluded Halligan’s appointment violated laws that limit the ability of DOJ to install top prosecutors without Senate confirmation." ie ILLEGAL
@prisonculture.bsky.social Your new newsletter is so moving! Everone should read it. I think you can subscribe here
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November 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
@prisonculture.bsky.social Your new newsletter is so moving! Everone should read it. I think you can subscribe here
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Yesterday I tried to put everything I knew about whistles—where to get them, where to get instruction sheets, how to distro—into one place so you can build off it for your own community's whistle needs: dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
November 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Yesterday I tried to put everything I knew about whistles—where to get them, where to get instruction sheets, how to distro—into one place so you can build off it for your own community's whistle needs: dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
Ex. article by Katy Naples-Mitchell @cwbeacon.bsky.social
Besides incredible racial disparities found in MA, "Evidence shows bail doesn’t even work: cash bail does not incentivize return to court." & "Pretrial detention continues to punish people based on wealth, not their threat to the community"
Besides incredible racial disparities found in MA, "Evidence shows bail doesn’t even work: cash bail does not incentivize return to court." & "Pretrial detention continues to punish people based on wealth, not their threat to the community"
On bail policy, Massachusetts must catch up - CommonWealth Beacon
Massachusetts has positioned itself as a leader on a range of policy domains under attack by the Trump administration. But as a national conversation has arisen about cash bail and public safety, fuel...
commonwealthbeacon.org
November 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Ex. article by Katy Naples-Mitchell @cwbeacon.bsky.social
Besides incredible racial disparities found in MA, "Evidence shows bail doesn’t even work: cash bail does not incentivize return to court." & "Pretrial detention continues to punish people based on wealth, not their threat to the community"
Besides incredible racial disparities found in MA, "Evidence shows bail doesn’t even work: cash bail does not incentivize return to court." & "Pretrial detention continues to punish people based on wealth, not their threat to the community"
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NEW: Victor Rosario spent 32 years behind bars for a crime he says he did not commit before a judge overturned his convictions. More than a decade after his release, he returned to MCI Norfolk as a free man. There, he shared a walk—and a message of hope—with his old friends.
#Massachusetts
#Massachusetts
“Freedom is started from the inside”
Victor Rosario spent 32 years behind bars for a crime he says he did not commit. He returned to prison as a free man to share a walk—and a message of hope—with his old friends.
andrewqmr.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
NEW: Victor Rosario spent 32 years behind bars for a crime he says he did not commit before a judge overturned his convictions. More than a decade after his release, he returned to MCI Norfolk as a free man. There, he shared a walk—and a message of hope—with his old friends.
#Massachusetts
#Massachusetts
Those who sentence people to prison should know where they are sending them. JUDGES SHOULD SPEND A DAY IN PRISON!
The proposal, now open for public comment through Nov. 21, would require every New York judge with sentencing or detaining responsibilities to visit a correctional facility once a year.
The proposal, now open for public comment through Nov. 21, would require every New York judge with sentencing or detaining responsibilities to visit a correctional facility once a year.
Proposal would send New York judges to prison — for a day
The idea, advocates say, is to help them feel the gravity of what incarcerated life is like.
gothamist.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Those who sentence people to prison should know where they are sending them. JUDGES SHOULD SPEND A DAY IN PRISON!
The proposal, now open for public comment through Nov. 21, would require every New York judge with sentencing or detaining responsibilities to visit a correctional facility once a year.
The proposal, now open for public comment through Nov. 21, would require every New York judge with sentencing or detaining responsibilities to visit a correctional facility once a year.